Travel Ban

Airlines will bounce back. How long that will take is up in the air.

It will take some time for airlines to recover from the travel restrictions and event cancellations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, says Northeastern professor Ravi Sarathy who studies the airline industry, but the effect on their bottom line—and the economy—will not be cataclysmic.

by Khalida Sarwari March 12, 2020

The student's long journey from Syria almost didn’t happen

Bushra Dabbagh was in a race against time. A Syrian student accepted to Northeastern’s biotechnology master’s program, she had to secure her visa in the short window before the Trump administration’s travel ban locked her out of the United States altogether.

by Molly Callahan July 18, 2018

Northeastern joins amicus brief to Supreme Court challenging Trump administration travel ban

Northeastern University has joined 30 other leading American universities in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on immigration.

by News@Northeastern September 21, 2017

Professor calls helping refugees a moral obligation for US

Serena Parekh, associate professor of philosophy, believes that we have a moral obligation to solve the global refugee crisis. “Rather than objects of fear,” she said on Wednesday, during a lecture on the topic, “refugees ought to be objects of moral compassion.”

by Jason Kornwitz March 20, 2017

University offers spring break travel advice for international trips

Spring break officially begins on Saturday, when scores of students, faculty, and staff will pick up and travel to far-flung corners of the world. With…

by News@Northeastern February 28, 2017

Northeastern to hold info session for students on Trump’s executive orders on immigration

Students will have the opportunity to receive an explanation of their rights in light of President Donald Trump’s immigration- and travel-related executive orders. The event, “Immigration Executive Orders: Your Rights and the Current Climate,” will be held in room 102 of the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex today at 3 p.m.

by Molly Callahan February 27, 2017

Lifelong learning, personalized education key to higher ed’s future

At the LearnLaunch Across Boundaries Conference in Boston, President Aoun said that colleges and universities must move to offer “robot-proof education” and embrace the notion of lifelong learning—that people of any age, and throughout their professional careers, will need new skills and competencies to evolve with the times.

by Greg St. Martin February 6, 2017

Northeastern, Mass. universities file amicus brief against travel, refugee ban

Northeastern and seven other Massachusetts colleges and universities filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon, arguing that President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travelers and refugees from certain countries “imperils” the ongoing success and collaboration among global scholars.

by Molly Callahan February 3, 2017

Law professors examine the constitutionality of Trump's travel, refugee ban

Law professors Jessica Silbey and Michael Meltsner, both constitutional law experts, examined President Trump’s sweeping executive order banning travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries. Silbey called the order unconstitutional. Meltsner said that “incompetence is not the same as unconstitutionality,” but there is reason to think “the courts may strike (the order) down.”

by Molly Callahan January 31, 2017

Ongoing Ebola Crisis

by Jordana Torres October 16, 2014