Active Projects
Northeastern—including IT Services and other partners around the university—is continuously engaged in efforts to mature the digital university.
Engaged in efforts to mature the digital university
The CIO’s core priorities and values, informed by the university’s Academic Plan, frame decision-making and direction for efforts that shape the university’s technology landscape. At any given time, ITS is actively working on over 100 different projects with or for university partners and members of the Northeastern community.
Request Projects
IT Services and its Project Management Office (PMO) accepts requests for projects from campus partners.
Featured Ongoing and Future Projects
Below are examples of just some of the ongoing and future projects that help illustrate the work being done to move the university’s strategic goals forward and enhance its global impact through the use of technology.
- Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE)
The university is establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence to accelerate the transformation, adoption, security, and governance of institutional cloud computing resources….Continue Reading Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) - EXP
Building the technological infrastructure for advanced classroom and research capabilities at the new state-of-the-art research center, EXP….Continue Reading EXP - Global Campus Enrollment Experience
This project will enable university enrollment systems to capture additional student demographic information and distribute this information to over 22 downstream Northeastern systems, adding specific details that may be required on a per-country basis….Continue Reading Global Campus Enrollment Experience - Grouper Access Management
With an integration with the Canvas Learning Management System, Grouper will provide a simple and automated way to assign Canvas courses based on a person’s role, location, or other information….Continue Reading Grouper Access Management - Mentor Hub
This multi-phase initiative is an effort between Educational Innovation and IT Services to launch and optimize MentorHub NU, the interactive platform that supports the university’s Student Support Initiative….Continue Reading Mentor Hub - New College of the Humanities, London
Part of the continued effort to seamlessly integrate the London location into Northeastern’s global university network includes a continued buildout of classroom and other technology. …Continue Reading New College of the Humanities, London - CRM Digital Transformation
Northeastern is creating an institutional strategy, steering committee, and roadmap for Salesforce EDA, the university’s enterprise CRM system, which will lay the foundation for future work, projects, and enhancements….Continue Reading CRM Digital Transformation - NU Admit, Northeastern’s Enterprise Admissions Platform
Through this project, Northeastern is implementing a single, modern enterprise admissions platform to replace the two different platforms serving the undergraduate and graduate programs, Admitware and ApplyYourself, respectively….Continue Reading NU Admit, Northeastern’s Enterprise Admissions Platform - Campus Communications Infrastructure Improvements
This multiyear, multiphase project, in collaboration with Northeastern’s Facilities division, research enterprise, and other campus stakeholders, will address these imperatives by updating and improving the campus wired and wireless networks centered out of Northeastern’s Boston location….Continue Reading Campus Communications Infrastructure Improvements - Cybersecurity Certification for Research Enterprise
Northeastern’s IT Services, Research Enterprise Services, and other key stakeholders and research partners are seeking level 3 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 and putting the processes, governance, and training in place to meet these requirements….Continue Reading Cybersecurity Certification for Research Enterprise - Mills College
This project aims to integrate Mills College in California’s Bay Area into Northeastern’s digital university vision by delivering the university’s IT infrastructure, services, and experiences to the Bay Area location….Continue Reading Mills College - Recognizing National Student Employment Week
As a part of National Student Employment Week, take a moment to learn more about student employees and their roles in IT….Continue Reading Recognizing National Student Employment Week