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...
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...
In April 2023, Clarissa Caslli, a second-year business administration major, lost $1,000 because of a scam email she received through her Northeastern Outlook account.
Awaiting the start of her first semester at Northeastern, Caslli was still a senior in high school when...
Overall crime on the Boston campus has decreased over the last year while reports of dating violence increased, according to recently-released security reports covering crime statistics at Northeastern’s campuses through the 2023 calendar year.
Northeastern is federally...
Before Northeastern students begin classes each fall, thousands of families await the inevitable: The semesterly email notification that their bill is ready. As that bill continues to climb, students wonder how their tuition dollars are being spent, and if their education is...
In the seventh episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about a recent story. Projects editor Alexa Coultoff takes listeners behind the scenes of the love stories project, a long-form collection of love stories from couples around Boston...
In honor of Valentine's Day, The News' projects team set out to collect love stories around Boston. Four couples' stories were brought to life through video.
To read the full stories of nine couples, click here.
Following the August release of a statewide database of police disciplinary records, two of three Northeastern police officer records have been amended in an effort to correct the original publication.
The Massachusetts Police Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission,...
For graduating seniors, a year of hybrid learning in a pandemic brought new challenges and experiences to an already packed college career. As they get ready to enter the next phases of their lives, The News spoke with 12 seniors to understand what made their time at Northeastern...
