[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              125TH ANNIVERSARY OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

 Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize 
Northeastern University, on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
  Northeastern University began as the Boston YMCA Evening Institute 
for Young Men in 1898, established to meet the industry's emergent need 
for skilled workers in the vocational trades. Today, Northeastern is a 
global research university and a recognized leader in experiential 
lifelong learning that integrates real-world experience with education, 
research, and innovation. Launched over a century ago, Northeastern's 
signature cooperative education--co-op--model now spans every continent 
and more than 3,500 employer partners where students work, study, and 
research.
  With an R1 Carnegie classification, the university's research 
enterprise, focused broadly on the domains of health, security, and 
sustainability, as well as cutting-edge fields like artificial 
intelligence and robotics, wireless technology, and the life sciences, 
has quintupled during the past 15 years and pushed the bounds of 
scientific discovery. Since 2011, Northeastern has embarked on an 
ambitious expansion across the United States, Canada, and the United 
Kingdom. Today, Northeastern's global university system comprises 13 
sites, making it the only U.S. research university with comprehensive 
campuses on both coasts and a leader in preparing graduates with global 
experience.
  The university's success extends beyond learning and discovery to 
intercollegiate athletics, as reflected, most recently, by the Huskies' 
sweep of the 2023 men's and women's Beanpot ice hockey tournaments for 
a record sixth time.
  Northeastern counts a long and proud tradition of partnership with 
the Nation's armed forces that includes a U.S. Army Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps--ROTC--unit, extensive collaboration in defense and 
homeland security research, and a nationally recognized student 
veterans organization dedicated to helping returning veterans 
transition to higher education and achieve professional career success.
  On the 125th anniversary of its founding, the university's 
investments in entrepreneurship, women's empowerment, civic engagement, 
public art, and sustainability have made an extraordinary contribution 
to the economic and social fabric of the city of Boston, the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States, and the world. They 
are a credit to the nearly 300,000 Northeastern alums living, working, 
and making a difference in communities around the globe.
  On the occasion of this milestone, I am proud to recognize 
Northeastern University.

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