The federal government issued a FAQ Feb. 28 outlining how it will enforce its order for educational institutions to eliminate race-based programs.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, issued the FAQ as a follow-up to its Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague"...
Under the directive of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” letter Feb. 14 to all educational institutions in the country receiving federal funding, which includes public K-12 schools and higher education...
A Northeastern professor called on university leadership to more forcefully respond to the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration in an open letter to the university community Feb. 22, the first such letter at Northeastern since Trump took office last month and...
Aiden Stein, deputy campus editor
• February 15, 2025
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a database of over 3,400 National Science Foundation, or NSF, grants awarded towards what he deemed “questionable” research that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion or “advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” in a Feb. 11 press...
Following Northeastern’s removal of nearly all diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, messaging from its websites and social media platforms Jan. 29, postdoctoral teaching associate Griffin Zimmerman sent a Canvas message to students in all four of his writing courses. Zimmerman...
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun sent an email to the Northeastern community Feb. 12 around 10 a.m. expressing a continued commitment to the university’s “core values” amid an outcry for communication from university leadership. The statement came weeks after President...
Whether from a friend’s text, on social media or through word of mouth, Northeastern students recently became aware of the university’s first outward-facing changes caused by President Donald Trump’s recent election: the near-elimination of Northeastern’s diversity, equity...
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Massachusetts State House, holding signs and joining in chants, Feb. 5 to voice their disapproval of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and recent executive orders.
The protest was one of a nationwide wave of demonstrations advertised...
A friend of Edward Coristine, a first-year student at Northeastern, said tech billionaire Elon Musk is an "idol" to Coristine.
“Through high school, his goal was never really to go to college,” the friend said. “He really just wanted to build his own thing, like Mark...
As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity...
Aiming to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, Northeastern instructed faculty in an email sent Jan. 29 around 2 p.m. to report whether their National Science Foundation-funded research involves diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA, principles...
Hallie Luo, photo correspondent
• January 31, 2025
Gathered outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in downtown Boston Jan. 20, hundreds of protesters rallied against President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day. Trump, who protesters said has an “extreme, far-right billionaire agenda,” was sworn in for his second presidential...
