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Protesters march at a Seattle event last month urging justice for Jaahnavi Kandula. Daniel Auderer, a Seattle Police Department officer who was seen on body camera footage last month laughing about the death of Kandula, has been taken off the streets. Photo courtesy Seattle Alliance Against Racial & Political Repression.

Seattle activists rally to demand justice for Northeastern student Jaahnavi Kandula

Val O'Neill, deputy campus editor September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Seattle locals and students gathered in protest at the corner of Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street, near the intersection where 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula, a graduate student on Northeastern’s Seattle campus, was fatally struck by Seattle Police Department,...

Northeastern University owns a graduate campus in Seattle. Photo courtesy Phototainment.

‘She had limited value:’ Body camera footage shows Seattle police officer laughing, joking about a Northeastern graduate student’s death

Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor September 12, 2023

Recently released police body camera footage showed a Seattle Police Department, or SPD, officer, identified by the police department as Officer Daniel Auderer, laughing, joking and minimizing the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old graduate student studying information...

President Joseph E. Aoun speaks to the class of 2027. This year's convocation was held at the MGM Music Hall for the first time.

Northeastern celebrates 125th incoming class with first-ever convocation at MGM Music Hall

Lily Webber, news correspondent September 9, 2023

Northeastern’s 2023-24 academic year officially began Wednesday, Sept. 6, as the university’s 125th class was welcomed to the school’s flagship Boston campus at the President's Convocation at MGM Music Hall. President Joseph E. Aoun, along with university and student...

The Visitor Center at Northeastern stands on Leon Street. The university accepted 5.6% of applicants from a record-breaking 96,327 applications for the incoming freshman class.

Northeastern acceptance rate drops to 5.6% after record number of applications

Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor August 20, 2023

Skyrocketing application rates to Northeastern — which have risen almost 50% in four years — resulted in a record number of undergraduate applications to the university for fall 2023. Northeastern accepted 5.6% of applicants from a record-breaking 96,327 applications for...

Students and community members gather for a rally on Centennial Common in July organized by GENU-UAW  following the announcement of the union election. The NLRB issued its decision July 14 allowing the union to hold an election after an eight-year effort from labor organizers.  Photo courtesy GENU-UAW.

Graduate workers to hold September union election after years-long effort

Sonel Cutler, campus editor August 10, 2023

After an multi-year effort to unionize while facing sustained university opposition, Northeastern graduate student workers received authorization from the National Labor Relations Board July 14 to hold a vote in September deciding whether a union should represent graduate workers...

A wall on campus with chalk messaging promoting graduate students right to unionize. The union representing grad students has filed charges against Northeastern after university officials allegedly illegally retaliated against students for chalking.

Northeastern graduate students file federal charges against Northeastern as intimidation efforts to interfere with graduate union continue

Alexa Coultoff, news staff May 13, 2023

Northeastern graduate students on May 5 filed an unfair labor practice charge, or ULP, against Northeastern after university police allegedly retaliated against two union organizers, visiting their workplaces to question their participation in union action. The federal charges,...

‘The university has to stop protecting itself and start protecting its students’: Sexual violence training lags at Northeastern, SpeakOut elevates allegations of sexual assault in Greek life

‘The university has to stop protecting itself and start protecting its students’: Sexual violence training lags at Northeastern, SpeakOut elevates allegations of sexual assault in Greek life

Emily Spatz and Kevin Gallagher May 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This article discusses sexual assault. Northeastern offers the following sexual violence prevention resources for students. OPEN provides confidential sexual violence support services to Northeastern students. OPEN’s Sexual Violence Resource Center provides...

Marino Recreation Center on Huntington Avenue. Marino will close during Summer 1 for renovations. a school-wide email announced Wednesday.

Marino set to close for Summer 1 semester; students granted free access to YMCA

Val O’Neill, deputy campus editor May 3, 2023

The Marino Recreation Center will close for renovations starting May 8 until the end of Summer 1, with a plan to fully reopen at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester, according to an email sent to students Wednesday.  Jim Madigan, director of athletics and recreation at...

A message advertising the graduate student union protest on the ISEC bridge. Messages like this one appeared all over campus in the days prior to April 14 to advertise the protest.

‘Reprehensible and disgusting’: Graduate student union fires back at university for alleging protest coincided with memorial ceremony

Sonel Cutler, campus editor May 3, 2023

Following a recent protest calling on Northeastern officials to allow graduate students to unionize, the university admonished organizers for failing to plan the demonstration around a campus ceremony for the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. “We were surprised...

A 25-pound weight plate rests on a bench press in Marino Recreational Center. Following an alterncation between a fitness consultant and management that gained attention on Reddit, multiple Marino employees are calling for change.

Marino workers seek improved working conditions

Rachana Madhav, news correspondent May 1, 2023

After a Reddit post titled “Modern day sla*ery at Marino” detailing the mistreatment of Marino employees circulated the Northeastern subreddit, numerous students expressed concern and outrage at the working conditions of Marino’s work-study employees. The March 31 Reddit...

NU alumni reflect on Boston Marathon bombing 10 years later

NU alumni reflect on Boston Marathon bombing 10 years later

Val O’Neill and Juliette Piovoso April 16, 2023

It was April 15, 2013. Thousands of runners sprinted down Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day, usually a lively celebration in the city of Boston.  At 2:49 p.m., everything changed. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs planted near the finish line...

The owners of the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Copley Square will soon file detailed plans to permanently convert the the 428-room south tower into a dormitory with room for about 854 students.

Northeastern to become permanent tenant at Sheraton Boston Hotel, converting 428 rooms into dorms

Sonel Cutler, campus editor April 11, 2023

Northeastern is expected to permanently convert a section of the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Copley Square into undergraduate housing for about 854 students, according to a Universal Hub story Tuesday. Often seen as overflow housing for a university struggling with a housing...