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2 weeks ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Northeastern bought an office building in Burlington, Mass. for $33 million in May, the most recent purchase in its ongoing effort to expand the university’s number of satellite campuses across the United States. The Burlington BioCenter — which the university officially acquired on May 19, according to state land records — is a four-story, 109,085-square-foot building containing primarily office and scientific lab spaces.
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1 month ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
The Boston Marathon is a beloved part of Boston history, holding the title of the world’s oldest annual marathon since its inception in 1897. From only 18 local entrants in its first year, the marathon has grown to nearly 32,000 entrants in the 2025 race — and almost half of them identify as women. Despite their high participation, women have only been allowed to compete since 1972.
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1 month ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Bradley French is a modern renaissance man. He’s a fourth-year behavioral neuroscience major on the pre-medical school track, member of the Phi Delta Epsilon fraternity, Huntington 100 inductee, Nu Rho Psi Honors Society member and an undergraduate teaching fellow. French is also on the Northeastern club hockey team and has two clinical co-op experiences under his belt. One would think that would be enough. But on top of it all, French has been training to run the Boston Marathon April 21.
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2 months ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Over 50,000 people gathered in Boston Common April 5 for a “Hands Off Massachusetts” rally and march protesting the policies of President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk and their political allies. The Boston demonstration was one of at least 1,300 “Hands Off” rallies across all 50 states, as well as some held outside of the United States in London, Berlin and Paris.
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2 months ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Meghan Hirsch |Chloe Craft
On the evening of March 25, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents near her off-campus apartment in Somerville. Video footage shows plainclothes officers, with their faces covered, grabbing Ozturk and forcing her into a van. Ozturk is also a Fulbright Scholar, and recently graduated with her master’s in developmental psychology from Columbia University’s Teachers College.
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2 months ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Over 200 Northeastern faculty, staff, trainees, students and alumni signed a letter addressed to Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and senior leadership March 25, urging university leaders to release a public statement condemning the onslaught of executive orders targeting higher education from the Trump administration.
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2 months ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Jordana mesmerized audiences with her dream-like, genre-bending sound Feb. 23 at The Sinclair, the last stop on the tour for her 2024 album “Lively Premonition.”The 24-year-old Maryland-raised singer-songwriter moved gracefully between bedroom pop, folk, yacht rock and Broadway-esque ballads throughout the show. “Lively Premonition” brought out her versatility as she wholeheartedly belted, whispered, crooned and gave her all to the violin, guitar and tambourine.
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2 months ago | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
Over 1,000 demonstrators gathered at Carty Parade Ground in Boston Common March 15 for a rally protesting the recent actions of President Donald Trump and his administration, including cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, restrictions on transgender rights, mass deportations and crackdowns on schools for diversity initiatives and activism. The rally was planned by 50501 Massachusetts, the state chapter of the national 50501 Movement that has organized anti-Trump demonstrations since Feb.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
As demonstrators collected discarded signs and picked up trash in Boston Common following a rally for Ukraine Feb. 23, a handful of activists, academics and community leaders gathered on Parkman Bandstand. Among them, exchanging words of gratitude in Ukrainian with her compatriots and passing around homemade deruny (a traditional Ukrainian potato pancake), was Ivanka Roberts, president of the nonprofit Ukrainian Cultural Center of New England, or UCCN. UCCN took the lead in organizing the Feb.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
huntnewsnu.com | Chloe Craft
More than 100 healthcare workers, labor union members, advocates and patients and their families gathered at the steps of the Massachusetts State House Feb. 25 to demand that facilities stay open and layoffs in mental health services be prevented. The rally occurred amid Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed budget cuts for Fiscal Year 2026, which would bolster schools and transportation at the cost of slashing healthcare funding.
