Data visualization

Here’s where you can dive into da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus

For the next month, the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex at Northeastern will host a digital installation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, a 12-volume bound set of drawings and writings covering a variety of topics, such as weaponry and botany.

• by Khalida Sarwari   November 21, 2019

A guide to construction on the Boston campus

Classroom renovations, a new residence hall, and a state-of-the-art computer lab: These are among the construction projects designed to enhance teaching, research, and student life across campus. Explore this interactive map to learn more.

• by Tyler Machado and Irvin Zhang   September 11, 2019

Here are the 147 flags you’ll see students waving at Commencement this year

Students in the Class of 2019 will wave flags from more than 140 countries on Friday at Commencement in honor of the nations that have had a profound effect on their personal and professional lives. Take a look at our interactive map to find out which flags they will be flying on the big day.

• by Tyler Machado   May 1, 2019

The Game of Thrones social network

The final season of HBO megahit Game of Thrones kicks off Sunday, April 14. See how characters, houses, and allegiances have evolved as kings and queens gain and lose power, opposing sides do battle, and characters meet one another across the show’s vast geographical map.

• by Lia Petronio   April 11, 2019

Westeros and Beyond

We’re just about to start the eighth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, and sometimes it’s difficult to keep track of where exactly everyone has been.

• by Lia Petronio   April 10, 2019

The United States isn’t quite a melting pot, this data visualization artist says. It’s more like a tree.

Pedro Cruz thinks of the United States as a tree. Specifically, as a tree trunk, with its concentric rings demarking growth throughout the years. As the Northeastern professor imagines it, each ring, instead of being formed by the birth and death of new plant cells, is formed by the flow of new immigrants arriving to the country.

• by Molly Callahan   December 12, 2018

They wondered what happens when a Hollywood blockbuster features two black leads. A North Korean hack helped them find the answer.

The findings of Northeastern assistant professor Venkat Kuppuswamy, supported by data unearthed in the North Korean hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, upend the common refrain among Hollywood executives who are called out for their lack of diversity that non-white stars aren’t bankable.

• by Molly Callahan and Lia Petronio   December 6, 2018

Recounts almost never lead to election reversals. Here’s why they matter.

Electoral recounts were pursued in Florida and Georgia, with little chance of changing the outcome in the short term. Of far greater importance is the long-term health of American elections overall, says Northeastern law professor Daniel Medwed.

• by Lia Petronio and Ian Thomsen   November 16, 2018

Yo rando reader, these are really words—you can look it up

Merriam-Webster added 840 new words to the dictionary in 2018. Out of the 32 we chose for National Dictionary Day, how many do you know?

• by Lia Petronio and Sophia Fox-Sowell   October 16, 2018

Here’s what it takes to build a bridge

Late Friday night, after the final orange line train has passed by the Ruggles Station, Amtrack and the MBTA will turn off power to the…

• by Lia Petronio, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore   October 12, 2018