The Roux Institute at Northeastern Archives

More than half of the graduates of the Roux Institute at Northeastern's inaugural class have jobs at Maine-based employers. Photo by Billie Weiss for Northeastern University

The future of Maine is now with first Roux Institute at Northeastern graduates

PORTLAND, Maine—The inaugural class of the Roux Institute at Northeastern walked the Commencement stage on Friday. President Joseph E. Aoun, as well as the institute’s founders, Maine’s governor, and Portland’s mayor, offered words of encouragement during a ceremony focused on the future of Maine and Northeastern’s entrepreneurial endeavors.

by Cody Mello-Klein June 10, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led her to the Roux Institute–and a new career path

Bei Heald is three months into a full-time job as data manager for Portland Public Schools in Maine while continuing her year-long assignment as student ambassador for the institute at Northeastern University. None of this was in her future prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Ian Thomsen December 14, 2021

Northeastern will ease mask mandates and other restrictions

On Friday, Northeastern will align with new state and CDC guidelines that allow people to forgo masks outdoors when the proper distancing can be maintained. And, starting Monday, fully vaccinated members of the Northeastern community will move to once-a-week testing.

by Peter Ramjug April 29, 2021

‘The opportunities are limitless’

The Roux Institute at Northeastern University welcomed its inaugural class of 76 graduate students in an online ceremony Tuesday night that showcased their opportunities despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Ian Thomsen September 9, 2020

Portland, Maine. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Roux Institute partners with WEX on a new facility in Portland

The Roux Institute at Northeastern University will open in the fall at a facility currently under construction in Portland, Maine. The new building, operated by WEX, one of 10 founding corporate partners of the institute, will offer 26,500 square feet of dedicated space with views of Portland Harbor.

by Ian Thomsen June 17, 2020

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern (right), joined with David and Barbara Roux, the visionaries behind the Roux Institute at Northeastern, on Monday at an opening presentation in Portland, Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Introducing the Roux Institute at Northeastern University

PORTLAND, Maine—In a sun-splashed showroom of glass walls perched on the edge of a scenic pier from which, in another time, Mainers were ferried to Nova Scotia and back, Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, and technology entrepreneur David Roux on Monday unveiled their vision of the future for Portland, Maine, and northern New England to a standing-room crowd of business, government, and education leaders.

by Ian Thomsen January 27, 2020