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85-457: Halper attended Northeastern University , where she received B.A. , M.A. , and M.Ed. degrees. In 1968 she became the first female announcer at Northeastern's campus radio station, WNEU (now WRBB ). Halper went on to a career that spanned 12 years as a radio broadcaster, music director, and music producer in Cleveland , New York City , Washington, D.C. , and Boston. In 1980, Halper became

170-773: A cooperative education program. Northeastern is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education. It is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity ". Northeastern maintains satellite campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina ; Seattle, Washington ; San Jose, California ; Oakland, California ; Portland, Maine ; Burlington, Massachusetts ; and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada . In 2019, it purchased

255-622: A $ 50 million donation, as well as renaming the College of Computer and Information Science to the Khoury College of Computer Sciences with another $ 50 million donation from Amin Khoury . EXP, another large research facility created to support Northeastern's work in autonomous vehicles, drones, and humanoid robots recently opened for the 2023–2024 school year. This building is approximately 350,000 square feet (33,000 m ), including

340-603: A 15,000 square foot makers space for students of all colleges and degree levels. The 2011 Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card issued Northeastern a grade of "A−" for its environmental sustainability efforts and programs. Additionally, the Princeton Review rated Northeastern as one of the top 15 "Green Colleges" in the nation in 2010. In 2011, the GreenMetric World University ranking evaluated Northeastern as

425-530: A 7 position jump from 2013 to 2014 and a 27 place gain since 2010–11. Critics have argued that Northeastern's rise in the rankings shows that the university has "cracked the code" to academic rankings, while others suggested it figured out how to "game the system." The positive feedback effect of its placement, in turn, allowed the institution to significantly increase its endowment, admit a more-competitive student body, hire new faculty, add to its campuses and expand its flagship co-op program. The Empower Campaign

510-546: A June 14, 1934 article, the Boston Evening Transcript described the campus design as "modernistic classical." In 1961, under President Asa Knowles, the university purchased a 7-acre red brick industrial complex once owned by the United Drug Company to build athletic facilities. Three of the buildings facing Forsyth Street were demolished, but due to a need for more office and lab space,

595-453: A YMCA membership was promised. Located in a new headquarters building at the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets in Boston, the institute held its first classes in 1898. After a fire, a new YMCA building was constructed on Huntington Avenue in 1913. The School of Law was also formally established in 1898 with the assistance of an advisory committee, consisting of James Barr Ames, dean of

680-590: A businessman and 1949 alumnus. Permanent Waves Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush , released on January 14, 1980, through Anthem Records . After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs (such as " The Spirit of Radio " and " Freewill "), though their progressive rock blueprint

765-678: A chapter in Michael C. Keith 's Radio Cultures: The Sound Medium in American Life , and in 2010, her essay about the impact of McCarthyism on broadcasting appeared in the academic reference work Perspectives in American Social History: Cold War and McCarthy Era . She has also authored a number of books, including Icons of Talk: The Media Mouths that Changed America , a history of talk shows. Halper has also researched and written about baseball history for

850-432: A commuter and adult population. That reputation began changing during the presidency of Asa S. Knowles , from 1959 to 1975. Facing a postwar educational boom, the university broadened undergraduate offerings, increased graduate offerings, modernized administrative and faculty structures, created a Faculty Senate, launched its first-ever capital campaign, reorganized and expanded adult and continuing education, and increased

935-577: A fine of $ 250,000 and a five year in prison sentence. He was also fired from his position within the university. In May 2024 it was announced that Marymount Manhattan College would merge with Northeastern University, which was to be renamed Northeastern University-New York City . The merger would not be finalized until it received regulatory approval, which could take up to two years. Presidents of Northeastern University: Northeastern offers 291 undergraduate majors; 187 of these are combined majors, such as Business Administration/Communication Studies. At

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1020-480: A four-quarter system to two traditional semesters and two summer "minimesters," allowing students to both delve more deeply into their academic courses and have longer and more substantive co-op placements, forcing departments to redesign aging programs to fit the longer format. Freeland also created a marketing department, uncommon for universities at the time, and expanded the university advancement office, while setting an ambitious $ 200 million fundraising target with

1105-424: A major transfer point for MBTA bus routes. Facing Huntington Avenue, Krentzman Quadrangle is the main quadrangle on the campus of Northeastern. It is recognizable by the "Northeastern University" brick sign in front. The quad lies at the heart of the original campus between Ell, Dodge and Richards halls, and serves as a gathering space for community members and outdoor activities. It was named after Harvey Krentzman,

1190-445: A nearby cottage to write lyrics, with " Entre Nous " being the only set completed prior to their arrival at Lakewoods Farm. This routine had a productive effect on the three, with "The Spirit of Radio," "Freewill", and "Jacob's Ladder" being put down within several days without considerable effort. The new songs marked a shift in the group's musical style towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs, though Peart denied that

1275-528: A photo, taken by Flip Schulke , of the Galveston Seawall in Texas during Hurricane Carla on September 11, 1961. The woman in the foreground is Canadian model Paula Turnbull, who is also featured on Exit... Stage Left (1981) and the man waving in the background is sleeve designer Hugh Syme . To create the appearance of Turnbull's skirt blowing in the wind, a fan was placed out of frame when she

1360-673: A radio consultant for college and commercial radio stations in the United States, eastern Canada and Puerto Rico. In the late 1980s, Halper began teaching college courses about broadcasting, media criticism, and media history. She taught part-time at Emerson College , in the journalism department and the Institute of Liberal Arts until the summer of 2008, when she accepted a position as assistant professor of communication at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts . In 2012, she

1445-461: A sacred ornament known as a mezuzah was torn down from the building's rear entrance. The mezuzah was torn down following the invitation by Hillel of reformed neo-Nazi TM Garret , a human rights advocate who has dedicated his work to anti-racism and anti-violence programs. The Hillel at Northeastern University felt Garret was "an ally of the Jewish people". University president Joseph Aoun condemned

1530-480: A second device of similar construction was found elsewhere on campus, the threat was neutralized; Northeastern resumed normal academic activities the next day. The following month, federal prosecutors determined that Jason Duhaime, the Northeastern employee who claimed to be the sole witness of the explosion and was seemingly injured by it, had concocted the event as a hoax. Duhaime was subsequently charged with

1615-533: A simple concept: a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds. The title is a reference to the natural phenomenon of the sun breaking through the clouds in visible rays, which in turn is named after the Biblical ladder to heaven on which Jacob saw angels ascending and descending in a vision. Early in Rush's 2015 R40 Live Tour , Geddy Lee incorrectly stated that the song had never been played live before, but

1700-682: A women's college dedicated to physical health, and the creation of the College of Nursing, traditionally a female profession, also contributed to the increase. Though there was an explicit nondiscrimination policy on the books, throughout its history Northeastern had only a handful of black students. In the early 1960s, with financial assistance from the Ford Foundation in New York in the form of scholarships and co-ops to black high school students, Northeastern began actively recruiting black students. By 1975, black student-led organizations included

1785-750: Is a member of the International Partnership of Business Schools. Through this program International Business students have the opportunity to be awarded a dual-degree from Northeastern as well as from a sister school abroad. The university provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in research through the Center for Experiential Education, CenSSIS Research Experience for Undergraduates, Honors Research, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program, and Provost's Office research grants. In FY 2007, annual external research funding exceeded $ 78 million. In FY 2009–10,

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1870-617: Is also a guest speaker specializing in the history of radio and television, often bringing with her a collection of rare memorabilia. She has been a guest expert on NPR , PBS , the History Channel , and on local television stations WCVB-TV and NECN , commenting on media history. Her work has focused on women and minorities in media history, talk radio , and people whose contributions to broadcasting have been overlooked or forgotten, such as broadcast pioneers like John Shepard III , Eunice Randall , and Big Brother Bob Emery . Halper

1955-526: Is credited with discovering the rock band Rush while working as the Music Director at radio station WMMS in Cleveland in 1974. After a Canadian record producer gave her the then-unknown band's album, she played a track called “Working Man” on the air. Listeners started requesting more Rush tracks. Soon, other radio stations began including Rush songs in their playlists, and by late summer of 1974,

2040-716: Is included in the animated video of " The Spirit of Radio ", released for the fortieth anniversary of Permanent Waves , the album "The Spirit of Radio" originally appeared on. Northeastern University Northeastern University ( NU or NEU ) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts . Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922. With more than 38,000 students, Northeastern

2125-558: Is located on 73 acres (30 ha) mostly along Huntington Avenue and Columbus Avenue in an area known as the Fenway Cultural District , part of Boston's Fenway and Roxbury neighborhood, near the Museum of Fine Arts , Symphony Hall , New England Conservatory , and Christian Science Center . In 2019, the campus was officially designated as an arboretum by ArbNet , making it the only campus in Boston to receive

2210-509: Is still evident on " Jacob's Ladder " and the nine-minute closer " Natural Science ." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the first of seven studio albums that the band recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights , Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown . Permanent Waves received a mostly positive reception from critics, and became

2295-672: Is the largest university in Massachusetts by enrollment. Northeastern is a large, highly residential university which comprises nine schools, including the Northeastern University School of Law . The university's main campus in Boston is located within the center of the city along Huntington Avenue and Columbus Avenue near the Fenway–Kenmore and Roxbury neighborhoods. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, and most undergraduates participate in

2380-546: The Boston Young Men's Christian Association , the first in the U.S., established an Evening Institute for Younger Men , to merge, coordinate and improve its classes that had evolved over the past 40 years. Included among roughly 30 courses offered were algebra, bookkeeping, literature, French, German, Latin, geography, electricity, music, penmanship and physiology. In addition, a banjo club, camera club, orchestra, and weekly parliamentary debates and discussions were promoted. A good education for "any young man of moral character" with

2465-590: The Great Depression in the 1930s, as enrollment grew to over 4,600 students, President Frank Palmer Speare announced that Northeastern would build a new campus. Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott , a Boston-based architectural firm, was selected to design the campus near the Huntington Avenue YMCA building that continued to house library and classroom spaces. Richards Hall, which housed classrooms, laboratories and administrative offices,

2550-704: The Harvard Law School ; Samuel Bennett, dean of the Boston University School of Law ; and Judge James R. Dunbar. In 1903, the first Automobile Engineering School in the country was established, followed by a Polytechnic School in 1904 and a School of Commerce and Finance in 1907. Day classes began in 1909. In 1916, a bill was introduced into the Massachusetts Legislature to incorporate the institute as Northeastern College . After considerable debate and investigation, it

2635-1041: The New College of the Humanities , establishing an additional campus in London, England . The university's sports teams, the Northeastern Huskies , compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) in 18 varsity sports. The men's and women's hockey teams compete in Hockey East , while the men's and women's rowing teams compete in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) and Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC), respectively. In May 1896, directors of

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2720-625: The Afro-photo Society, Student Grill, Health Careers Club, The Onyx (a black student newspaper), Muhindi Literary Guild, the Outing Club, Black Engineering Society, and the first recognized black fraternity at the university, the Omicron Chapter of Iota Phi Theta . In addition, the number of foreign students increased from 170 in the 1950s and 1960s to 960 by 1974–75. By the early 1980s, under President Kenneth G. Ryder ,

2805-467: The College of Engineering, was first authorized to grant degrees in civil, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering. The cooperative program, the second of its kind in the U.S. after one in Cincinnati, Ohio , was eventually adopted by all departments. On March 30, 1917, veteran educator Frank Palmer Speare, who had served as director of the institute, was inaugurated as the first president of

2890-455: The George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, after its chief benefactor. For undergraduate students, Northeastern's 2023 acceptance rate was 5.6%. Of the record-large pool of 96,327 applicants, only ~5,389 were admitted. The sharp rise in applications and drop in admission is attributed to an over enrollment issue that the admission office attempted to fix. 2020 acceptance rate

2975-622: The Northeastern University Corporation was established, with a board of trustees composed of 31 university members and 8 from the YMCA . Following World War II, Northeastern began admitting women. In 1948, Northeastern separated itself completely from the YMCA. By 1959, when Carl Ell who had expanded the university stepped down as president, Northeastern had a local identity as an independent technical university serving

3060-641: The Northeastern campus. Five stations serve the campus: Massachusetts Avenue and Ruggles on the Orange Line; and Symphony , Northeastern University , and Museum of Fine Arts on the Green Line. The Green Line is paralleled by MBTA bus route 39 . Ruggles station is also served by the Needham , Providence/Stoughton , and Franklin/Foxboro Lines of the MBTA Commuter Rail system and is

3145-493: The Society for American Baseball Research Baseball Research Journal , documenting radio broadcasting's impact on the game, and highlighting obscure, overlooked or neglected aspects of the sport. She has also written articles about Negro leagues players and sportswriters, including Frank "Fay" Young" and Russell J. "Russ" Cowans. Halper has been seen on C-SPAN, where she gave a talk in 2020 about women in early broadcasting. She

3230-429: The United States, Canada, and Europe in support of its sixth studio album, Hemispheres (1978). The tour had taken its toll on the group and, for the first time in the band's history, each member agreed to take a six-week break before starting work on a new album. They regrouped in mid-July 1979 at Lakewoods Farm near Flesherton , Ontario to write and rehearse new material for two weeks. They set up their equipment in

3315-409: The act in an email sent to the school community. A security camera video was taken of the individual performing the vandalism, but no suspect was ever caught. Northeastern University's Experiential Technologies lab contains, among others, virtual reality equipment. On September 12, 2022, police responded to an incident at the lab, claiming that a pressurized case, accompanied by a note that critiqued

3400-652: The album's release, Rush supported Permanent Waves with a concert tour of Canada, the US, and the UK between January 17 and June 22, 1980. The group toured with a 25-member roadcrew who handled the 60 tons of equipment to stage the show, which included Boeing 707 landing lights, a $ 50,000 mixing console, and a screen projector behind the band. The tour cost $ 12,500 each day and each band member earned $ 1,000 per show. All lyrics by Neil Peart except "Different Strings" by Geddy Lee . All music by Lee and Alex Lifeson . * Included on

3485-613: The applicants with the highest GPA and SAT/ACT scores that year. The program includes specialty work in a major field through college-specific choices including specialized advanced honors seminars and an independent research project. Students in the Honors Program exclusively can live in a Living-Learning Community housed in West Villages C and F. 2017 also marked the beginning of the Honors Discovery course and

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3570-657: The band consciously set out to produce commercial music. Peart attempted to write a song based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , the 14th-century epic set in King Arthur 's time, but it was abandoned after it was deemed too out of place with the other material. With some material prepared for Permanent Waves , Rush moved into Sound Kitchen Studio in northern Toronto , Ontario with their producer Terry Brown to put their ideas onto tape. "The Spirit of Radio," "Freewill" and "Jacob's Ladder" were further polished on

3655-479: The band got a U.S. recording contract. As an acknowledgement of her role in their success, the band dedicated their first two albums to Halper. Halper appeared in the 2010 documentary about Rush, Beyond the Lighted Stage . On June 25, 2010, she was a speaker when Rush received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. A depiction of Halper, along with depictions of other DJs who were instrumental in Rush's success,

3740-632: The band's most successful album at the time of its release, reaching No.   3 in Canada and the UK and No.   4 in the United States. The album was certified platinum in the latter by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling one million copies. Rush released "The Spirit of Radio" as a single in February 1980 and toured in support of the album in 1980. In June 1979, the band finished its eight-month tour of

3825-456: The basement and put down what Peart described as "a giant hodge-podge of instrumental mish-mash," initially titled "Uncle Tounouse", during the first session. The piece was not developed further, but sections of it were used as the basis of passages on other songs they would record. A typical day's schedule involved Lifeson cooking breakfast for the trio, after which Lifeson and Lee worked on musical ideas while Peart gathered his notes and walked to

3910-497: The best performance. While Lee, Lifeson, and Brown began overdubs, Peart began attempting to write another longer song, and after enduring three days of writer's block, " Natural Science " was born. Fin Costello was then brought in to photograph the band in the studio. Cover art director Hugh Syme was also brought in and recorded a piano solo on "Different Strings". Music was composed for "Natural Science", with some parts reused from

3995-440: The closing track "Natural Science" is more than nine minutes long and is composed of three distinct movements: I) Tide Pools, II) Hyperspace, and III) Permanent Waves. The lyrics are driven by concepts of natural science . It was featured, with a different arrangement, on the 1996 Test for Echo Tour , the 2002 Vapor Trails Tour , the 2007–2008 Snakes & Arrows Tour and the 2015 R40 Live Tour . The background scene comes from

4080-678: The designation. The first baseball World Series took place on the Huntington Avenue Grounds , now part of the campus. The site is commemorated in front of Churchill Hall by a statue of Cy Young . In 2014, Northeastern officially launched a Public Art Initiative to place a series of murals and other art around the Boston campus. Among those whose work has been commissioned are French artist Jef Aérosol , Houston-born artist Daniel Anguilu, Los Angeles-based El Mac and Charleston, South Carolina-born artist Shepard Fairey , known for his 2008 Barack Obama "Hope" poster . During

4165-419: The discarded "Green Knight". The water sounds at the beginning of the song were created by splashing oars in the private lake, performed by Brown and studio assistant Kim Bickerdike, and the natural echo outside was used to record various instruments. The rough mixes on the album were complete, and the final mix was completed in two weeks at Trident Studios. Upon the album's completion, Lifeson felt unsure about

4250-418: The early 1990s, the university began a $ 485 million construction program that included residence halls, academic and research facilities, and athletic centers. During the university's transition, Freeland reorganized the co-operative education system, decentralizing it into a department-based system to allow better integration of classroom learning with workplace experience. Full-time degree programs shifted from

4335-462: The end of Curry's tenure. When Curry left office in 1996, the university population had been systematically reduced to about 25,000. Incoming President Richard M. Freeland decided to focus on recruiting the type of students who were already graduating as the school's prime demographic. Freeland focused on improving academics and restructuring the administration with a goal of "creating the country's premier program of practice oriented education". In

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4420-520: The first college in the United States dedicated to the field of computer science. Between 1959 and 1975, Northeastern's student population not only grew considerably larger, but also more diverse. At the beginning of this period, most of the student body was composed of white males from New England, the majority of whom came from the Boston-area public schools and primarily studied business or engineering. By 1974–75, women accounted for 33 percent of

4505-482: The freshmen who enrolled, the middle 50% range of SAT scores was 670–750 for reading and writing, 690–790 for math, while the middle 50% range ACT composite range was 32–34. Of those who applied in 2016, 9,500 were international students, up from 1,128 international applicants in 2006. Of those who enrolled, 20% were international students. In the Power of International Education's 2017 Open Doors report, Northeastern

4590-399: The goal of reducing dependency on tuition. Between 1995 and 2007, average SAT exam scores increased more than 200 points, retention rates rose dramatically, and applications doubled. In 1998, Freeland set an admissions target of 2,800 freshman per year, allowing for adequate tuition income without compromising on education. Throughout the transformation, his oft-repeated goal was to crack

4675-657: The graduate level, there are 36 PhD programs and 264 other graduate programs. Northeastern had 3,028 faculty in Fall 2021. Academics at Northeastern is grounded in a liberal arts education and the integration of classroom studies with experiential learning opportunities, including cooperative education , student research, service learning , and global experience, including study abroad and international co-op. The university's cooperative education program places nearly 10,000 students annually in full-time, paid professional positions with almost 3,000 co-op employers in Boston and around

4760-727: The introduction of the Student Assessed Integrated Learning (SAIL) app. Launched in 1909, Northeastern has one of the largest and oldest cooperative education (co-op) programs in the world. In the co-op program, students alternate periods of academic study with periods of professional employment (usually paid) related to their major. Students can choose to complete one or two co-op experiences to graduate in four years, or they can choose to complete three co-ops to graduate in five years. Students on co-op do not pay tuition and students not living on campus do not pay room and board. The co-op program typically begins

4845-784: The nearly 14,000 undergraduates students, while 5 percent were black. Over 900 students came from different foreign countries. Of the graduating class of 2,238, 513 were in Liberal Arts, 462 in Engineering, 389 in Business, 227 in Pharmacy and Allied Health, and the remainder were roughly divided among Education, Boston-Bouvé, Nursing and Criminal Justice. To attract more women, the university refurbished existing facilities, constructed new women's dormitories and encouraged their participation in all programs. The merger with Boston-Bouvé,

4930-530: The neighborhoods surrounding the university. In addition, Aoun created more academic partnerships with other institutions in the Boston area, including Tufts University , Hebrew College and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts . During this period, Northeastern rapidly advanced in national rankings. It placed 42nd in the 2014–15 edition of U.S. News & World Report' s best colleges and universities rankings,

5015-465: The newly incorporated Northeastern College. Five years later the college changed its name to Northeastern University to better reflect the increasing depth of its instruction. In March 1923, the university secured general (A.B. and B.S.) degree-granting power from the Legislature, with the exception of the medical and dental degrees. The College of Liberal Arts was added in 1935. Two years later

5100-463: The number of colleges. The university created the College of Education (1953), University College (1960), now called the College of Professional Studies, and the colleges of Pharmacy and Nursing (1964), which both later merged into the Bouvé College of Health Sciences . The creation of the College of Criminal Justice (1967) followed, and then the Khoury College of Computer Sciences (1982),

5185-404: The one-time night commuter school had grown into one of the largest private universities in the nation at around 55,000 students. In 1990, the first class with more live-on campus rather than commuter students was graduated. After Ryder's retirement in 1989, the university adopted a slow and more thoughtful approach to change. Following an economic downturn, a 1991 trustee committee report described

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5270-525: The record and for a period of time, could not listen to it due to his feeling that it failed to present any fresh ideas. His opinion changed when he first heard the album on the radio after its release, realising he had overreacted. "The Spirit of Radio" featured the band's early experiments with a reggae style in its closing section, which was explored further in the band's next three albums, Moving Pictures , Signals , and Grace Under Pressure . The group had experimented with reggae-influenced riffs in

5355-510: The remaining buildings were divided into four sections now called Lake Hall, Holmes Hall, Nightingale Hall and Meserve Hall. During the last few years, major developments include Northeastern becoming recognized as an arboretum , opening a $ 225 million research and laboratory complex known as the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC), launching the Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence with

5440-515: The research funding is close to $ 82 million. In 2002, Northeastern's Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems was designated an NSF Engineering Research Center. In 2004, Northeastern was one of six institutions selected by the National Science Foundation as a center for research in nanotechnology. In 2010, Northeastern was granted $ 12 million by an alum for a Homeland security research facility, to be named

5525-477: The school and its relationship with VR developers, had exploded. The explosion injured Jason Duhaime, a 45-year-old university employee. Police became skeptical after finding several inconsistencies in Duhaime's testimony, such as a lack of physical evidence of an explosion. Additionally, it was discovered that the note attached to the explosive device was composed on Duhaime's computer only a day earlier. Although

5610-422: The second greenest university in the world, and first in the US. Northeastern placed first in the rankings again in 2014. In accordance with a Boston zoning code amendment in 2007, International Village residence hall was certified as a LEED Gold building in 2010. Dockser Hall was the first building on campus to achieve LEED certification, also Gold, with the completion of its renovation in 2010. East Village

5695-541: The situation as "life threatening to Northeastern," warning of a $ 17 million budget gap with no funding mechanisms to cover it. That year President John A. Curry formulated a new strategy of transforming Northeastern into a "smaller, leaner, better place to work and study," describing unacceptable compromises in the quality and reputation of the university that had been made in the quest for more students. Staff were terminated and admissions targets were reduced, with applicant numbers beginning to rise and attrition rates fall by

5780-1065: The spring of the second year or fall of the third year (after a more traditional program for the first semesters on campus). Students usually take anywhere between one and three with 96% participating in one and 78% participating in two or more. 50% of Northeastern students receive a job offer from a previous co-op employer as of 2017 . Northeastern has semester-long study abroad programs with placements in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. Some participating schools include: University of Cambridge and London School of Economics , England; University of Edinburgh , Scotland; Reims Management School , France; European School of Business , Germany; University of Cape Town , South Africa; University of Auckland , New Zealand; Swinburne University of Technology , Australia; University of Tokyo , Japan; American College of Thessaloniki , Greece and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Chile and also Antarctica. Northeastern's International Business program

5865-455: The studio and had come up with a reggae introduction to "Working Man" on their tours, so they decided to incorporate a passage into "The Spirit of Radio," as Lifeson said, "to make us smile and have a little fun." Peart wrote the lyrics with Toronto radio station CFNY-FM in mind which had adopted the title as its slogan. "Jacob's Ladder" uses multiple time signatures, and possesses a dark, ominous feel in its first half. Its lyrics are based on

5950-532: The top 100 of the U.S. News & World Report 's rankings of America's best universities. With this accomplished by 2005, the transformation goal from commuting school to nationally recognized research university was complete. Freeland stepped down on August 15, 2006, and was followed by President Joseph E. Aoun , a former dean at the University of Southern California . As part of a five-year, $ 75 million Academic Investment Plan that ran from 2004 to 2009,

6035-411: The university concentrated on undergraduate education, core graduate professional programs, and centers of research excellence. Faculty was originally to be bolstered by 100 new tenured and tenure-track professors, later expanded to include 300 additional tenure and tenure-track faculty in interdisciplinary fields. Aoun also placed more emphasis on improving community relations by reaching out to leaders of

6120-507: The university's business school in 2012. In October 2017, Northeastern revealed that the final total of the Empower campaign was $ 1.4 billion. More than 100,000 individuals and over 3,800 organizations donated to Empower, from 110 countries. In 2021, the Hillel at Northeastern University, which serves as the school's Jewish student center, experienced an incident of antisemitic vandalism:

6205-513: The warm-up tour during soundchecks, and by early September, "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill" were being performed live on the band's warm-up tour in August and September 1979. In September 1979, Rush headed to Le Studio in Morin-Heights , Quebec to record Permanent Waves with Brown and engineer Paul Northfield . Having recorded their previous two studio albums in Wales the band felt it

6290-421: The world. Northeastern University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Northeastern University has eight degree-granting colleges: These colleges house schools and departments. There are also two separate schools, not housed within the other colleges: The University Honors Program selects students from the regular applicant pool with no separate application and represent

6375-513: Was 18.1%. For the Class of 2024, Northeastern received 64,459 applications, with 13,199 students accepted. In 2018, the record number of applications led to a drop in acceptance rate, eight percentage points lower than the previous year. Additionally, Northeastern was one of the top ten most applied to colleges in 2018. For the Class of 2022 (enrolling fall 2018), Northeastern received 62,272 applications, accepted 12,042 (19%), and enrolled 2,746. For

6460-520: Was corrected by fans on the internet (the song had been performed during the Permanent Waves tour and a live recording of the song was featured on Exit... Stage Left ). "Entre Nous", French for "Between Us", did not receive heavy radio airplay and was not performed live until the Snakes & Arrows Tour in 2007. While the band began stepping back from the epic song format on this album,

6545-450: Was launched in May 2013 for student support, faculty advancement/expansion, innovation in education and research. Its goal was to raise $ 1 billion by 2017, with half of that being from philanthropic support and the other half from industry and government partnerships. The goal was raised to $ 1.25 billion in 2015. The campaign was inspired by Richard D'Amore and Alan McKim's $ 60 million donation to

6630-600: Was passed in March 1916. In 1909, the Polytechnic School began offering co-operative engineering courses to eight students. A four-year daytime program had been established consisting of alternating single weeks of classroom instruction and practical work experience with mostly railroad companies that agreed to accept student workers. In 1920, the Co-operative School of Engineering, which later became

6715-629: Was photographed. Permanent Waves was released in the US on January 14, 1980. It reached No. 3 in Canada and the UK and No. 4 in the US. In two months, the album had sold one million copies in the US. The album was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association , and in September 1980 Rush sent the gold record to Terry Fox , shortly after he had to abandon the Marathon of Hope . Following

6800-572: Was promoted to Associate Professor. In 1987–88, Halper taught courses at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire , on radio programming. She has also taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Massachusetts Boston . In May 2011, she earned a Ph.D. in communication from UMass Amherst. A media and social historian, Halper has written essays for encyclopedias and magazines. In 2008, she contributed

6885-433: Was ranked as the fourth-highest institution in the United States to host international students. The number of international students totals over 12,000 representing 138 different nations and over half of the student body. The number of international students at Northeastern has steadily increased by about 1,000 students every year since 2008. In the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report rankings, Northeastern

6970-683: Was rated LEED Silver in 2016 and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex was rated LEED Gold in 2018. The university affiliated LightView apartment building is targeting a LEED Platinum certification, the first in student housing in the City of Boston. In 2004, Northeastern was awarded the gold medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for its Dedham Campus. The MBTA subway Orange Line and Green Line E branch pass through

7055-529: Was the first building completed in October 1938. Its light gray, glazed brick exterior with vertical strips of windows was replicated in other buildings of what later became known as the 1944 master plan. A mix of Beaux-Arts and Bauhaus architectural styles defined by stripped-down classicism and open courtyards that resembled that of Massachusetts Institute of Technology across the Charles River . In

7140-624: Was tied for 53rd in the National Universities category. The 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Northeastern 49th in its annual ranking of national universities. In 2014, College Prowler gave Northeastern an "A+" rating for the quality of classes, professors, and overall academic environment. A 2008 Reader's Digest survey ranked NU as the second safest school in the United States after Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Northeastern University's main campus

7225-501: Was time for a change and initially chose Trident Studios in London, but cancelled due to the high costs of studio time and accommodation. The idea of working in a busy city environment became something they now wished to avoid and instead sought a remote location. The recording sessions involved the band tweaking the settings of instruments and positioning of microphones. They recorded basic tracks with multiple takes until they captured

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