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The Sheraton Boston Hotel stands at 39 Dalton St. The BPDA recently approved plans to convert 426 rooms into student housing.

Boston development board approves 856-bed Sheraton student residence conversion

Sonel Cutler, news staff January 29, 2024

Boston’s real estate development agency approved earlier this month Northeastern’s proposal to permanently convert 426 rooms in the Sheraton Boston Hotel, also referred to as 39 Dalton St., into student housing, clearing a critical hurdle needed to officially begin the transformation. The...

Daniel Auderer stands in an SPD uniform. The former SFD officer filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city of Seattle. Photo courtesy Lucy Parsons Labs.

Investigation finds Seattle police officer laughing at Northeastern graduate student’s death broke department policies, undermined public trust

Emily Spatz, campus editor January 28, 2024

Seattle police officer Daniel Auderer violated department policies and undermined public trust when he made remarks saying a deceased Northeastern graduate student had “limited value” last year, an investigation by Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability found. According...

Tyler Brogan poses with a copy of his petition. Brogan began petitioning for a sustainability class to be added to NUpath since last year.

‘This is pretty serious stuff’: One student’s journey advocating for required sustainability classes at Northeastern

Lily Webber, news staff January 27, 2024

When Tyler Brogan, a fourth-year environmental and sustainability sciences and economics combined major, took Northeastern’s Economics of Sustainability class, he became worried — worried about what he was learning and worried that others may be oblivious to the same information.  “That...

Created or generated? The debate over AI comes to Northeastern classrooms

Created or generated? The debate over AI comes to Northeastern classrooms

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff January 25, 2024

Game design professor Chris Barney was used to scrutinizing his students’ assignment submissions. He used Canvas’ built-in plagiarism checker and occasionally checked manually for telltale signs of plagiarism. But in the past year and a half, Barney has had to inspect assignments...

Sophomore forward Mia Langlois hits the pipe a minute and a half into the first period of the women’s Beanpot championship. Northeastern won the matchup 2-1 in overtime.

Irving’s MVP night launches Huskies to historic Beanpot victory at TD Garden

Amelia Ballingall, sports editor January 24, 2024

Beanpot. The word can send Boston’s college students into a flurry, arguing over whose school is superior and which hockey team is the best. But on Tuesday it took on a whole new meaning when women’s hockey took center stage in Boston for the first time in history. After...

First responders gather behind an area taped off by Boston Police following the allegedly staged package explosion Sept. 13, 2022. Jason Duhaime was dropped as a client by his attorneys and has a trial scheduled for later in February.

Attorneys drop former Northeastern employee who allegedly staged 2022 campus package explosion

Eli Curwin, editor-in-chief January 24, 2024

The two attorneys representing Jason Duhaime, a former Northeastern employee who allegedly staged a package explosion in Holmes Hall in September 2022, have dropped the defendant as their client, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Rachel Stroup and Thomas Miller,...

A white board with a Palestinian flag lists statistics from the first 101 days that Israel has been at war with Hamas. Over 60 students attended the NUSL SJP 10-hour sit-in Jan. 16.

Northeastern School of Law Students for Justice in Palestine chapter sit-in draws over 60 students

Erin Fine, news staff January 24, 2024

Northeastern University School of Law Students for Justice in Palestine chapter staged a 10-hour sit-in in Dockser Hall Commons Jan.16 with over 60 students in attendance. Participants called for a ceasefire in what they said was the Israeli “genocide” of Palestinians in...

The Middle East stands at 472 Massachusetts Ave. The nightclub has been known to feature different types of bands at the same time with its five rooms.

‘It was like an oasis’: How The Middle East became a talked-about music venue

Henry Bova, news correspondent January 23, 2024

If one was looking for a night of live music and walked into The Middle East blind, it would be best to expect the unexpected. With a labyrinth of rooms to navigate and a diverse bill of artists each night, its eclecticism jumps out from the moment someone walks in. To Aaron...

Northeastern's Skylar Irving takes the faceoff against Harvard captain Shannon Hollands. Irving notched a team-high nine shots on goal in Tuesday's Women's Beanpot semifinals.

Huskies headed to TD Garden: Northeastern defends one-goal lead to defeat Harvard in Beanpot semifinals

Amelia Ballingall, sports editor January 17, 2024

In the 45th Women’s Beanpot semifinals, Northeastern (14-9-1, 8-7-1 HE) owned the night.  The Huskies traveled to Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center Tuesday night for the competition, bringing a crowd of friends, family and fans, who dominated the atmosphere with cheers...

Smoke rises from a hole on St. Stephen Street. The smoke and explosion were caused by a manhole fire around 10 a.m. Jan. 10, according to a Boston Police spokesperson.

Manhole fire causes explosion on St. Stephen Street

Erin Fine, news staff January 10, 2024

A manhole fire caused an explosion on St. Stephen Street at around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the Boston Police Department, or BPD. The university told WCVB that a Jeep Wrangler and a Northeastern University police car were damaged in the blast.  Boston police...

A rendering of the proposed residential building at 840 Columbus Ave. shows an entrance facing Melnea Cass Boulevard. If approved by the BPDA, the 23-story building could be ready for occupancy in fall of 2028. Photo courtesy BPDA.

Northeastern files amended plan for 23-story residential building, increasing beds, cutting academic space

Sonel Cutler, deputy campus editor December 27, 2023

A new project document submitted Dec. 18 to the Boston Planning and Development Agency, or BPDA, reveals updated details of Northeastern’s plan to construct a 23-story student residential building at 840 Columbus Ave. over the next five years.   The proposed amendment...

The Admissions Visitor Center at Northeastern stands on Leon Street. Northeastern mistakenly sent acceptance letters to 48 applicants for master's degree programs at the university due to a "technical error."

Northeastern mistakenly sends acceptance letters to dozens of prospective students

Eli Curwin, editor-in-chief December 23, 2023

For the second year in a row, Northeastern accidentally sent acceptance emails to prospective students, only to later rescind them. Due to a “technical error,” 48 out of nearly 64,000 applicants for master’s degree programs at Northeastern received acceptance letters...