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The Student Center for Science Engagement (SCSE) had to change the way it usually facilitates research because of the pandemic. Yet, even while research was done remotely, the SCSE was able to conduct 18 projects from eight departments and will host a virtual symposium later this month to showcase the results.

Stage Center Theatre has launched a virtual theatre festival for social justice featuring works submitted by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community. Submissions are still being accepted for the festival as well as the Undocumented Cookbook and COVID-19 student archives.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø has been awarded a grant from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund to aid recruitment and retention efforts. Some of these efforts were mentioned in President Gloria J. Gibson’s State of the University address, which took place virtually on Oct. 27. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at Northeastern.

The Fall 2020 semester wraps up next week, but Â鶹¹ÙÍø is not slowing down.

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in March, forcing the rapid shift to remote teaching and learning for the rest of the Spring 2020 semester, Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Student Center for Science Engagement had just put out a call to the faculty for its Undergraduate Summer Research and Professional Training Program.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø increased its graduate student enrollment by more than 10 percent and recorded the best fall-to-fall retention of first-time, full-time freshmen in a decade, according to the official Fall 2020 enrollment numbers.

For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Â鶹¹ÙÍø No. 1 for students who graduate with the least amount of debt among Midwest regional universities. Â鶹¹ÙÍø also ranked highly in three other categories. This week, Northeastern also announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University a five-year, $3 million Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program grant. If you’re looking for some fun, it’s also Â鶹¹ÙÍø Weekend! Read about all this and more in this week’s Noteworthy at Northeastern. 

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Â鶹¹ÙÍø a five-year, $3 million Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program grant that will help the University increase the number of students who complete STEM majors.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) has awarded Â鶹¹ÙÍø a $456,286 grant to help target equity in its recruitment and retention efforts. This federal CARES Act funding is one of nine Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund competitive grants totaling $3 million that IBHE has awarded to public colleges and universities.

President Gloria J. Gibson released a video welcoming students, faculty and staff to the Fall 2020 semester. The bookstore has new processes for ordering and picking up books, and multicultural student orientations continue. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at Northeastern.