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Here’s what Boston looked like after a deadly wave of molasses swallowed the North End

Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood, which killed 21 people in Boston’s North End when a storage tank ruptured and…

by Gregory Grinnell and Jason Kornwitz January 15, 2019

The scribblings of John Adams might help build a better search engine

David Smith, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science and a founding member of the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks,…

by Khalida Sarwari December 20, 2018

Northeastern appoints new dean of libraries

Daniel J. Cohen, who will join the university on June 1, is founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America in Boston. To…

by Greg St. Martin April 26, 2017

Law professor Margaret Burnham named Carnegie Fellow

Burnham founded Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and her fellowship will support the development of the project’s archive.

by Greg St. Martin April 19, 2016

Libraries swapping stacks for bytes

Northeastern University celebrated the work of the newly created Digital Public Library of America with a daylong series of workshops focused on the future of…

by Joe O'Connell October 29, 2013

Archivist sees bright future in collections of past

Giordana Mecagni, the new university archivist and head of special collections, is ready to increase the scope of the Archives and Special Collections Department, which…

by Joe O'Connell September 13, 2013