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“Usually when you’re creating, you create the form first, and then pick a color for it,” said Tomislav Topić, one half of the Berlin-based street art duo Quintessenz. “We want to put the color first.” Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘We want to put the color first’

Artist Tomislav Topić used more than 70 different colors to paint mesh banners that hang from two steel structures located on Richardson Plaza on the Boston campus. “You notice the colors first, and then maybe the shape they’re in,” Topić said.

by Molly Callahan September 17, 2019

Town employees of Emerald Isle work to clear the road after a tornado hit the beach town in North Carolina as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. AP Photo/Tom Copeland

How can we prepare for the next Hurricane Dorian?

Scientists, engineers, and city planners need to work together in order to prepare communities to withstand and recover from natural disasters of this magnitude, says Stephen Flynn, who directs the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa September 17, 2019

She’s exploring the African-American experience through history

Patricia Davis, a new associate professor of communication studies, has analyzed how black history museums have memorialized the experience of African-Americans before, during, and immediately after the Civil War. Now she wants to explore the relationships forged between African-American women who belonged to black women’s clubs in the early 20th century.

by Khalida Sarwari September 16, 2019

In the aftermath of recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families. “There’s really wonderful and inspiring reactions to that violence and hate coming from different religious communities,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of philosophy and religion at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How should we respond to hate?

Following the recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families.

by Khalida Sarwari September 16, 2019

Empowdered Sugar celebrates the accomplishments of famous women in pop culture, politics, and history. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

What do Beyoncé, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Sandra Day O’Connor have in common?

All three are featured in Empowdered Sugar, a cookbook created by Northeastern graduate Grace Cuneo Lineman to honor the accomplishments of famous women in pop culture, politics, and history.

by Irvin Zhang September 16, 2019

For more than 100 years, the NHL had been a man’s league. Then she was asked to make the calls.

Northeastern graduate Kelly Cooke became one of the first women to referee an NHL preseason event. Will she be working in the NHL itself someday?

by Ian Thomsen September 16, 2019

He knows the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe

As mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo will tell you, symmetry is more complicated than you might think. But the theory that underlies it might make the world a little more simple to understand.

by Aria Bracci September 13, 2019

Can these siblings make suspenders fashionable again?

Northeastern graduates Tyler and Tori Farley have created a line of suspenders that, they say, are playful enough to wear with T-shirts and tasteful enough to wear with tuxedos.

by Irvin Zhang September 13, 2019

From left, Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Elizabeth Warren raise their hands to answer a question Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Make sense of the Democratic presidential race in real time

The latest presidential debate revealed the candidates’ strategies, says Northeastern professor Nick Beauchamp, who has helped develop a couple of visualization tools that bring new perspective to the election.

by Ian Thomsen September 13, 2019

According to new research by Northeastern assistant professor Susan Mello, teenage exposure to secondhand aerosols was even more prevalent in 2018 than their e-cigarette use during the same time. Photo via iStock

E-cigarettes may be affecting the health of teenagers (even if they don’t smoke)

Teenagers were more likely to have been exposed to secondhand aerosols from vape pens in 2018 than they were to have actually used the pens themselves, according to new research by Susan Mello, an assistant professor at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan September 12, 2019