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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

Libby Collard, Odile Jordan and Ellen Valente (left to right)examine a map of London at the London Archives in 2022. Detailed maps revealed not only locations of Black communities and borders, but also hidden cultures. Photo courtesy Oliver Ayers.

‘Mapping Black London’ reveals hidden history, reshapes understandings of Black people in London

Meghan Hirsch, news staff November 22, 2024

What if you could use technology to uncover the past of a place you thought you knew?   Researchers on Northeastern’s “Mapping Black London” project are doing just that. Their interdisciplinary work aims to map the presence and contributions of Black people throughout...

The exterior of One Portsoken. Northeastern recently added nine new classrooms to the fifth floor after acquiring four floors of the building. Courtesy of Emma Mazintas

Northeastern’s London campus opens new space, doubling previous size

Frances Klemm, news staff November 4, 2024

The Northeastern University London campus has effectively doubled in size after the university acquired four floors of One Portsoken, a high-rise building bordering London’s financial district. Northeastern has opened nine new classrooms along with numerous study spaces...

VIDEO: A day in the life of 3 Northeastern campuses

VIDEO: A day in the life of 3 Northeastern campuses

Zoe MacDiarmid and Annika Sunkara February 28, 2024

  Across the Boston, Oakland and London campuses, the day-to-day life of a Northeastern student can look vastly different. In this video, Boston first-year Sandeep Sood, Oakland first-year Ava Angelucci and London first-year Abid Faizi take viewers along to experience...

Coming back to Boston: NU Bound students reflect on their flawed integration to Northeastern’s main campus

Coming back to Boston: NU Bound students reflect on their flawed integration to Northeastern’s main campus

Jackson Laramee, news correspondent October 2, 2023

On Sept. 6, Fenway’s MGM Music Hall opened its doors to Northeastern’s 125th class for convocation. Thousands of first-year students turned the space into a rainbow with brightly colored shirts and light-up bracelets, listening as President Joseph E. Aoun gave words of wisdom...