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Featured Article
Northeastern’s own Grinold donates $1m to athletics
Jack Grinold, Northeastern’s associate director of athletics and longtime sports information director, has donated $1 million to benefit athletics.
His gift provides future endowed support to the operations of the program and is the largest contribution to athletics ever made by a university staff member.
Electronic edition, Vol. 1 No. 19, May 7, 2008
CBA honors top teacher, outstanding students
The College of Business Administration honored its best students and its top teachers at a ceremony in the Curry ballroom just before commencement. Timothy Rupert, professor and James Carey Fellow of accounting, was presented the Husky Bowl.
University’s challenge: Be a healthier you!
It’s time to dust off those sneakers and stop making excuses for the wintertime inertia that stood between that inner fit person and the treadmill, spin bike or weight room. "The Healthy You Challenge is a exciting program intended to encourage all faculty and staff to participate in fitness and health activities,” said Katherine Pendergast, vice president of Human Resources Management.
In the media
• The New York Times used an interactive map partly developed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Distinguished Professor of physics, with its story on redefining diseases.
• Emery Trahan, professor of finance and insurance, suggested to The Associated Press that Microsoft and Yahoo would be better off not merging.