David Nordman

Northeastern previously announced the speakers for its undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday, May 5. Here’s a rundown of the rest of the speakers.

What time should I arrive? Where do I park? Where do I enter the park? Will the concession stands be open? What happens if it rains? We’ve got your answers:

President Joseph E. Aoun will also confer an honorary degree upon Thomas, who will speak in place of NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy, who is ill.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee visited with Christina Jackson on Northeastern’s Oakland campus to remember an historic day in 1972 when Shirley Chisolm gave a speech titled “Women in Politics — Why Not?”

President Aoun announced the news to the Northeastern community. The new entity would be called Northeastern University – New York City.

A ceremony honored 23 students from 14 high schools who spent five weeks receiving job training, college preparatory coaching and career counseling.

The graduate ceremony will take place on the morning of May 11, while the undergraduate ceremony will follow that afternoon.

How do students and families get to campus? When is orientation, what is convocation, and how many activities are planned for the first two weeks?

Northeastern’s holistic undergraduate application process evaluates students' academic performance, extracurriculars, and personal passions.

On Friday, the university will break ground on a permanent Portland campus — one of 13 in Northeastern’s global university system — that will be home to the Roux Institute and the new Alfond Center.