Pres­i­dent Joseph E. Aoun, more than 400 North­eastern alumni and co-op stu­dents, and mem­bers of the Mass­a­chu­setts Con­gres­sional del­e­ga­tion gath­ered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday night to honor alumnus Mo Cowan, who since Feb­ruary has served as interim Mass­a­chu­setts Sen­ator, filling the seat vacated by John Kerry when he became Sec­re­tary of State.

At Northeastern’s 111th undergraduate Commencement ceremony, the university celebrated the Class of 2013 and presented an honorary degree to the first responders and law enforcement who selflessly sprung into action following the Boston Marathon bombings. 

At the beginning of March, North­eastern Pres­i­dent Joseph E. Aoun vis­ited DC for a series of high- level meet­ings on Capitol Hill and to chair the Amer­ican Council on Education’s annual meeting to dis­cuss a range of higher- education priorities.