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Summer Plans

Knowing that the fewer practical things I have to do, the more bored and disgruntled I get (I was extremely distressed just over spring break), I was worried about not having anything to do over the summer. Since I didn’t apply to any Dialogues, I had resigned myself to earning back some of the money [...]

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Tyler Hall to Speak at Open Classroom

On Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:00 PM, University Scholar Tyler Hall will be giving a presentation at the Open Classroom Lecture Series regarding the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement. This movement is the largest mobilization of students for an environmental cause in history, with campaigns underway at over 250 campuses nationwide. The class organizers have never [...]

Sofia at the museum.

Location Piece #2

Here at the University Scholars we are a creative bunch. With this in mind, I asked our Scholars to work with me on an artistic assignment during late winter. Drawing inspiration from the work of the conceptual artist Douglas Huebler and his Location Piece #2 (1969), I asked the Scholars to photograph one or more [...]

Northeastern University School of Law Professor Kristen Madison

Welcome Event Master Classes!

We have a wonderful slate of classes we will be presenting to prospective University Scholars visiting campus on March 17th and 18th. Here’s a quick rundown of the course titles and the exceptional Northeastern faculty members who will be teaching the seminars. Master Classes will highlight areas of seminal importance in particular academic and interdisciplinary [...]

Kimberly Hersch

Winning the Web Development Prize

When I sat down to register for my first college classes, I was faced with a grand array of choices.  I, as an International Business major, was to choose a science or technology course as my elective for my first semester at Northeastern.  Options such as Natural Disasters and Catastrophes, Astronomy, and Biological Oceanography presented [...]

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Blizzard Nemo

  During the week before the storm, our campus was in a tizzy of excitement about the approach of Blizzard Nemo. Nemo did not disappoint and our University Scholars seemed to have a lot of fun out adventuring in the snow!

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