Northeastern University’s Office of External Affairs has a succinctly stated goal on its website: to position the university as “the world leader in experiential learning and an engine for global impact.” While the department, whose leader has touted it as "the best...

In 1909, eight Northeastern engineering students sent out co-op applications to four local employers, hoping to land a job at a wage of 10 cents an hour.  One hundred and fifteen years later, this program is Northeastern’s signature draw, with 95% of undergraduate students...

From its founding in 1898 until the late 1990s, Northeastern functioned as a commuter school, with the majority of the student population traveling to and from campus every day. Cluttered with parking lots and lacking a campus feel, Northeastern's leaders eventually realized...

Every Northeastern student who has walked through Krentzman Quad has passed Ell Hall. Yet, few know the story of the man it honors: Carl Stephen Ell, Northeastern's second president, who transformed Northeastern from a small, YMCA-affiliated institution into a global university...

In letters penned over a century ago, Northeastern’s first president warned colleagues of the threat a future leader with too much power could pose to the university.  During his tenure as president from 1898 to 1940, Frank Palmer Speare — also Speare Hall’s namesake...

In 2023, the United States Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, fueling feelings of frustration and isolation in Black students at Northeastern. Though Northeastern is still reckoning with a 35% drop in Black student enrollment seen in the Class...