Boston 101
This iconic Boston cream-filled pastry — officially the state dessert of Massachusetts — can be found in every Dunkin' and bakery within walking distance of Northeastern's campus.
What is a Boston cream pie?
This annual Boston hockey tournament features Northeastern, Boston College, Boston University, and Harvard.
What is the Beanpot?
This is the name of Northeastern's main library, where most students go to study and print.
What is Snell Library?
The costumed Northeastern mascot's name.
What is Paws?
This Massachusetts bay, visible from Northeastern's campus on a clear day, shares its name with the neighborhood surrounding Fenway Park and gave the university its original geographic identity.
What is the Back Bay?
This arena, recently demolished, on Northeastern's campus, opened in 1910, held the distinction of being the oldest indoor hockey rink in the world.
What is Matthew's Arena?
This Northeastern Dining Hall opened in Fall 2025, and is the newest dining hall on campus.
What is 60 Belvidere?
Museums that Northeastern students can access for free (name at least two).
What are the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISG), and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)?
This mile-long park running along the Boston side of the Charles River is a favorite spot for students to run, picnic, and watch the Fourth of July fireworks — and is home to the Hatch Shell outdoor amphitheater where the Boston Pops performs every summer.
What is the Esplanade?
This Northeastern athletic facility on Columbus Avenue serves as the home court for the Huskies basketball and volleyball teams.
What is the Cabot Center?
This college at Northeastern hosts majors such as Cybersecurity and A.I., and is the nation's oldest, dedicated college to computer science.
What is Khoury College of Computer Science?
This structure gives bad luck to students who walk through it, making it particularly difficult to graduate (colloquially).
What is the Portal?
This 2.5-mile red-painted path winds through downtown Boston connecting 16 historic sites — making it one of the most walkable history lessons in the country.
What is the Freedom Trail?
Every fall, Northeastern's outdoor athletic field transforms when this giant inflatable structure is erected over it — allowing students and athletes to practice and play sports through the brutal Boston winter without ever stepping outside.
What is the bubble / Carter Field dome?
This Green Line stop is the first surface level station, coming outbound on the E branch.
What is Northeastern University
Northeastern was founded in this year, originally as an evening school for working men run out of a Boston YMCA.
What is 1898?
This underground network of highways, completed in the early 2000s after a notoriously over-budget and delayed construction process, rerouted traffic beneath downtown Boston and created acres of new green space above.
What is the Big Dig?
A statue of this legendary pitcher stands outside Churchill Hall, a nod to the fact that the Boston Americans once played their home games on the very land on which Northeastern was built.
Who is Cy Young?
These three campus dogs, cared for by by NUPD, can be seen around Northeastern.
Who are Cooper, Sarge, and Ryder?
This three-word Latin motto — meaning Light, Truth, Virtue — appears on the Northeastern seal.
What is Lux, Veritas, Virtus?