Northeastern University

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Northeastern University
Motto: Lux, Veritas, Virtus
(Light, Truth, Courage)
Established: 1898
Type: Private
Endowment: $680 Million[1]
President: Dr. Joseph Aoun
Faculty: 1854
Undergraduates: 15,195
Postgraduates: 5,410
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Campus: Urban 67 acres (271,139 m²)
Newspaper: The Northeastern News
Colors: Red and Black          [2]
Nickname: HuskiesNortheastern University Huskies
Mascot: Paws
Athletics: Huskies
19 Division I/I-AA NCAA teams
Affiliations: New England Association of Colleges and Schools
Website: www.northeastern.edu

Northeastern University, abbreviated as NU, is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern's award-winning campus[3] is mostly located in Boston's Fenway and Back Bay neighborhoods adjacent to Huntington Avenue near the vaunted Museum of Fine Arts and Symphony Hall. The area is also known as the Fenway Cultural District.[4]

Northeastern is perhaps best known for its distinctive "co-op" program, which encourages students to alternate semesters of study with periods of full-time work with co-operative partners in business and industry. In 2003, US News ranked Northeastern #1 for Best Co-ops/Internships. Employers from around the world participate in the program, providing an avenue for internships and post-graduation employment. Employers include top ranked international law firms, banks, and corporations, including many of the Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Disney, and Raytheon. The co-op program enhances the theoretical classroom work with real world experience.

In 2007, the Princeton Review rated Northeastern as one of the top colleges in the Northeast.[5] The undergraduate business school is ranked number 34th in the country in Academics and 1st in Internships by Business Week in its 2008 Best Undergraduate Business Edition. Northeastern ranked No. 4 in Forbes Magazine as one of "America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses."[6] The School of Architecture was ranked #12 by the Key Institute National Rankings.[7]

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[edit] History

Northeastern's historic Ell Hall on Huntington Avenue
Northeastern's historic Ell Hall on Huntington Avenue

Northeastern was established in 1898 as the "Evening Institute for Younger Men" by Johhny Chestersfield Wellingtonsworth Sullivan at the Boylston Street YMCA.[8]The Institute catered to the needs of the rapidly growing immigrant population in Boston. Within a few years of its formation, it offered classes in law, engineering, and finance. In 1909 the school began offering day classes and it moved to a new location on Huntington Avenue in 1913. The school was officially organized as a college in 1916, and in 1922 it was renamed "Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association." In a period of rapid campus expansion, the University purchased the Huntington Avenue Grounds (former Boston Red Sox ballpark) in 1929, but was unable to build on the land due to financial constraints during The Great Depression.

In 1935, the College of Liberal Arts was added to Northeastern, and the University's name was simplified to "Northeastern University." In 1937 The Northeastern University Corporation was established, creating a board of trustees made up of 31 members of the NU Corporation and 8 members of the YMCA. In 1948 Northeastern separated itself completely from the YMCA.

Following World War II, Northeastern began admitting women, and in the boom of post-war college-bound students, Northeastern created a College of Education (1953), University College (now called the School of Professional & Continuing Studies) (1960), College of Pharmacy, and College of Nursing (1964). The College of Pharmacy and College of Nursing were subsequently combined into the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Northeastern also added the College of Criminal Justice (1967) and College of Computer Science (1982), which has since been renamed the College of Computer and Information Science.

Since its inception, the University had been a commuter school with many part-time and evening students, and by the early 1980s had grown to a staggering 60,000 enrollees. In the 1990s, the University decided to drastically reduce the number of enrolled students in order to become a "smaller, better" university. It cut its freshman class size from around 4500 students to 2800 students.

From 1996 to 2006, President Richard Freeland ushered in an extraordinary stage of institutional change: average SAT scores increased more than 200 points, retention rates rose dramatically, and applications doubled. President Freeland oversaw Northeastern’s largest expansion ever, opening $455 million in new facilities, including residence halls, academic and research facilities, and new athletic centers. The institution also become substantially more selective, leading to a more academically talented student body.

During the transition, students experienced a re-organization of the co-operative education system to better integrate classroom learning with workplace experience. The University also switched its full-time undergraduate and graduate programs to a new academic calendar comprised of two traditional semesters and two summer "minimesters", replacing the four-quarter system. This new calendar allowed students to delve more deeply into their academic courses and to experience longer, more substantive co-op placements.

Throughout the transformation, President Freeland's oft-repeated goal was to crack the Top 100 of the U.S. News rankings, which was accomplished in the final year of his presidency when Northeastern was ranked 98th. With this goal accomplished and the transformation from commuting school to national university complete, he stepped down from the presidency on August 15, 2006. His successor is Dr. Joseph Aoun, formerly a dean at USC.[9]Since coming into office in the fall of 2006, President Aoun has implemented a decentralized management model, giving the academic deans of the university more control over their own budgets, faculty hiring decisions, and fundraising. He has led the development and implementation of a new Academic Plan and an updated mission statement. Aoun has also placed more emphasis on improving town/gown relations by reaching out to leaders of the communities surrounding the university.[10] In addition, Aoun has created more academic partnerships with other institutions in the Boston area including, Tufts, Hebrew College and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

More information on Northeastern's history can be found on the President's website, [9].

[edit] Presidents

Presidents of Northeastern (with years of tenure and campus buildings named in their honor):

[edit] Admissions

According to Barrons College Guides, admission to Northeastern University is "highly competitive." In 2007, the university received over 30,000 applications for 2800 seats in the freshman class. The acceptance rate was 39%. The average SAT/GPA for enrolled students is 1271/3.5. [11] In January of 2008, the university announced that it had received more than 35,700 applications for the fall 2008 freshman class, a huge increase over the prior year. [12]. Since 2001, SAT scores have increased by more than 250 points and the number of applications received has more than doubled.[citation needed] Admission into the Honors, pharmacy, engineering, architecture, computer science, and international business programs are especially competitive.

[edit] Academics

Northeastern offers undergraduate majors in 65 departments. At the graduate level, students can choose from more than 125 programs, ranging from doctoral and master's programs to graduate certificates. Academics at Northeastern is grounded in the integration of rigorous classroom studies with experiential learning opportunities, including cooperative education, student research, service learning, and global experience. The university's cooperative education program places about 5,000 students annually with more than 2,000 co-op employers in Boston, across the United States, and around the globe. In addition, Northeastern offers a wide range of academic programs. The most noted of these has been the experiential learning program, more commonly known as "co-op."

[edit] Colleges and schools

Colleges listed including schools and degrees offered

[edit] The Honors Program

The University Honors Program targets strong and engaged students and offers them an enhanced curriculum. Starting with the First Year Reading Project and moving on to participating in a wide-range of course offerings during the undergraduate years, the program allows students to engage in a variety of academic choices. The culminating experience is advanced specialty work in a major field through college-specific choices including specialized advanced honors seminars or an independent research project. In addition, the Honors Program is committed to a first year Living - Learning Community housed in West Village F[13] and Kennedy Hall.

[edit] Senior Capstone

The Senior Capstone is an advanced level course related to the student's major. The course requires the student to integrate what they have learned through their academic coursework and their experiential learning experience (co-op, research, study abroad, service learning).[14]

[edit] Pre-Med Program

Northeastern has a strong Premed Program. The university recently partnered with Tufts University School of Medicine to create an early acceptance BA/MD Program.[15]Northeastern's campus is just a few blocks from the Longwood Medical and Academic Area where Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine are located and world class teaching hospitals such as Dana Farber, Children's Hospital Boston, New England Baptist Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. These institutions provide NU pre-med students with unparalleled internship opportunities. Boston is also home to a burgeoning biotechnology industry. Well known companies such as Boston Scientific, Biogen, Novartis, and Genzyme also provide an avenue for pre-med research internships.

[edit] Study Abroad

Northeastern has a very extensive study abroad program with placements in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and other parts of the globe. Some participating schools include: University of Edinburgh, Scotland; University of Cape Town, South Africa; University of Cambridge and London School of Economics, England; University of Auckland, New Zealand; Obirin University, Japan; and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile.[16]

[edit] Research

Research Centers and Institutes at Northeastern[17]:

The university also provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in research through the Center for Experiential Education[18], CenSSIS Research Experience for Undergraduates [19], Honors Research, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program[20], and Provost's Office research grants[21]. In 2007, Northeastern was classified as a RU/H Research Extensive institution (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of teaching.[22] In 2006, annual external research funding exceeded $70 million. In 2002, Northeastern's Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imagaing Systems was designated an NSF Engineering Research Center. In 2004, Northeastern was one of six institutions to be selected by the National Science Foundation as a center for research in nanotechnology. From 2000 to 2005, Northeastern attracted $141.8 million in federal research grants.[23]

[edit] Faculty

Many of Northeastern's 1,330 full- and part-time faculty members have garnered national and international acclaim for their achievements in teaching and research, with particular strength in interdisciplinary scholarship. Northeastern faculty members direct more than 35 research and education centers, including a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center, an NSF Nanomanufacturing Center, and two NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship programs.

As part of Northeastern's five-year, $75 million Academic Investment Plan.[24] the University is enhancing its academic programs in three areas: undergraduate education, core graduate professional programs, and centers of research excellence. The cornerstone of the Academic Investment Plan is the expansion of University faculty by 100 tenured and tenure-track professors between 2004 and 2009. This plan was recently expanded to provide for the hiring of an additional 50 tenure and tenure-track faculty in interdisciplinary fields, expanding the total to 150 new faculty hires.[25]

[edit] Co-op/Internship Program

With over 2000 national and international employers, Northeastern has one of the largest co-op/internship programs in the world.[26]Started in 1909, the university’s co-op program is also one of the oldest in the nation. Through the co-op program, students alternate periods of academic study with periods of professional employment related to their major. Most majors offer a four-year graduation option with fewer co-op placements, but the five year program is more popular with students. The co-op program typically starts sophomore year (after a traditional freshman year).

Co-op placements range from small dynamic start-up companies to large multinational companies with thousands of employees, including many Fortune 500 corporations such as Microsoft, EMC, Disney, Sony, and Raytheon and many other well known companies and investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Fidelity Investments. The program also places students with government agencies, branches of government, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations. Northeastern students can be found interning in the United States Congress, the White House, United Nations, and at NASA. Student placements usually last six months, and are mostly paid. Unlike some co-op programs, Northeastern students do not pay tuition during periods of employment.

Students may live in the university residence halls on campus during periods of co-op employment (room and board is charged). The university currently leases housing for students co-oping in New York City and Washington, D.C. The university's Co-op Connections office also helps students find suitable housing in other American cities and internationally.

By sampling different work environments and varied types of positions, students gain valuable insight into the type of career they want to pursue before committing to a post-graduation position. The typical Northeastern student will graduate with three co-op placements under their belt, an impressive resume, and a list of contacts, giving Northeastern graduates an edge in the job market over graduates from most other schools. Many Northeastern students accept a permanent position from one of their former co-op employers. Those students who do not accept a permanent position typically head directly to graduate or professional school. Northeastern graduates get into some of the top graduate and professional schools in the country. Such schools include Harvard, MIT, Columbia, University of Chicago, Duke, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[27]

[edit] Rankings

In the 2008 US News and World Report college ranking, Northeastern ranked 96th on the list of "Top National Universities", a list of hundreds of universities across the nation.[28] and ranked 65th on the list of "Best Graduate Schools".[29] Northeastern is one of the fastest rising schools in the U.S. News rankings. Since 2001, Northeastern has moved up 54 spots in the rankings. In 2003, Northeastern ranked #1 for Best Co-ops/Internships the only time that US News ranked schools on this characteristic. Also in 2003, Northeastern's career services department was awarded top honors by Kaplan Newsweek's "Unofficial Insiders Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges and Universities."

In 2007, the undergraduate business school ranked 26th in the nation and No. 1 in internships according to Business Week and 15th for international business by US News.[30]Northeastern's High Technology MBA program ranked #1 in a "Top Techno MBA Survey" released by ComputerWorld Magazine.[31]Northeastern also ranked No. 4 in Forbes Magazine as one of "America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses." In 2007, the Business School ranked 24th in the U.S. by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review in entrepreneurship. [32] Northeastern is also listed among 25 “Cutting-Edge Schools” in the 2008 edition of “You Are Here,” a college guide by Kaplan Publishing. The graduate school engineering ranked in the top 50 according to US News 2007. The EMBA program is ranked in the top 50 in the U.S. by the Financial Times and No. 21 in the nation by US News. In addition, Northeastern undergrad B-school students have dominated case competitions against other Boston area business schools winning ten of the last 12 Business School Beanpot competitions.

Northeastern is ranked No. 26 in the nation by the National Research Council in Oceanography. The Criminology program is ranked in the top 14 by US News. In 2007, the architecture program ranked No. 12 in the country in terms of research by Archsoc.com. The Law School ranked No.1 in public interest law by the ABA.[33]The Physician's Assistant program is ranked No. 17 by US News. In 2008, Northeastern University was ranked by US News as No. 13 in the "Best Graduate Schools 2009" ranking for Computer Science, Programming Languages specialty. [34]

[edit] Campus

Northeastern's campus is mostly located along Huntington Avenue in an area known as the "Fenway Cultural District" which is part of Boston's Fenway and Back Bay neighborhoods. Other notable institutions in the district include: the vaunted Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Symphony Hall, the Huntington Theater, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory, Christian Science Center, Mary Baker Eddy Library, and Harvard School of Public Health.

Northeastern's campus is something of an urban oddity; despite its location in central Boston, Northeastern is home to a remarkable amount of green open space and quads.[35]

A site master planning competition awarded a multi-million dollar contract to revive and rejuvenate the campus and the process was started in 1988 with the creation of the new Northeastern Quad and Mt Ryder. A small oval of land centrally located at the campus main entrance was refurbished by the donations of the graduating class of 1989.

What was once a concrete square, outside of the library and student center, was transformed with brick pavers and granite curb stones, in a scalloped design that would eliminate all square corners, a concept developed by the outgoing class of 1989 in a “Northeastern News” poll and suggestion to the President Box that was presented to the board of Trustees in March 1988. The “No Corners” campaign kicked off with a fund raiser at the Ell Student Center on Parents weekend in October 1988. The later selection of a nationally recognized green space landscape architect in 1990 started a renewal plan that continues today. Since the late 1990’s Northeastern has been considered a model of design for an urban university and has been twice won the “most beautiful new or renovated exterior space” award presented by the American Institute of Architects in 2001 and again in 2004.

In 2003, Northeastern was awarded the prestigious gold medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. A unique feature of the University is its well-traveled network of underground tunnels that link 13 major campus buildings for easier travel during inclement weather. However, due to city regulations preventing expansion of the tunnels under major city streets and underground rivers under the campus, the tunnels primarily service the buildings on the university's early campus space (i.e., buildings developed during the 1980s through the present are not served by the tunnel system).

[edit] Snell Library

The NU Libraries are comprised of the Snell Library, the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute Library, and a library at the NU Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts. Northeastern University also has a School of Law Library.

Snell Library, the main Northeastern library, opened in 1990 at a cost of $35 million and is home to 985,000 volumes. The Digital Media Design Studio within the library is a collaborative and interdisciplinary learning environment for creating course-related multimedia presentations, projects and portfolios. Snell is also home to the Favat Collection, a comprehensive and current collection of children's literature and K-12 curriculum resources, instructional materials, and related information to support courses offered by the NU School of Education for the practice of teaching. Snell is also home to three computer labs operated by NU Information Services. The InfoCommons and InfoCommons II are labs available to all NU students, faculty, and staff. The other lab is used as a teaching lab. Wireless internet access is also available.

The NU Libraries received federal depository designation in 1962 under the sponsorship of Massachusetts Congressman John W. McCormack. As a selective depository, the Libraries receive forty-five percent of the federal publication series available to depository libraries.

The Snell Library is also home to the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections department, which includes the Benjamin LaGuer papers collection. The Special Collections focus on records of Boston-area community-based organizations that are concerned with social justice issues.[36].

[edit] Dodge Hall

Dodge Hall is a classroom and administration building on the Northeastern University campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Dodge Hall has five floors ranging from the basement to the fourth floor. The building connects to other university buildings through a tunnel system in the basement. Dodge Hall is also home to one of several ballroom/meeting spaces located on campus. Prior to the opening of the Snell Library in 1990, Dodge Hall served as the main library for all colleges at Northeastern University. Once Snell opened its doors, Dodge Hall was converted into its current form. The building is constructed in the same style as other university buildings, notably the trademark white stone exterior. Dodge Hall is home to classrooms, computer labs, and several offices. The Graduate School of Business Administration has offices for the program director, executives in residence, and the MBA Career Center [37] inside the building. In addition, the Graduate Admissions Office is located on the third floor, and the offices for the School of Professional Accounting is located on the fourth floor.

[edit] West Village

West Village A North or "High Rise"
West Village A North or "High Rise"

West Village was originally Northeastern University's largest parking area. In the early 1990s, Northeastern plotted the land into several sections to be turned into residence halls as well as academic buildings. The West Village area was opened in 1999 with the opening of West Village A, and was completed in 2006 with the opening of West Village F, which houses the Honors Program offices, the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute, housing for freshmen in the honors program, and classrooms.

The following buildings make up West Village, in order of completion:

  • West Village A (opened 1999): Residence Hall; separated into two sections, West Village A North and South.
  • West Village B (opened 2001): Residence Hall.
  • West Village C (opened 2001): Residence Hall. Several floors are set aside for upperclassmen in the honors program. Contains one classroom used by the Registrar during the day for classes and for hall activities in the evening.
  • Behrakis Health Science Center (opened 2002): Contains classrooms, laboratories, and the Admissions Visitor Center.
  • West Village E (opened 2002): Residence Hall.
  • West Village G (opened 2004): Residence Hall. Also contains several classrooms.
  • West Village H (opened 2004): Residence Hall. West Village H is currently open to students who are over the age of 21. The building is also the new home of the College of Computer and Information Science and has several classrooms, offices and computer labs.
  • West Village F (opened 2006): Residence Hall for the freshman honors program. Also includes the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute, offices for the Honors Program, and classrooms.

A 22-story high rise has been approved behind the current YMCA; this building will fit another 600 beds.

[edit] South Campus (Columbus Avenue)

Northeastern University's southernmost section of campus is located along Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, parallel to the Orange line. The University expanded south into Roxbury at the same time as they were building West Village. In 2001, Davenport Commons was opened, providing 585 students housing in two new, state-of-the-art residence halls while 75 families representing a range of incomes have been able to purchase a condo or townhouse at or below Boston’s market value. Davenport Commons also created more than 2000 square feet of commercial space on Tremont Street and has received an enthusiastic response from city residents, students and its occupants.[38]

During the summer of 2006, Northeastern University proposed a new residence hall further away from the main campus at the corner of Tremont Street and Ruggles Street. The building was approved by the city in January of 2007. Construction on the building, which is located on land known as Parcel-18, began in late February 2007. The building is expected to open in the Fall of 2009 and will be a total of 22 stories tall.

The following buildings make up the Southern Campus, with their respective opening dates:

Residential buildings

  • Davenport Commons A - 2000
  • Davenport Commons B - 2000
  • 780 Columbus Avenue - 2001
  • 10 Coventry - 2005

Administrative buildings

  • Columbus Place (716 Columbus Ave) - 1997
  • Renaissance Park (1135 Tremont St)

Athletic buildings

  • Badger and Rosen Facility (Squashbusters) - 2003

Parking lots

  • Renaissance Parking Garage (public)
  • Columbus Parking Lot (faculty/staff)
  • Columbus Parking Garage (faculty/staff/students)
  • Columbus Place Lot (faculty/staff/students)

[edit] Matthews Arena

Main article: Matthews Arena
Matthews Arena
Matthews Arena

Opened in 1910 Matthews Arena, widely known as the Boston Arena, is the world's oldest ice hockey arena. Located on the east edge of Northeastern University's campus, it is home to the Northeastern Huskies men's and women's hockey teams, and men's basketball team as well as the Wentworth Institute of Technology's men's hockey team. The arena is named after George J. Matthews, and his wife, the late Hope M. Matthews. Matthews is the former Chair of the Northeastern University Board of Trustees. The arena is the original home of the NHL Boston Bruins, the NBA Boston Celtics and the WHA New England Whalers (now the NHL Carolina Hurricanes). It has hosted all or part of the America East Conference men's basketball tournament a total of seven times and hosted the 1960 Frozen Four. The arena also served as the original home to the annual Beanpot (Ice Hockey) tournament between Boston's four major college hockey programs.

[edit] Public safety

The Northeastern University Police Department is a full service law enforcement agency with full powers of arrest on university property or property used by Northeastern students and faculty. The campus is also one block from the Boston Police Department's Headquarters. A Reader's Digest survey ranked NEU as the second safest school in the United States.[39]

[edit] Public transportation

Of the many colleges and universities in the greater Boston area, Northeastern has the best overall access to both intercity and intracity public rail and bus transportation as it is serviced directly by two of the four color coded subway and streetcar subsystems. The larger part of Northeastern's campus is directly adjacent to Huntington Avenue and is accessible by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA, or the 'T'); three Green Line (all "E" Branch) stops (Symphony, Northeastern, and Museum of Fine Arts) and two Orange line (Massachusetts Avenue and Ruggles, which latter also has commuter rail service) stops.

Riders can connect easily via a short ride to the Red line or Blue line by either of the Orange or Green Lines.

[edit] Student life and activities

Although Northeastern's student population tends to be considered somewhat fractured, a result of alternating cycles for the co-op program, there is still substantial student involvement in a number of activities. Several distinct student-run entities, including the Student Government Association (SGA), Council for University Programs (CUP), and the Resident Student Association (RSA) organize activities for both Northeastern students as well as the surrounding community.

[edit] Greek life

Fraternities

Sororities

[edit] Student publications

The most widely circulated publication is The Northeastern News, a bi-weekly newspaper assessing the recent events around the campus. While the News does contain student-composed editorials and other information pertinent to the Northeastern community, its most well-read feature is the Crime Log, a page containing various entries from the Campus Safety log, including the "Crime Log Entry of the Week."

Other publications include the humor magazine Times NU Roman, the university literary magazine Spectrum, the African-American cultural magazine Onyx, the faculty newspaper Northeastern Voice, the conservative Northeastern Patriot, and the newest publication, Tastemakers, a music magazine that was first issued in the fall of 2006.

[edit] School statistics and awards

[edit] Awards and recognition

  • In 2002, the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems was designated an Engineering Research Center by the National Science Foundation.
  • Since 2002, Northeastern has received three major awards for design excellence including the 2005 Harleston Parker Medal from the Boston Society of Architects.
  • In 2004, Northeastern was one of six institutions to be selected by the National Science Foundation as an engineering research center in nanotechnology.

[edit] Northeastern University in popular culture

In the 2003 remake of the movie, The Italian Job[40], Lyle (played by Seth Green), is revealed to be a Northeastern University alumnus who claims to be the original inventor of music file sharing program Napster. Shawn Fanning makes a brief appearance in the film and plays the role of himself.

In the sixth season of the sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond[41], episode 11, Raymond's father (played by the late Peter Boyle,) holds for ransom a game-winning football from a Hofstra-Northeastern match.

In the 2006, Martin Scorsese film, The Departed, several Northeastern Maddog alumni appeared in the rugby scene in the film with Matt Damon. [42]

In the 1989 film, Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) drives down Huntington Avenue in his search for Terence 'Terry' Mann (played by James Earl Jones) [43]. Several Northeastern University buildings are visible, including Burstein Hall and Rubenstein Hall.

In the 2006 CBS reality television show, Survivor: Panama—Exile Island, a Northeastern graduate, Danielle DiLorenzo, finished the game in second place.[44]

In the November 1, 1996, broadcast of The Late Show with David Letterman, Mr. Letterman is seen in a racing shell with the Northeastern University Mens Crew team on the Charles River.

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Northeastern Huskies
Northeastern Huskies logo
Northeastern Huskies logo

A few outstanding athletes have played for Northeastern's sports teams. Dan Ross played football at Northeastern long before setting the Super Bowl record for receptions in a game. Reggie Lewis still holds the men's basketball career scoring record. Carlos Pena was named Major League Baseball's American League Comeback Player of the Year in 2007. The U.S. Olympic women's ice hockey teams have included Northeastern alumni Shelley Looney and Chanda Gunn.The NU mascot is Paws.

Most of the Northeastern University athletic teams now compete in the Colonial Athletic Association; the school switched from the America East Conference to the CAA for the 2005-06 athletic season. In 2007, only their second year in the CAA, the women's track team captured the conference championship, while the volleyball team finished second in the conference.

In their first year in the league, the men's basketball team finished in 6th place (out of 12 teams) and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The CAA would prove to be a competitive conference in the 2006 NCAA Basketball Tournament, as George Mason University advanced all the way to the Final Four. The women's basketball team won 10 more games in 2008 than in the previous year, representing the biggest one-year turnaround in the CAA, and advanced to the tournament quarterfinals.

Northeastern's men's and women's hockey teams compete in the highly competitive Hockey East Conference. During the 2007-08 season, the men's team ranked as high at #7 in the country and held the top spot in the conference before finishing the season in sixth place in Hockey East. Both teams also participate in the annual Beanpot tournament between the four major Boston-area colleges. Northeastern's men's team has won the annual event 4 times in its 54-year history, while the women's team has captured the Beanpot 14 times.

Northeastern also offers 34 club sports, including rugby, lacrosse, squash, cycling and ultimate frisbee. The women's rugby team finished third in the nation in Division II in 2005. The men's lacrosse team began the 2008 season ranked in the Top 10 nationally.

[edit] Commencement speakers

[45]

[edit] Notable Alumni (in no particular order)

[edit] Business

[edit] Investment Banking and Consulting

[edit] Government and politics

[edit] Judiciary

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Journalism and communications

[edit] Arts and entertainment

[edit] Sports

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 Market Value of Institution Endowment AssetsPDF (2.8 MB)
  2. ^ Traditions - Northeastern Colors and Mascot. Northeastern University. Retrieved on 04=15-2008.
  3. ^ Northeastern U Campus Design Awards:[1]
  4. ^ Fenway Cultural District
  5. ^ Princeton Review - The Best Northeastern Colleges
  6. ^ Forbes - America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses
  7. ^ 12th Best Architecture School, School of Architecture Climbs in Rankings by Key Centre for Architectural Sociology.
  8. ^ About Northeastern
  9. ^ Boston Globe - Northeastern's Choice
  10. ^ Boston Globe - New Northeastern President Getting Thumbs Up
  11. ^ Fall 2007 Admissions Stats [2]
  12. ^ NU Admissions Blogs [3]
  13. ^ West Village F
  14. ^ Senior Capstone
  15. ^ Tufts Medical School Early Acceptance Program
  16. ^ Northeastern Study Abroad Programs
  17. ^ Research at Northeastern
  18. ^ Northeastern Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  19. ^ CenSSIS Research Experiencr for Undergraduates
  20. ^ LSAMP
  21. ^ Provost Office Undergraduate Research Grants
  22. ^ Carnegie Foundation Classifications
  23. ^ Northeastern Nabs Chunk of Cancer Research Grant
  24. ^ Northeastern University Academic Investment Plan
  25. ^ Northeastern New Faculty Hires
  26. ^ The Making of History: Ninety Years of Northeastern Co-op.
  27. ^ Graduate and Professional Schools Attended By Northeastern grads
  28. ^ US News - National Universities: Top Schools
  29. ^ US News - Best Graduate Schools
  30. ^ Boston.com - Northeastern Business School is 26th Best
  31. ^ Encyclopedia.com - Northeastern University High Tech MBA Program Ranks #1 Nationwide
  32. ^ The Voice - Northeastern entrepreneurship program ranked among best in U.S. [4]
  33. ^ Northeastern U. law school named No. 1 in public interest law
  34. ^ Programming Language - Computer Science - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report [5]
  35. ^ Northeastern Campus tour
  36. ^ The Department's special collections
  37. ^ Northeastern College of Business Administration
  38. ^ Boston City Officials Herald Opening of Davenport Commons
  39. ^ Reader's Digest College Safety Survey Results. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  40. ^ The Italian Job
  41. ^ The Kicker
  42. ^ Boston Rugby Club: Meet NU Maddog Alumni Featured in "The Departed" [6]
  43. ^ Field of Dreams (1989)
  44. ^ WBZ: Two Locals Compete In Latest 'Survivor' [7]
  45. ^ Northeastern Archival Collections: Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degrees [8]

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Research
Advanced Scientific Computation Center • Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis • Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing • Center for Communications and Digital Signal Processing Center for Community Health Education Research and Service Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing • Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems (CIRCS) • Center for Labor Market Studies • Center for Microcontamination Control • Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits • Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine• Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems • Center for the Study of Sport in Society • Center for Urban Environmental Studies • Center for Urban and Regional Policy (CURP) • Domestic Violence Institute • Electronic Materials Research Institute (eMRI) • Institute for Complex Scientific Software (ICSS) • Institute for Global Innovation Management • Marine Science Center • National Education and Research Center for Outcomes Assessment in Healthcare (NERCOA) • New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute • Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) • STEM Education Center
Buildings
Dana Research Center • Dodge Hall • Ell Hall • Hayden Hall • Marino Recreation Center • O’Bryant African-American Institute • Matthews Arena • West Village • Snell Engineering Center • Snell Library
Athletics
Northeastern Huskies • Beanpot • Bartletta Natatorium • Cabot Center • Henderson Boathouse • Matthews Arena • Parsons Field • Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center • Paws
Media
WRBB Radio • Onyx • Northeastern Voice • The Northeastern News • Times NU Roman
Miscellaneous
GPSA • RSA
Campuses
Main Campus • Burlington • Dedham • South Campus • Boston Financial District Campus
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Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
North Division

Hofstra • Maine* • UMass* • New Hampshire* • Northeastern • Rhode Island*
South Division
Non-Football
* Football-Only
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Hockey East Association
Men
Women
NCAA  • Lamoriello Trophy  • List of champions: Men / Women  • Tournament sites: TD Banknorth Garden / Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum
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Colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
Babson College · Bay State College · Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Bentley College · Berklee College of Music · The Boston Architectural College · Boston Baptist College · Boston College · Boston Conservatory · Boston University · Brandeis University · Bunker Hill Community College · Cambridge College · Curry College · Eastern Nazarene College · Emerson College · Emmanuel College · Fisher College · Harvard University · Hebrew College · Hellenic College · Labouré College · Lasell College · Lesley University · Massachusetts Bay Community College · Massachusetts College of Art and Design · Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Mount Ida College · Newbury College · New England College of Optometry · New England Conservatory of Music · New England Institute of Art · New England School of Law · Northeastern University · Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering · Pine Manor College · Quincy College · Regis College · Roxbury Community College · St. John's Seminary · School of the Museum of Fine Arts · Simmons College · Suffolk University · Tufts University · University of Massachusetts Boston · Urban College of Boston · Wellesley College · Wentworth Institute of Technology · Wheelock College
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Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

BU • Brown • Columbia • Cornell • Dartmouth • Georgetown • Harvard • Holy Cross • MIT • Northeastern • Penn • Princeton • Rutgers • Syracuse • Wisconsin • Yale