INAUGURATING A NEW ERA
Amid pomp and ceremony, President Freeland takes office. By James R. Ross

BUILDING A FOUNDATION
From Frank Palmer Speare to John A. Curry, profiles of the leaders who forged Northeastern. By Charles Fountain

THE URBAN RING
Professors, planners, and politicians chart a course for an interconnected Boston. By Michael Keegan

QUADRUPLE HUSKIES
For six professors, school pride is a matter of degrees. By Karen Feldscher

TALK OF THE GOWN: Doing the N.U. Shuffle. FROM THE FIELD: Culture, society, and the binational pastime. SPORTS: Stroke of fortune for women's crew. BOOKS: Millennialists are all the rage. PREVIEWS: A jazz couple of note. CLASSES: Class notes, Alumni Association views, Husky Tracks, deaths.

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