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Nick Hirano

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Northeastern expands security research with Arlington, Va. campus

Northeastern expands security research with Arlington, Va. campus

Nick Hirano, news staff
November 10, 2019
Northeastern is launching a new research campus in Arlington, Virginia, a Washington, D.C. suburb home to the Pentagon and numerous federal agencies.
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Students received zeros on their assignments and were in danger of failing the course if another instance of plagiarism was discovered.

NU enters global race for AI funding, talent 

Nick Hirano, news staff
October 23, 2019
Northeastern will allocate $50 million and hire as many as 30 faculty members for a new Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence.
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Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun.

Aoun addresses provost search at faculty senate

Nick Hirano, news staff
October 4, 2019
Northeastern professors expressed their wants and concerns about the search for the next provost at a faculty senate meeting on Wednesday.
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Provost James Bean has been at Northeastern since 2015.

Provost Bean to step down at end of academic year

Nick Hirano, news staff
September 24, 2019
Northeastern Provost James C. Bean will step down at the end of the 2020 academic year.
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Many companies that work with ICE can be found at NUs career fairs multiple times per semester.

NU co-op students grapple with company ties to ICE

Nick Hirano, news staff
September 18, 2019

In June, Northeastern co-op students at Wayfair found their employer thrust into the political fray when the e-commerce company sold $200,000 worth of children’s bedroom furniture to a contractor that...

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Northeastern alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s

Northeastern alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s

Nick Hirano
December 5, 2018
Northeastern Alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s. The bar sold to NU for $5.3 million with unknown plans for the future.
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Photo Courtesy/Brooks Canaday

Faculty Senate grills CIO on NU’s IT woes

Nick Hirano, news staff
December 4, 2018
Northeastern’s top information technology executive, Cole Camplese, met with the Faculty Senate Nov. 28 to discuss his priorities for updating and improving the university’s technology infrastructure.
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Administrators release details on London college purchase

Administrators release details on London college purchase

Nick Hirano
November 18, 2018
University leaders discussed Northestern's planned acquisition of The New College of the Humanities and expanding experiential learning in the United Kingdom.
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Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun pledged to give part of his salary to COVID-19 research efforts.

Aoun teases second ISEC building at Faculty Senate meeting

Nick Hirano, Deputy Campus Editor
November 1, 2018
The Northeastern president spoke before the faculty's representative body about future plans for the university, including the possibility of an additional interdisciplinary research facility.
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Campus political groups encourage students to vote

Campus political groups encourage students to vote

Nick Hirano
October 18, 2018
Northeastern's partisan political groups find common ground on voter registration.
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New bridge will connect north, south sides of campus

New bridge will connect north, south sides of campus

Nick Hirano
October 15, 2018
An event at ISEC featured a live viewing of the bridge's erection and a panel discussion with the architects and engineers behind the project.
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10 Coventry fire prompts relocation of students

10 Coventry fire prompts relocation of students

Chris Butler and Nick Hirano
September 19, 2018
Although the fire was extinguished minutes after it started, the water damage caused by the sprinklers proved costly.
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LightView event promotes new student apartments

LightView event promotes new student apartments

Chris Butler and Nick Hirano
September 12, 2018
American Campus Communities hosted a kickoff event celebrating the opening day of the LightView Apartments leasing office.
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Take Back the Night calls attention to sexual violence

Take Back the Night calls attention to sexual violence

Nick Hirano
April 12, 2018
The event, featuring speeches from survivors of sexual violence, was part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
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Stonewall activist speaks at Northeastern

Stonewall activist speaks at Northeastern

Nick Hirano
April 11, 2018
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a notable transgender activist, spoke on campus about her work for transgender rights.
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NU student seeks to ease traffic with app

NU student seeks to ease traffic with app

Nick Hirano
April 5, 2018
First-year Keith Corso was stuck behind a school bus making unnecessary stops when he conceived BusRight.
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Black Panther founder speaks on campus about civil rights

Black Panther founder speaks on campus about civil rights

Nick Hirano
March 21, 2018
Bobby Seale, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, spoke in the Curry Student Center Ballroom.
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MIT professor proposes futurist solutions to inequality

MIT professor proposes futurist solutions to inequality

Nick Hirano
February 24, 2018
J. Phillip Thompson, an MIT professor, discussed tech-based solutions to racial and economic inequalities.
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Law school panel talks transgender rights, “politics of the toilet”

Law school panel talks transgender rights, “politics of the toilet”

Nick Hirano
February 15, 2018
Members of the Northeastern community gathered for a panel discussion on obstacles faced by transgender people on account of their anatomy.
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