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R. Benjamin Knapp poses for a photo. The incoming dean founded the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology. Photo courtesy R. Benjamin Knapp.

R. Benjamin Knapp tapped as next CAMD dean

Chloe Craft, news staff August 1, 2025

R. Benjamin Knapp, a researcher who has held leadership roles at various universities, including Virginia Tech, has been appointed as the new dean of the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, effective Aug. 22, the college announced July 25.  Interim Provost Tom Sheahan...

A Narcan nasal spray box with one dose on display is pictured Oct. 13, 2015. NOEI provided education and training on how the medication can reverse the life-threatening effects of an opioid overdose. Photo courtesy VCU Capital News Service Flickr

How NOEI is breaking the stigma around opioid use disorder

Grace Sawin, news correspondent June 17, 2025

Northeastern’s Naloxone Outreach and Education Initiative, or NOEI, is challenging stigma by providing Northeastern and the surrounding Boston community with naloxone training and education. Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, is a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses...

Northeastern signage on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street. The university’s NUPath Ad Hoc committee suggested updating the 11 NUpath requirements originally introduced in 2016. File photo by Jessica Xing

Proposed NUpath reforms stir debate among faculty

Spencer Lyst, news staff June 8, 2025

Ongoing discussions about curriculum reform at Northeastern have opened the door to campus-wide reflection on whether current course requirements reflect today’s cultural, political and environmental realities. At the heart of the conversation are course requirements for every...

The exterior of the NUPD building at 716 Columbus Ave. Aug. 20, 2023. A first circuit court found that the NLRB’s decision contradicted its own precedents and ruled against the Board.

Court rules sergeants not allowed in NUPD union

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff June 1, 2025

After years of legal back and forth, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 23 that the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, was wrong to allow sergeants and sergeant detectives to organize with the Northeastern University Police Department union. In 2023, the Northeastern...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica sits at the Caribbean Leaders Conference meeting in Palm Beach, Florida March 22, 2019. Before becoming Jamaica’s youngest prime minister, Holness was the youngest Jamaican to be elected as a member of the Parliament. Photo courtesy The White House, Wikimedia Commons

Jamaica’s prime minister graduates with doctorate from Northeastern

Anne Zhu, news correspondent May 19, 2025

Most doctoral students don’t have years of experience leading a nation. But Andrew Holness, Jamaica’s prime minister, is an exception.  On April 30, Holness received his doctorate degree in law and policy from Northeastern, marking the culmination of his efforts to balance...