Society & Culture

Let the light shine down

Sunlight shines down on two students as they walk through the Snell Quad on Jan. 11, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University…

by Matthew Modoono January 11, 2019

Here’s why two law professors believe a new jury should decide the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Northeastern law professors Michael Meltsner and Daniel Medwed are among eight Boston-area lawyers who say that a new jury outside of the city should decide…

by Molly Callahan January 11, 2019

He's guiding the future of Northeastern in Seattle. His copilot would like a biscuit.

Dave Thurman, the new dean and chief executive officer of Northeastern in Seattle, is helping students find their way in the neighboring tech community. Everywhere…

by Ian Thomsen January 11, 2019

Your Northeastern

Students Daniel Lim and Andrew Goldberg reflect on working at Northeastern’s student-run radio station.

by Hannah Moore January 11, 2019

‘It’s just such a rush of adrenaline performing in front of a crowd that I absolutely love’

By night and weekend, Kelsey Zimmerer practices and performs as a New England Patriots cheerleader. By day, she is the marketing director at a Boston-based…

by Greg St. Martin January 11, 2019

Connecting the dots

Northeastern student Caitlin Wang studies in West Village H on Jan. 10, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University…

by Matthew Modoono January 10, 2019

These students have $50,000 to help the environment. How can they do the most good?

Imagine you have $50,000 to donate to nonprofit organizations that would help them carry out their missions. How would you split it up? How would…

by Molly Callahan January 10, 2019

Want to know which hashtags will dominate in 2019? Look to what worked in 2018.

Last year was the year of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and #NoBanNoWall. Which social movements will dominate 2019? Look for conversations about climate change to emerge online,…

by Molly Callahan January 10, 2019

Can Sweden offer the US lessons on how to improve gender equality in finance? Here’s what two Northeastern students found.

Malin Ortenblad and Mary King were tired of the masculine culture they’d experienced early in their business careers. So they decided to study whether Sweden…

by Greg St. Martin January 10, 2019

Here’s how the government shutdown is affecting research at Northeastern

As the United States enters the third week of a partial government shutdown, federally funded research at Northeastern University is so far “minimally affected” and…

by Molly Callahan January 9, 2019