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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

Sean Odom (left) and Phylicia Dias pose for a photo. They sat down with The News for a conversation about Trump's impact at Northeastern.

Q&A: What Northeastern’s response to the Trump administration means for two Black student leaders

Frances Klemm, news staff February 18, 2025

In 2023, the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The impact of the ruling reverberated at universities across the country, several of which experienced dramatic drops in Black student enrollment the following academic year. Northeastern...

Ell Hall on Northeastern's Boston campus. Northeastern replaced or dismantled nearly all of its DEI messaging and websites following a Jan. 21 executive order issued by President Donald Trump which instructed federal officials to investigate “illegal” DEI programs at institutions with endowments greater than $1 billion.

Northeastern purges DEI websites and messaging amid Trump executive order

Eli Curwin, news staff January 29, 2025

Under the looming threat of federal examination, Northeastern has replaced or dismantled nearly all of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, messaging and websites.   Among several other changes, Northeastern replaced the website for its Office of Diversity, Equity...

Students walk to class on Northeastern's Boston campus. The results of the 2023 Diversity and Equity Survey were released in August, which were based on responses from just under 6,000 participants.

2023 Diversity and Equity Survey reports overall rise in student satisfaction while global campuses lag behind

Ayla DiBattista, news correspondent September 28, 2024

Students’ level of satisfaction with the campus climate and their overall experience at the university rose from 2021 to 2023, according to the 2023 Diversity and Equity Survey Northeastern published in August. Meanwhile, satisfaction at global campuses lagged when compared...

A Northeastern University seal hangs behind a lit ceremonial torch at the 2024 convocation ceremony in Boston. Demographic data published Thursday morning by Northeastern Global News revealed that 5.1% of students in the class of 2028 identify as Black, as compared to 7.8% of students in the class of 2027.

Northeastern’s Black first-year enrollment drops 35%

Eli Curwin, news staff September 12, 2024

More than a year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, the share of students who identify as Black enrolled in Northeastern University's class of 2028 dropped 35%, from 7.8% to 5.1%, compared to the class of 2027. In the class of 2028,...

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Northeastern appoints Carla Brodley as Dean of Inclusive Computing

Ethan Wayne, news staff January 25, 2021
Carla Brodley, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, has been appointed as the inaugural Dean of Inclusive Computing at the Northeastern Center for Inclusive Computing.