Campus, Community & Events

Meet the small army of cleaners who are keeping Northeastern safe

Now, as you read this, they are hard at work: scrubbing tabletops, disinfecting bathrooms, and cleaning elevator buttons across Northeastern’s Boston campus. These soldiers of hygiene will operate around the clock to maintain a safe environment for students, faculty, and staff at each stage of phased reopening across Northeastern’s global network of campuses.

by Ian Thomsen June 1, 2020

This soup kitchen needed help. The Marine Science Center faculty delivered.

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced My Brother’s Table, the largest soup kitchen on Massachusetts’ North Shore, to change how it serves guests, the community at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center took note, and stepped up.

by Kaitlyn Budion June 1, 2020

Can’t-miss events in June

Learn about the impact of COVID-19 around the globe. Explore the Northeastern archives. Discover different ways to make coffee. These and other virtual events are on tap in June across the university’s global network.

by Kaitlyn Budion and Irvin Zhang May 29, 2020

Amid the oil price collapse and COVID-19, what’s in store for Africa’s economy? 

Global Perspectives, a new virtual speaker series designed by Northeastern’s Young Global Leaders, launched on Thursday with a focus on how the combination of the oil price collapse and the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unforeseen challenges among Africa’s oil-exporting countries.

by Khalida Sarwari May 28, 2020

You won’t want to miss these events happening through the end of May

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to prevent in-person events, the Northeastern community has adapted to the new normal. Here are a few of the virtual events being held in the second half of May.

by Kaitlyn Budion and Irvin Zhang May 14, 2020

‘We couldn’t have imagined a better partner’

When Boston city officials got news early this week that a donor was sending an 18-wheeler full of art supplies for families, there was only one problem: Where would they unload and sort the supplies? Northeastern’s Matthews Arena, that’s where.

by Molly Callahan May 13, 2020

What can we learn from past pandemics?

National leadership, a communication strategy supported by science, and consistent disease surveillance, helped previous administrations handle past global health crises, said Dr. Mark Dybul, a former U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, and Kathleen Sebelius, a former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, as part of a virtual Civic Experience event hosted by Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari May 7, 2020

‘This need is not going to be going away.’ Neither are Northeastern’s blood drives.

On Monday, Matthews Arena hosted its second blood drive in less than a month as part of a continuing collaboration with the American Red Cross.

by Laura Castañón May 4, 2020

To those on the front lines: Northeastern is with you

To the people on the front lines of this crisis, the Northeastern community is with you: Whether it’s providing housing for first responders; sharing cutting-edge…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer May 3, 2020

Can’t-miss events in May

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to prevent in-person events, the Northeastern community has adapted to the new normal. Here are a few of the virtual events being held in May.

by Kaitlyn Budion and Irvin Zhang April 29, 2020

Campus, Commun­ity & Events

Meet the small army of cleaners who are keeping Northeastern safe

This soup kitchen needed help. The Marine Science Center faculty delivered.

Can’t-miss events in June

Amid the oil price collapse and COVID-19, what’s in store for Africa’s economy?

You won’t want to miss these events happening through the end of May

‘We couldn’t have imagined a better partner’

What can we learn from past pandemics?

‘This need is not going to be going away.’ Neither are Northeastern’s blood drives.

To those on the front lines: Northeastern is with you

Can’t-miss events in May

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Amid the oil price collapse and COVID-19, what’s in store for Africa’s economy? 