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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

A sign on Northeastern’s campus celebrating 115 years of co-op. As of 2024, 95% of students completed at least one co-op.

115 years later: How Northeastern’s co-op program grew with the university

Lily Cooper, deputy campus editor January 6, 2025

Northeastern looked vastly different 115 years ago. The university, then named The Evening Institute for Young Men, was still teaching classes out of the Huntington Avenue YMCA, and it would be another 20 years before it constructed its first building, Richards Hall, in 1938.  At...