high school students

Students from Dunbar Senior High School in Washington are silhouetted as they protest the city's plan to close 23 schools in the fall due to declining enrollment, at a gathering outside the office of the D.C. Schools Chancellor in Washington, on Friday May 23, 2008. Dunbar was not slated for closing. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Race, gender, shape high school students’ support for First Amendment protections

Boys and white students are less inclined than girls and students of color to agree with the statement: “The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees,” researchers at Northeastern and the Knight Foundation found.

by Molly Callahan and Tyler Machado December 16, 2019

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Local teens get hands-on learning at Marine Science Center

Northeastern’s Marine Science Center kicked off its outreach field season on Tuesday by hosting teenagers from a school in Lynn, who spent the morning exploring marine life along the center’s rocky shores, learning about biodiversity at the center’s touch tanks, and engaging with Northeastern researchers who are studying everything from salt marshes to the physiology and health of corals.

by Greg St. Martin April 4, 2018

High school students visit physics professor Don Heiman's lab during a campus visit as part of the American Junior Academy of Science annual conference being held in Boston. <i>Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University</i>

Northeastern hosts budding scientists from across the nation

Some 00 high school students from across the nation spent Thursday meeting faculty members, touring labs and research facilities, and seeing science in action at Northeastern as part of the American Junior Academy of Science annual conference being held in Boston.

by Greg St. Martin February 17, 2017

Boston valedictorians aim high, reach Northeastern

Eight high-achieving Boston high school valedictorians will begin the next phase of their academic lives at Northeastern University this fall, matriculating into the…

by Jason Kornwitz July 20, 2016

Students take their final exams in the Bridge to Calculus program in Northeastern's Ryder Hall. <i>Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University</i>

Northeastern program preps Boston teens for calculus

For six weeks this summer, some 120 students from Boston Public Schools made an early morning trek from across the city to Northeastern’s campus, where they engaged in a math enrichment program designed to prepare them for calculus courses in high school.

by Greg St. Martin August 11, 2015

Becoming ‘something special’

Community-based program at Northeastern helps at-risk youth build stronger relationships — and get into college.

by Jason Kornwitz August 31, 2011

Youths shore up their science knowledge

High school students assess ocean life on a global scale during a summer program at Northeastern's Marine Science Center in Nahant, Mass.

by Greg St. Martin August 23, 2011

Summer camp that’s out of this world

Boston middle school students in Northeastern-sponsored science program study outer space, with encouragement from a visitor who knows space travel firsthand.

by News@Northeastern July 20, 2011

Bouvé graduate student named Schweitzer Fellow

Student in physician assistant program will use fellowship to run a health clinic at Boston charter high school

by Matt Collette June 9, 2011