A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from ...

BOSTON (AP) — A former Northeastern University employee who lied to the FBI about a package blowing up in his arms at the Boston campus has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for the hoax.

In 2022, Duhaime was convicted of lying to the FBI by claiming a bomb had gone off on the Northeastern Campus. Duhaime worked in a Northeastern University media lab in September 2022.

Federal prosecutors said Jason Duhaime, the former director of Northeastern’s Immersive Media Lab, reported a package exploded as he opened it in the campus lab on the night of Sept. 13, 2022.

In this Jan. 31, 2019 file photo, pedestrians walk near a Northeastern University sign on the school’s campus in Boston. A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted ...

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Education Northeastern’s acceptance rate for Boston campus drops to 5.2% With its acceptance rate now in the single digits, Northeastern is among the most competitive colleges in the country.

The acceptance rate to get admitted into Northeastern University's Boston campus has dropped to 5.2% for the incoming class of 2028, a Northeastern spokesperson said.

Northeastern will gain a satellite campus on the Upper East Side following its merger with Marymount, a small liberal arts school known for its performing arts programs. In this Jan. 31, 2019 file ...