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Students do work on the rooftop of EXP. Northeastern's full-year tuition for students living on-campus reached a record high of more than $90,000 for the 2024-25 academic year.

‘Close to half a million dollars for four years’: As Northeastern tuition reaches a record-high, students question university’s cost

Devyn Rudnick, news correspondent October 3, 2024

When Dianna McIntire, a third-year psychology major, opened her annual tuition statement for the 2024-25 academic year, she was shocked.  “Are you serious? Oh my god, that’s crazy,” McIntire said. McIntire is not alone in her reaction. Northeastern, once considered...

(Left to right) Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Thomas Nedell, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and Senior Vice President for University Advancement Diane MacGillivray.

Northeastern top brass rake in six- and seven-figures during 2023 fiscal year

Eli Curwin, news staff October 2, 2024

During Northeastern’s 2023 fiscal year, or FY 2023, — from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 — Northeastern spent $16.8 million compensating its president, top administrators and other key employees, recently-released tax filings show.  Multiple top Northeastern officials...

Members of the men's club soccer team run laps around Carter Field during a practice Sept. 28. The team's season started Sept. 4.

Northeastern’s men’s club soccer sets sights on nationals

Frances Klemm, news correspondent October 2, 2024

Northeastern’s men’s club soccer team (5-0) is hitting the ground running this season, entering the preseason rankings at 18th nationwide by College Club Sports. The team is coming back from a group stage loss in the 2023 Club Soccer Nationals, and it’s ready for more this...

Drying machines in the West Village A North laundry room. Students moving in this fall were pleasantly surprised to see free laundry machines in residence halls.

Northeastern makes laundry free for students in residence halls, excluding Midtown Hotel and 60 Belvidere St.

Katarina Schmeiszer, news staff October 2, 2024

Laundry machines in Northeastern residence halls, which, for years, cost most students $3 to do one cycle of laundry, are permanently free to use as of the fall 2024 semester.  For students, the development was surprising but welcome; many were still under the impression...

Rochelle Walensky speaks during the Globe Summit 2024 Sept. 25. Walensky shared her experiences as director of the CDC during the pandemic.

Former CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky dissects the state of public health at 2024 Globe Summit

Matias Gonzalez and Sandeep Sood October 1, 2024

Former Director of the Center for Disease Control Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Anna Kuchment, health and medical editor at The Boston Globe, kicked off the 2024 Boston Globe Summit Sept. 25 at the Harvard Club of Boston with a discussion about the state of public health in the U.S....

Maura Healey speaks during a conversation with Sabrina Shankman at the Globe Summit 2024. The two discussed the future of Massachusetts’ workforce and its connection to sustainable energy.

Governor Healey talks climate innovations at Globe Summit 2024

Grace Cargill and Yashavi Upasani September 30, 2024

Governor Maura Healey took the stage to discuss the commonwealth’s advances in sustainable energy practices Sept. 26. At The Harvard Club of Boston, politicians, journalists and industry moguls gathered for the 2024 Boston Globe Summit, an annual program which focused on “Boston’s...

Two children pose in a photo stand-in. Multiple colorful, illustrative photo stand-ins were placed along Somerville Avenue.

Lions and tigers and fluff, oh my: Somerville celebrates its sweet history

Emily Niedermeyer, news correspondent September 27, 2024

Community members gathered in Union Square for the 19th annual What the Fluff? Festival Sept. 21, a celebration honoring the creation of Marshmallow Fluff in Somerville back in 1917. Despite the gloomy weather throughout the day, thousands of people poured down Somerville...

Home of the Our Lady's Guild House, the building at 20 Charlesgate W. features many single occupant apartments. The Our Lady Guild House is surrounded by areas to dine and shop. A public meeting held Sept. 19 allowed people to ask questions about the possibility of renovating the building.

Historic Fenway building to be renovated, creating affordable housing

Yashavi Upasani, news correspondent September 26, 2024

Located at 20 Charlesgate W., Our Lady’s Guild House is planning a renovation to create more affordable housing in the Fenway area. In October 2023, the Fenway Community Development Corporation, or Fenway CDC, along with the Planning Office for Urban Affairs, or POUA, purchased...

James Alan Fox poses for a photo. Fox worked with USA Today and AP to establish a mass killing database meant to fight misinformation.

Northeastern professor helps combat mass killing misinformation through comprehensive database

Caroline Baker Dimock, news correspondent September 25, 2024

For years, James Alan Fox has believed the media plays a big role in misrepresenting mass killings. Now, he works with some of the biggest news outlets in the nation to combat misinformation and inflammatory, exaggerated facts that often cause panic among the public.  Since...

Errol Johnson sits in the City Hall on the Go truck, ready to assist Boston residents. The truck has offered services such as absentee ballot requests, parking ticket appeals, health insurance applications and marriage certificate requests.

‘City Hall on The Go’ brings Boston’s government to residents’ doorsteps

Sarah Mesdjian, news staff September 24, 2024

From its polarizing, brutalist architecture to its confusing floor plan, Boston City Hall has never been perceived as a welcoming, approachable place for Bostonians to complete their civic duties.  Kyle Potts, a fourth-year computer science major at Northeastern University,...

Northeastern's Boston campus shown at various stages from 1952 to the present day. The university faced a budget gap of $17 million in 1991, causing them to formulate a strategy to bring in more money. Photos courtesy Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Bottom right photo by Jessica Xing.

Op-ed: Our rapidly-expanding university’s growing pains are just beginning

Zoe MacDiarmid, contributor September 23, 2024

In a biological context, a metamorphosis refers to a dramatic change in a body form from an infantile stage to an organism’s adult stage. One may conjure an image of tadpoles growing into frogs, or eggs transforming into butterflies.  In a more practical context, however,...

Customers peruse and purchase clothing from the annual MASSive Thrift Market at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. Thrifting organizations such as Select Markets and Thrift2Death hosted the event for the first time.

A win for Boston’s fashion scene: Boston’s MASSive Thrift Market brings vintage vibes to the city

Kaelyn McFadden, news correspondent September 21, 2024

In the midst of New York Fashion Week, Boston had its own sprawling fashion event — though the invite list wasn’t limited to models and millionaires. In the late-summer heat, on the outskirts of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, a seemingly never-ending...