“Recent changes to immigration [policy] make these projections extremely optimistic, unless the administration’s policies are reversed in the future,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, an associate professor emeritus of economics and public policy at Northeastern University.

Matthews Arena was the original home of the Boston Bruins and the site of the first-ever Boston Celtics game.

Northeastern’s plans for the next building are ambitious. They want the building to host not only basketball and hockey, but also graduations and academic events.

“This is not a victory lap for gun reform—it’s a return to a more typical level,” said James Alan Fox, a research professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern who oversees the database, in an interview with Newsweek.

A piece of Boston’s history will come to an end this weekend. Matthews Arena will be closing its doors after this Saturday’s Northeastern-Boston University men’s hockey game. The Northeastern-owned facility will be deconstructed for a new state-of-the-art facility, which is set to be ready in 2028.

“By and large, Orthodox Christians are not far right. It’s a minority group within a minority religious tradition,” said Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, who studies religion and politics at Northeastern University.

After 115 years of hosting iconic Boston games, the oldest hockey and basketball arena in the NCAA will host its last game on Saturday with several college hockey luminaries in attendance.

“By and large, Orthodox Christians are not far right. It’s a minority group within a minority religious tradition,” said Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, who studies religion and politics at Northeastern University.

Last year, after word of an 1,100-calorie brownie sundae cookie with 110 grams of sugar went viral, a food-policy expert at Northeastern University said that “if these cookies were firearms, they’d be illegal.” 

The topic may become sticky because it’s one “that a user only wants to engage with sometimes,” said Laura Edelson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University who collaborated with The Post in a parallel TikTok research effort.

“Outright climate denying seems to be decreasing,” said Alaina Kinol, a PhD candidate at Northeastern University who studies resistance to climate policy. ​“What we’re seeing more is obstruction,” she added, “and tactics that delay action.”

Matthews Arena will be closing its doors this week after more than a century of hosting the biggest names not just in sports but also politics, music and culture. Now owned by Northeastern University, the 115-year-old barn will say goodbye when the Huskies play Beanpot rival Boston University in hockey on Saturday night.