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For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started, some Boston area colleges and universities will give graduates their diplomas in person. But other schools are planning for their second virtual graduations. Still others, like Boston College and Tufts, have yet to announce commencement plans. Here’s a rundown of what the area’s higher education organizations have planned: Berklee will...

Former House Speaker Robert DeLeo has officially joined Northeastern University as a fellow and will both teach and mentor students at his alma mater, according to his lawyer. DeLeo, who last month ended a 30-year career on Beacon Hill as the longest serving speaker in state history, has agreed to become a “University Fellow for Public Life” at Northeastern, his…

The state has sent about 200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Northeastern University.

Massachusetts sent about 200 doses of Moderna’s vaccine to Northeastern University. About half of those doses have already been given out, officials say.

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo — the longest-serving speaker in state history — formally stepped down Tuesday after he said goodbye in an at-times emotional speech.

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo said goodbye on Beacon Hill after 12 years.

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo — the longest-serving speaker in state history — will formally step down Tuesday.

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo will formally step down from his position this week, according to reports.

Robert DeLeo will step down as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for a position at Northeastern University, a source told NBC10 Boston.

Hockey games are chaotic, and so was the start of the 2020-21 college season in New England.  When Hockey East, the region’s top college hockey conference, announced its schedule for the 2020-21 season, flexibility was the priority, since the coronavirus pandemic would likely stop teams from playing with a moment’s notice.  About a month in, that flexibility has been...

Robert DeLeo will step down as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for a position at Northeastern University, a source told NBC10 Boston.

NBC10 Boston political reporter Alison King has learned that Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is leaving his post to take a job at Northeastern University.

A Northeastern University professor has gone viral for his musical tribute to Dolly Parton, who helped fund research for a promising vaccine for the coronavirus. Ryan Cordell, an associate professor of English at the school, posted a rendition of Parton’s hit “Jolene” on Twitter, with the lyrics changed to focus on the search for a COVID-19 vaccine. “Vaccine, vaccine,...

TD Garden arena announced Monday that the annual four-team men’s hockey tournament between Boston University, Boston College, Harvard and Northeastern won’t be held in February 2021. Instead, the 69th edition of the Beanpot is now scheduled for February 2022.

People in Massachusetts say they are more often gathering with people in enclosed spaces and doing other things tied to spreading the new coronavirus, according to a report released by researchers Friday, amid a COVID-19 surge in the state and across the country. Researchers at multiple institutions, including Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, surveyed nearly 200,000 people across the…

A study conducted by researchers found that people are more likely to do risky COVID-19 behaviors in October than in the spring.

Massachusetts will start requiring that people arriving in the state from New York and Washington State, as well as the nation’s capitol, stay in quarantine.

With Thanksgiving break on the horizon, some colleges and universities in the Boston area are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases on their campuses. The COVID-19 dashboards for Boston University, MIT and Northeastern University have shown recent rises in the number of cases on campus. MIT reported 65 positive tests in the first 13 days of November after reporting 46…

With Thanksgiving just weeks away and coronavirus cases spiking in Massachusetts, the Boston area’s college students are weighing the risks of going home for the holiday. At Northeastern University, students who travel are required to quarantine upon returning to campus until they get a negative test. Freshman Brad Schwamy said he still plans to go home to New Jersey....

As Thanksgiving break looms, some Boston college students are rethinking their travel plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some schools are saying, if you go home, stay there.