Northeastern announced on Tuesday that it will launch the region’s first university-supported loan program for women- and minority-owned businesses. The Impact Lending program will enable small business owners to secure loans at below market interest rates. Its goal is to serve 85 small businesses and create 330 jobs in the first two years. It was…
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Nadine Aubry, Dean of the College of Engineering, has been honored in recent months with a variety of accolades and appointments, such as being elected president of the International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, becoming the first woman to hold the position and only the fourth person in the US to be selected for…
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Professor of Law and WGSS Affiliated Faculty member Martha Davis discussed the upcoming Supreme Court case, Lynch v. Morales-Santana with the Atlantic earlier this week. Davis, who had argued a similar case in front of the Supreme Court in 2000, discusses the impact of the possibility that the Court side with the government in the…
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Women’s basketball point guard Jess Genco was recognized as one of 16 CAA preseason standouts during the league’s Basketball Media Day on Tuesday. Genco enjoyed a breakout rookie season last year, becoming the Huskies’ all team leader in freshman assists and earning a spot on the 2015-2016 CAA All-Rookie Team. Read more here.

For the second straight week, sophomore goaltender Brittany Bugalski of the women’s hockey team was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week. Over the weekend, she stopped 52 of 54 shots in wins over Boston University and Dartmouth, stopping 33 shots against BU and posting a shutout against Dartmouth. Read more here.

The women’s soccer team clinched the CAA regular season title on Sunday, thanks to two goals from sophomore Hannah Rosenblatt. Following her performance over the weekend, Rosenblatt was also named CAA Co-Player of the Week for the second time this season, having scored a goal on Friday against Towson and both of the Huskies’ goals…
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Women’s hockey alumna Kendall Coyne was honored as a Top-30 Finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year award on Sunday evening in Indianapolis. The honor comes following a record-breaking senior season, where she led the team to their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. Read more here.

Sophomore goaltender of the women’s hockey team Brittany Bugalski was honored as the WHEA Defensive Player of the Week. She helped the team to an undefeated weeked against Syracuse over the weekend, making 26 saves on Friday in a 2-2 tie and posting a shutout in the game on Saturday. Read more here.

Freshman volleyball player Shaina White was named CAA Rookie of the Week for the second time this season, as announced by the league on Monday. The honor comes following the team’s sweep of Hofstra over the weekend, in which White totaled six kills, an assist, an ace, three blocks, and seven digs. Read more here.

At the most recent Myra Kraft Open Classroom discussion last week, a panel of three Northeastern professors looked at the factors that have made covering this election unlike any in American history. The panel included WGSS affiliated faculty member and Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Carole Bell, who discussed the impact of pop culture and…
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