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From Serbia to Salt Lake City, a basketball journey

When Northeastern takes the floor Thursday in its opening round NCAA Tournament matchup with Kansas, the team will be led by point guard Vasa Pusica, whose odyssey has taken him from Belgrade, Serbia, to March Madness.

by Ian Thomsen March 18, 2019

Huskies to meet Kansas in NCAA Tournament at Salt Lake City

The Huskies (23-10) earned a No. 13 seed in the Midwest Regional. The Jayhawks (25-9) are a No. 4 seed after finishing third in the Big 12 conference during the regular season. They were beaten Saturday in their conference final by Iowa State, 78-66.

by Ian Thomsen March 17, 2019

Learn what it takes to cover the nation’s capital and the Trump White House.

Three leading White House correspondents will be at Northeastern to analyze and explain their roles in this new era of presidential coverage by tweet. Their panel discussion, “Covering the Nation’s Capital,” will be held at the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex Auditorium on Monday at 4 p.m.

by Ian Thomsen March 15, 2019

It's on to March Madness!

The Huskies are headed to the NCAA Tournament after holding on to beat top-seeded Hofstra, 82-74, in the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball final Tuesday night at North Charleston Coliseum.

by Ian Thomsen March 12, 2019

Huskies overcome Charleston to advance to conference final

In that final minute, Vasa Pusica lifted Northeastern to a 70-67 win over Charleston that leaves the Huskies (22-10) one win away from March Madness.

by Ian Thomsen March 12, 2019

Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy. He told Congress how to fix it.

John Kwoka understood what was wrong with the American economy, and he was prepared to offer solutions. But…

by Ian Thomsen March 11, 2019

Men’s basketball team cruises in conference quarterfinals

The Northeastern men’s basketball team opened the Colonial Athletic Association with a no-nonsense 80-59 quarterfinal win over the University of North Carolina-Wilmington on Sunday night. A potential semifinal rematch with Charleston awaits.

by Ian Thomsen March 10, 2019

‘Venezuela is being pillaged like never before’

Organized crime is driving the international standoff surrounding the crisis in South America, says José Buscaglia, a scholar of Latin America who directs the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures at Northeastern.

by Ian Thomsen March 1, 2019

‘A dream come true’

The Northeastern Huskies played the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in an annual spring training game in Fort Myers, Florida. Award-winning photographer Adam Glanzman captured the action.

by Ian Thomsen and Adam Glanzman February 28, 2019

Here’s what inspires technology entrepreneurs, and why their startups succeed

Something kept nagging Raj Echambadi about his groundbreaking research in 2004 on high-tech startups. Fifteen years later, Echambadi, the Dunton Family Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, found his answer—and it wasn’t about the money.

by Ian Thomsen February 26, 2019

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