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‘What we need now is leadership’: Northeastern faculty voice alarm over Trump administration DEI restrictions, threats to funding

Zoe MacDiarmid and Chloe Craft • January 30, 2025

More than 430 faculty members sat in on a Jan. 29 faculty senate meeting, expressing confusion and concern following a series of federal executive...

Ell Hall on Northeastern's Boston campus. The number of undergraduate applications received by Northeastern rose 63% this year from 2020.

Northeastern undergraduate applications soar over 100,000, breaking previous record

Val O’Neill, managing editor • January 29, 2025

Northeastern’s total number of undergraduate applications surged once again for the 2025-26 academic year, totalling a record 105,092 applications,...

Students on the Boston campus walk to and from classes. Northeastern's undergraduate enrollment increased 63.2% since 2013.

Northeastern’s Boston student population has increased 63.2% since 2013. Students struggle to navigate the ever-growing campus.

Madison Evangelist, news staff • January 28, 2025

When Sherri Miller studied on Northeastern’s Boston campus in the 1970s, there were around 15,000 undergraduate students and around 5,000 graduate...

A child smiles in anticipation of a chocolate strawberry as his mom holds a plate of previously acquired chocolate goodies. Plates were given at the start of the line and were piled high with sweet treats by the end of the vendor row.

Chocoholics take over Harvard Square for annual chocolate tasting event

Devyn Rudnick, photo staff • January 29, 2025

More than 300 chocolate lovers flooded Harvard Square Jan. 25 for the city’s 14th Annual Taste of Chocolate Festival. Hosted by the Harvard...

A performer in bright red and gold takes the stage. The act was part of a father-son dance duo.

Boston community crowds City Hall in celebration of Lunar New Year

Aya Al-Zehhawi, photo staff • January 29, 2025

Hundreds of Bostonians, performers and elected officials gathered early afternoon Jan. 26 to commemorate the Chinese Lunar New Year with a cultural...

Photos courtesy Tia Dufour, Trump White House Archived.

Bostonians concerned one week into Trump administration

Alexis Algazy and Devyn Rudnick • January 29, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in Jan. 20 for his second term in the White House. His administration wasted no time signing a plethora of executive...

A water polo player takes a shot. Northeastern's women's club water polo team had an undefeated 2023-24 regular season.

‘We wanted to have fun, and we ended up winning’: Undefeated in 2024 regular season, women’s club water polo team prepares for its first match of 2025

Paloma Welch, news staff • January 30, 2025

After an undefeated 2023-24 regular season, Northeastern’s women’s club water polo team is preparing for its first game of the season Feb....

Baseball is played at Fenway Park at night. Northeastern baseball will face off against Harvard, Boston College and University of Massachusetts Amherst April 29 in the first Baseball Beanpot at Fenway Park since 2019. File photo by Kelly Thomas.

Baseball Beanpot returns to Fenway Park for first time in 6 years

Cassandra Joyce, news staff • January 28, 2025

Northeastern baseball will face off against Harvard, Boston College and University of Massachusetts Amherst, or UMass Amherst, April 29 in the...

Junior guard Rashad King rushes to the basket. King, Northeastern’s leading scorer, was double-teamed, causing him to fail to score in the first half.

Unable to overcome trailing early, Northeastern men’s basketball loses another conference matchup

Bailey Reynolds, news staff • January 28, 2025

Northeastern men’s basketball (11-10, 3-5 CAA) was defeated by the Towson Tigers (12-9, 7-1 CAA) at Matthews Arena 75-65 Jan. 27. It was...

Freshman center Alyssa Staten wins a tipoff Jan. 19. The Huskies appeared undisciplined, leading to eight turn overs compared to Stony Brook’s two.

Women’s basketball suffers back-to-back defeats on the road, still searching for first conference win

Cassandra Joyce, news staff • January 28, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-15, 0-7 CAA) lost two consecutive away games against the Stony Brook Seawolves (10-9, 5-3 CAA)...

Vinny Borgesi skates down the ice to get open for a pass Jan. 26. Borgesi scored the second goal of the night against Merrimack College.

The force is not with Huskies in loss to Merrimack

Elli Einset and Bailey Reynolds • January 26, 2025

The force failed the Huskies Jan. 25 when Northeastern men’s hockey (9-11-3, 4-8-3 HE) narrowly fell to the Merrimack College Warriors (10-13-1,...

A Northeastern seal on the Boston campus. Following an executive order by Trump attacking DEI related programs Jan. 21, Northeastern took down many of its DEI programs and website pages.

Op-ed: What did DEI really mean to Northeastern? Did it mean anything at all?

Antaine Anhalt, contributor • January 30, 2025

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Jan. 21 attacking diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, and related programs across the country,...

Op-ed: If you didn’t love N.U.in, you’re not alone

Samantha Denecour, columnist • January 29, 2025

On Aug. 26, 2024, I watched some unusual travelers make their way through Logan Airport security: a nervous 18-year-old in a Northeastern t-shirt,...

Copies of "A Short Guide to Writing about Biology" sit for sale in the Northeastern bookstore. Many Northeastern combined majors were created as a cross between STEM and humanities.

Op-ed: Yes, we need STEM — but we need the humanities too

Antaine Anhalt, contributor • January 26, 2025

College majors tend to have two broad categories: humanities and STEM. Yet, sometimes it seems like the two sides have gone to war, arguing about...

Northeastern students walk across campus to switch classes, grab lunch or return to their residential halls. The school resorted to sending students to the Sheraton Hotel or Midtown Hotel when White Hall was condemned in August 2023.

Op-ed: Campus feels more overcrowded than ever. We need better solutions.

Antaine Anhalt, contributor • January 21, 2025

It’s not exactly a secret that Northeastern has an overcrowding problem. Marino Recreation Center has a reputation for being packed every day...

The entrance to the Richards Advising Center. For the 2023-2024 academic year there were 18 advisors for 3,865 undergraduates in the College of Science.

Op-ed: Resources at Northeastern are helpful, but hidden

Mikayla Tsai, columnist • January 9, 2025

Despite the sheer number of students at Northeastern University, there was never a moment in which I felt neglected by the institution. Whether...

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