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The university updated its NUflex policy for the upcoming fall 2021 semester.

University instructs faculty to encourage in-person learning for spring semester

Julia Carlin, deputy campus editor February 5, 2021

Northeastern University officials asked faculty members for help with one thing before classes started: encouraging students to attend in-person classes.  In an email sent Jan. 14, university officials urged teachers to promote in-person classes rather than online attendance....

Northeastern presented this illustration of the 840 Columbus Ave. proposal to the Boston Planning and Development Agency September 22, 2020.

Roxbury developers sue Northeastern over plans to build second LightView-style building

Riley Robinson, news staff January 27, 2021

Northeastern University plans to construct a 26-story building at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The land at 840 Columbus Ave. is currently a parking lot. Northeastern purchased it from the City of Boston in 1997. In court, it’s referred to as Parcel...

Northeastern is one of first universities to begin COVID-19 vaccinations

Northeastern is one of first universities to begin COVID-19 vaccinations

Skye Richmond, breaking news editor January 5, 2021

Northeastern received 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to administer to Phase One individuals. About 100 NU staff working in the Cabot Testing Center, the Life Sciences Testing Center and University Health and Counseling Services received...

Body camera footage depicts a NUPD officer speaking with a BPD officer when an off-screen voice urges officers to pepper-spray protestors.

NUPD officer present in controversial footage of BPD officers at Black Lives Matter protest

Kenneal Patterson, campus editor December 29, 2020

Boston Police Department, or BPD, officers are under investigation following the publication of body camera footage from a protest that spanned from May 31 to June 1. The footage was published Dec. 18 through the online news outlet The Appeal and depicts officers shoving and...

An entrance to the UHCS building on Forsyth Street.

‘Protecting the pack’: students call on administration to strengthen mental health services

Elena Plumb, news correspondent December 2, 2020

Northeastern has decorated the Boston campus with lawn signs and murals touting its COVID-19 response mantra, “Protect the Pack,” but students question where this dedication to student health has been in the past.  Northeastern’s reopening plan, marked by frequent testing,...

The incident occurred near NUPD's station on Columbus Ave.

NUPD apprehends juvenile with BB gun, raising questions on officers’ methods

George Barker and Julia Carlin November 15, 2020

On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m., two Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, officers responded to a juvenile carrying a BB gun in Columbus Garage, according to an email statement from Renata Nyul, a university spokesperson. The officers detained the...

Cabot, once a facility where varsity, club and intramural sports could occur, has been the home of a massive testing operation this semester.

Northeastern testing data signals increased COVID-19 spread

Avery Bleichfeld, managing editor November 8, 2020

COVID-19 testing data released by Northeastern University indicated that Thursday, for the fourth day in a row, the university’s seven-day average positivity rate was the highest on record since testing began Aug. 17. According to the data released Saturday, of the 5,524 people...

Stetson West was one of two dining halls closed as a result of the positive test results.

Four Stetson East dining hall workers test positive for COVID-19

George Barker, campus editor November 5, 2020

In the last 10 days, four dining hall workers from Levine Marketplace, commonly known as Stetson East, tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email from Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson sent to all students Thursday evening. The four employees...

Faculty senate, pictured meeting last semester, raised concerns that this new policy change would disproportionately impact women and people of color, directly contradicting the university’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Spring semester teaching policy raises diversity, childcare concerns for faculty, graduate students

Jessica Silverman, deputy campus editor October 30, 2020

As a working parent, communication studies professor Brooke Foucault Welles has spent the fall semester learning to balance teaching her courses remotely and taking care of her young children that are learning from home. Because of previous exceptions allowed by the university,...

Faculty expected to return to campus for spring semester per updated remote work policy

Faculty expected to return to campus for spring semester per updated remote work policy

Matt Yan, news staff October 23, 2020

In an email sent to all faculty Oct. 22, Northeastern updated its remote work policy for the Spring 2021 semester. Faculty are expected to return to campus “to teach their courses and conduct their research and service,” according to the email from Provost and Senior Vice...

Indoor dining is also once again available at dining halls across campus.

Northeastern eases some on-campus restrictions

Lucy Gavin, deputy campus editor October 16, 2020
Northeastern has announced it is easing some campus safety restrictions regarding the residential guest policy, indoor dining and clubs, in an email to students Friday. 
“I know that the chances of students dying are low, but is that what it’s going to take?” said Abbie Levesque, a doctoral candidate in English and instructor of first-year writing.

Faculty members describe confusion, pressure to return to campus

Matt Yan, news staff October 12, 2020
“Later, when I saw the school touting, ‘Oh, look at how many professors chose to come back,’ it was a bit of a slap in the face because I know a lot of [professors] didn’t feel like they had a choice,” said an anonymous teaching faculty member in the College of Science, who requested anonymity in fear of professional retaliation.