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Northeastern University is committed to supporting and honoring our nation's men and women in uniform. The university is also contributing to the creation of a safer and stronger nation through innovative, use-inspired research in the areas of defense and security. Many of our stories highlight these efforts and accomplishments.
Veterans honored and remembered at Northeastern
Nov. 13, 2012
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined the Northeastern community for a Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday to recognize those men and women who have served their country.
A message to student veterans
Nov. 11, 2012
Northeastern's new Veterans Services Specialist, a vet himself, shared an inspirational message with fellow student vets.
Leading by example, ROTC cadet earns prestigious honor
Oct. 09, 2012
Northeastern senior Patrick Lupfer placed No. 1 out of 5,579 fellow ROTC cadets on the U.S. Army Cadet Command's National Order of Merit List.
From the battlefield to the classroom
Aug. 31, 2012
Northeastern's incoming class of student veterans participated in a roundtable discussion as part of the university's fall orientation program for new students.
A summit for student veterans
Aug. 9, 2012
Northeastern student Adam Beatty, a Marine who has completed two tours of duty in Iraq, recently attended a workshop for student veterans on Google’s California campus.
Physical therapy students to work for military hospitals
July 13, 2012
A new partnership between the university and military hospitals will give physical therapy students the opportunity to work in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Serving student veterans
June 15, 2012
Northeastern University has reaffirmed its commitment to educating student veterans by increasing the number of service men and women who can enroll through the federal government’s Yellow Ribbon Program.
Running for the troops
May 18, 2012
Several members of the Northeastern community will participate in a nine-kilometer fundraising run on Sunday morning to support veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Colin Powell commissions ROTC cadets
May 04, 2012
On Thursday, Gen. (Ret.) Colin L. Powell administered the commissioning oath to 13 Northeastern ROTC cadets, who became 2nd lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
Northeastern hosts Veterans’ Job Fair
April 27, 2012
More than 300 veterans connected with some 160 employers at the 8th annual fair, which was held in Cabot Cage.
Northeastern’s ROTC program honored with MacArthur Award
March 15, 2012
This marks the first time Liberty Battalion, the largest ROTC program in Massachusetts, has been recognized with the prestigious honor.
Supporting youth in military families
November 22, 2011
Northeastern hosted a recent conference for health-care professionals to discuss the importance of monitoring the growth and development of military-connected children.
On Veterans Day, Northeastern honors those serving our nation
November 11, 2011
Northeastern University honored those who have served and protected our country with its annual Veterans Day ceremony.
Northeastern opens homeland security research institute
September 22, 2011
National experts to lead the Kostas Institute, which is critical to advancing Northeastern's leadership in security research.
Supporting student veterans
September 15, 2011
Northeastern hosts dinner for new and returning student veterans to connect with one another and learn about available resources.
Cycling to benefit wounded veterans
August 17, 2011
Members of the Northeastern community team up for the 'Soldier Ride' to support the national Wounded Warrior Project.
Training for success
August 4, 2011
Dan Oesterheld, a cadet enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Northeastern University, has earned a prestigious award in leadership from the United States Army for his performance at Warrior Forge 2011, a 29-day Leader Development and Assessment Course at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
Serving those who serve
July 14, 2011
Northeastern's support for the federal Yellow Ribbon Program is helping scores of military veterans earn degrees.
Employers laud "professionalism" at Veterans Job Fair
May 26, 2011
Winston Nicholls, a 1991 Northeastern University graduate and Navy veteran, was back on campus yesterday — this time for a job fair specifically for veterans, where former members of the United States military spent the afternoon talking to technology, engineering, finance and public-sector companies about available positions.
Research heads meet in D.C. with homeland security
cabinet secretary
March 31, 2011
Building on President Joseph E. Aoun’s efforts to preserve homeland
security research funding, leaders from Northeastern University’s Awareness and Localization of
Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) Center met yesterday
with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in Washington, D.C., to
highlight the innovative homeland security research being conducted at
Northeastern.
The sea-going scribe
March 14, 2011
Before November 1971, Stephen Burgard’s journalism career consisted of a stint with his high school newspaper and a college radio show. But it was in that month, aboard the U.S.S. Little Rock, through a closed-circuit TV news program, that Burgard — now director of Northeastern University’s School of Journalism — would find his calling
President Aoun urges protection of homeland security
research funding
March 8, 2011
As Congress is preparing to make dramatic cuts in homeland security research
funding, Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun is urging Sens. John
Kerry and Scott Brown to help preserve the funds.
3Q: High technology vs. high explosives
January 31, 2011
Last week, a suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 35. Carey Rappaport, professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of both the ALERT (Awareness and Localization of Explosive-Related Threats) Center and Gordon-CenSSIS (Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface
Sensing and Imaging Systems), describes some of Northeatern’s technological
advances in explosives detection and homeland security, as well as some of the
nontechnical challenges researchers need to consider.
Northeastern honors veterans at ceremony
November 11, 2010
At its annual Veterans Day ceremony, Northeastern University honored all those who have served the United States in military service, and paid tribute to Capt. Eric A. Jones, BA’04, who died in October 2009 while serving combat missions in Afghanistan.
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Service with honors
November 10, 2010
Three Northeastern University seniors are not only top students -- they're already top military leaders.
Northeastern breaks ground on state-of-the-art facility for security research
September 10, 2010
Northeastern University held a historic groundbreaking at its Burlington campus for the
George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, a secure,
state-of-the-art facility funded by a $12 million investment from alumnus
George J. Kostas, E’43, H’07. (Video)
Northeastern grad gives $12 million to build homeland security research institute
September 9, 2010
Northeastern University has received a $12 million gift from one of its alumni, George J. Kostas, E’43, H’07, to build a secure, state-of-the-art homeland security research facility on the university’s Burlington campus. The gift is the largest for a capital project in Northeastern’s history.
Northeastern grad confirmed to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq
August 18, 2010
Following his nomination by President Barack Obama, the U.S. Senate has unanimously voted to confirm Northeastern alumnus James F. Jeffrey, BA ’69, as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. Jeffrey, who received his bachelor’s degree in history from Northeastern, most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, a post he assumed in October 2008.
Federal and state officials tour Marine Science Center
August 11, 2010
Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun hosted a high-level Massachusetts legislative delegation—including U.S. Sen. John Kerry and U.S. Rep. John Tierney—on a tour Wednesday of the university’s Marine Science Center in Nahant.
Graduating senior rises from the ashes of war
May 6, 2010
Jorge Pozo has daily reminders of his time serving as a soldier in Afghanistan and the severe injuries — both physical and mental — he incurred while in combat. But those reminders serve as his motivation to live life to the fullest.
Q&A: Leading an in-depth effort to prevent terrorism
January 27, 2010
Researchers at Northeastern are investigating ways to make
our nation safer from terrorist threats through the development of cutting-edge
imaging technologies. The work is focused within the Bernard M. Gordon Center
for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (Gordon-CenSSIS) and the Awareness and Localization of Explosives-related Threats center (ALERT), funded by
the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security,
respectively.
Veterans pursue Yellow Ribbon benefits
November 10, 2009
Today, Portia Scott is one of 24 veterans who attend Northeastern through the federal Yellow Ribbon Program. A grant-matching partnership between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and participating colleges and universities, the program is designed to cover higher education costs for post-9/11 veterans.
Northeastern leads partnership to improve VA health care processes
July 6, 2009
Northeastern University has partnered with the New England Veterans
Affairs (VA) health care system, establishing a new systems engineering center
to significantly improve quality and performance throughout VA hospitals. The
partnership will design innovative industrial engineering solutions that
improve VA processes, and that may ultimately extend to the U.S. private health
care system.
Northeastern’s Liberty Battalion of Army ROTC Sees Increase in Applicants
February 4, 2008
Northeastern University’s recent success in expanding its marketing and recruiting efforts has been mirrored by its Military Science Department, the Liberty Battalion of Army ROTC. This year, 219 high school students applied for four-year scholarships from the battalion. The program has seen a 30% increase in enrolled Cadets in the past year.
Northeastern University Remembers Its Veterans
November 6, 2007
Northeastern University will hold a Veterans Day Ceremony this weekend to remember the nearly 300 alumni and students of the institution who died in service to their country during wartime. This year’s ceremony will pay special tribute to SSG Robert Pirelli, a 2001 graduate of the College of Criminal Justice, who lost his life in battle during his Iraq deployment this summer. His name will be added to the ones on the Veterans Memorial.