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Northeastern, industry, and government leaders hail new grant that will help increase diversity in STEM

On Tuesday at Northeastern, President Joseph E. Aoun and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new $4.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for…

by Greg St. Martin October 24, 2018

Google’s IT Support Professional Certificate can now count toward a degree at Northeastern University

The new pathway is designed to help professionals gain the skills necessary to meet the growing demand for qualified workers in the fields of information…

by Molly Callahan September 18, 2018

The internet’s crawling with bad guys. Here are some of the good ones.

Russian hackers. WannaCry. Equifax. There are a lot of cybervillains out there, and the world needs a lot more cyberheroes to take them out. These…

by Kristen Coyne - contributor September 18, 2018

Student’s code could’ve stopped the Equifax hack

When Equifax was hacked last year, sensitive information from more than 143 million Americans was at risk of being stolen. Now a Northeastern student is…

by Debora Almeida July 16, 2018

Cool events for a hot summer on Northeastern’s campuses

On a Northeastern campus this summer? Whether you’re into the World Cup or computer science, we have just the thing.

by Molly Callahan July 3, 2018

Northeastern receives funding to aid in closing diversity gap in tech

Northeastern University has received funding from Pivotal Ventures, the executive office of Melinda Gates, to expand its Align program. Align focuses on closing the…

by Allie Nicodemo March 12, 2018

Northeastern appoints new regional dean, CEO for Seattle campus

Peter Temes, who will begin full time in August, comes to Northeastern from the ILO Institute, which he founded and where he has served as…

by Greg St. Martin June 29, 2017

National Science Foundation grant bolsters Northeastern’s work to diversify computer science field

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will expand Northeastern’s computer science ALIGN program, creating even more opportunities for students from demographic groups…

by Molly Callahan March 30, 2017

Education ‘stakes have never been higher’

Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell delivered his final speech as a senior member of the Obama administration on Thursday morning at Northeastern, saying that…

by Jason Kornwitz January 13, 2017

CCIS dean’s own path spurs drive to increase student opportunities

Carla Brodley started college as an economics major. She finished with a double major in math and computer science, the result of a programming course…

by Greg St. Martin May 17, 2016