The Huntington News • 17th May 2025

Northeastern spent $270,000 on federal lobbying in first quarter of 2025, data show

Northeastern reported $270,000 in federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, outspending most U.S. universities.

The numbers were disclosed in a report filed April 21, which outlines the university’s lobbying activity from Jan. 1 to March 31 — a time marked by the Trump administration’s mounting pressure on higher education institutions to conform to its political agenda.

The Huntington News • 15th August 2024

Students file federal civil rights complaint against Northeastern alleging anti-Palestinian discrimination

A group of more than a dozen students and alumni filed a complaint against Northeastern with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Aug. 12, urging a federal investigation into the university’s handling of alleged discrimination against Palestinian and Palestine-supporting students before and after the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

The Huntington News • 11th June 2024

Campus Turned Processing Area

One student protester said police searched her bra. Another said police slammed him up against a wall, and then to the ground. For hours, as a third student protester tells it, police said they were not permitted to use the bathroom. They urinated on the jail floor instead.

The Huntington News • 1st May 2024

‘The university is afraid of its students’: First arrested protester arraigned, arrested Northeastern student protesters hold press conference

A group of around 11 Northeastern students, many of whom were arrested Saturday morning at the Gaza solidarity encampment on Centennial Common, held a press conference Monday morning outside of Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury.

The Huntington News • 27th April 2024

Students react to university’s Saturday statement on encampment sweep: ‘Things obviously aren’t back to normal’

Several Northeastern students on campus Saturday afternoon criticized a university statement following the sweep of a Gaza solidarity encampment which announced the campus had been “fully secured” and that “all campus operations have returned to normal.”

The Huntington News • 26th April 2024

Perspectives from the protest: Why Northeastern, other university, outside demonstrators are participating

The encampment protest launched at Northeastern Thursday morning drew hundreds of Northeastern students to Centennial Common throughout the day.

The Huntington News • 3rd April 2024

Thousands throw color on Centennial at Northeastern’s annual Holi celebration

Thousands of students adorned Centennial Common with color Saturday in celebration of Holi, a Hindu holiday meant to bid winter farewell and welcome spring.

The Huntington News • 22nd April 2023

TikTok creator becomes unexpected face of Northeastern University admissions

It’s not uncommon that Breanna McClarey crosses paths with a Northeastern University student who instantly recognizes her face and declares, “You’re the reason I came to Northeastern.”