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Arts & Sciences Full-time Undergraduate Students:
Male: 2639
Female: 4060
Total: 6699
Arts & Sciences Full and Part-Time Graduate Students:
Male: 421
Female: 423
Total: 844
Arts & Sciences Full-Time Undergraduate Students Studying Abroad: 130
Arts & Sciences Full-Time Undergraduate Students on Co-op: 979
- The most popular meal in Northeastern’s dining halls is chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese.
- 1926 "Husky" chosen as Northeastern's mascot, King Husky I crowned.
- An early financial arrangement at Northeastern’s Evening Institute called for a deposit of one dollar, returned to the student if he attended 75% of the class sessions.
- The School of Arts and Sciences was established in 1935. In 1936, its name was changed to the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). In 1978, Richard Astro was appointed dean of CLA and encouraged the college to change its name to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
- Matthews Arena (1910) is the oldest multipurpose athletic building in the world and our artificial ice surface is the oldest in North America.
- Our campus once housed two ballparks: the old South End Grounds, home to the Boston Braves (1871-1914), and the Huntington Avenue Grounds, home to the Boston Red Sox (1901-1911) and home of the first World Series (1903).
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In 1935, the “School of Arts in Sciences” offered 7 programs In the 2005-2006 academic year, the College offered students 38 bachelors, 19 masters, and 11 doctoral/professional programs.
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A 1917 competition in the natatorium included events such as a “Canoe Filling Contest, Candle Race, and Monte Cristo Sack Dive.”
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In the last ten years, undergraduate applications for enrollment in the College of Arts and Sciences have risen by almost 9,000.
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Over the last several years, the College of Arts and Sciences has routinely graduated more women than men. In the 2005-2006 academic year, for example, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated 340 more women than men.
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Northeastern students held goldfish swallowing contests as recently as 1987.
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Q: What is the name of the stream that runs under the NU campus?
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Q: Where on campus is the site where General George Washington ordered the American army to erect a defensive position to prevent the British from landing?
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The Dialogue of Civilizations Program now offers 27 trips to 25 countries.