April Fools’ Day

ISEC to become Mars discovery lab

In a first-of-its-kind move, Northeastern is converting the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex into a cutting-edge Mars discovery lab.

In footsteps of women's basketball team, now all teams required to push bus

Last month, when the women’s basketball team bus got caught in a Nor’easter, the Huskies rallied together to push the bus until it regained traction. The move was such a success that bus-pushing will now be a permanent feature of all athletic teams’ training regimens.

Tunesday: I pity the (April) fool

April Fool’s Day is right around the corner, but this playlist is no joke.

Hamilton coming to Northeastern for limited-run performances

Students, faculty, and staff won’t have to travel to Broadway or even to Broadway in Boston to catch a performance of Hamilton; the smash hit is coming to Northeastern this month.

Northeastern to launch drone food delivery for students

Northeastern has partnered with a Silicon Valley tech firm to offer a drone food delivery service, Husky Bone Drone, to its students, starting this fall. Geolocation services built into the app will allow the drones to accurately deliver food to the user anywhere, at any time on campus.

Northeastern announces plan to go paperless, banish books

The university has formed a lifetime partnership with a large digital media company in Silicon Valley, with the goal of going completely paperless by May 1.

Spring semester to end one week early

An unseasonably warm winter, with just one snow day, has led Northeastern officials to move up finals and give students an early start to summer vacation.

Five surefire tips for improving your online dating profile

Christian Rudder, the co-founder of OKCupid, visited campus in February to discuss the intersection of big data and online dating. In light of the success…

April Fools’ Day 2016

Incoming students to receive their own husky puppy

Northeastern has announced that it will launch a first-of-its-kind initiative this fall, targeted at raising school spirit and awareness of the university’s mascot. All incoming students will receive their own husky puppy when they arrive on campus.