Nicholas Voss wears the Tree Campus USA flag as a cape near the Solitary Oak, a swamp white oak tree on the Main Campus that is more than 200 years old. He is accompanied by other students and participants on the Arbor Day tree tour. 

Northeastern earns 2022 Tree Campus USA recognition

For the eighth consecutive year, Northeastern has received a Tree Campus Higher Education recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation.

A photo of the exterior of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies.

Northeastern to host Public Narrative’s Community Media Awards

Public Narrative’s 28th Annual Community Media Awards will take place at 5:30 p.m. May 11 at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS), 700 E. Oakwood Blvd. in Chicago.

A photo of Durene I. Wheeler in a red top with blue flowers smiling, facing the camera. Water is in the background.

Durene I. Wheeler earns Northeastern’s Distinguished Teaching Award

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has selected Durene I. Wheeler, Ph.D. as the 2023 recipient of the Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Award.

A photo of Credit Union 1 Arena with Northeastern's logo, Presidential Seal and banners for University values and college flags.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to deliver Commencement address

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Commencement is scheduled for 4 p.m. May 12 at Credit Union 1 Arena (formerly UIC Pavilion), 525 S. Racine Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are required. The ceremony will be streamed live at neiu.edu.

Photo of the mural tribute to George Floyd with flowers cards and other signs laid in front outside of Cup Foods in Minneapolis, Minnesota as mourners pay respects in June 2020. Photo by Vasanth Rajkumar/Wikimedia Commons. 

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ hosts a conversation with the 2023 George Floyd Social Justice Scholarship recipients

This year’s award recipients, Asha Brown (Sociology) and Prentice Hills (Social Work), will discuss meaning of social justice on April 3.

A photo of the exterior of El Centro.

Northeastern’s El Centro featured as one of “The Most Beautiful Places in Chicagoâ€

Emmy Award-winner Geoffrey Baer will host a new WTTW program highlighting Northeastern’s Avondale location. The show premieres at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7.

Photo of Northeastern's Flying N logo made up by a group of people wearing blue shirts.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Foundation elects new leadership, including first Latina Board president

The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Foundation has elected a new Board of Directors president, treasurer and secretary.

Photo of a panel discussion at the Northeastern GHRAD Conference in 2019.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s GHRAD Center to host 9th annual Genocide and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora Conference

Northeastern’s Genocide and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora (GHRAD) Center will host the 9th annual conference Feb. 23-25.

A photo of a Peace Corps volunteer with girls learning in a classroom in Africa. Photo courtesy of the Peace Corps.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ announces new Peace Corps Prep program

Northeastern will launch the Peace Corps Prep program for undergraduate students in Fall 2023.

Photo of a student in a laboratory looking at preparing to look through a microscope.

COVID-19 updates for Spring 2023 

Based on the guidance of federal, state and local mandates, Northeastern’s Emergency Management Team has updated COVID-19 recommendations.