The men’s basketball team’s new bling, a shout-out from LL Cool J, and hail the size of golf balls are among our selections for tweets from the Northeastern community this week.

Couldn't be happier with my opportunities at @Northeastern . Co-op, athletics, FSL, student orgs, entrepreneurship. #truenortheastern

— Victoria Alexander (@victoria_phd_) August 3, 2015

Surprising result from @Northeastern: new material that expands on properties of #graphene! http://t.co/Avp7VDkfoy pic.twitter.com/fLR2oZXbxa

— DARPA (@DARPA) August 3, 2015

We received a special, shiny delivery on Friday… #GoNU #CAAchamps pic.twitter.com/u4zh1RZsgw

— Northeastern Men’s Basketball (@GoNUmbasketball) August 3, 2015

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Great to meet and welcome Torch X here for summer immersion @Northeastern @NUAdmissions @NU_SVP_CEO pic.twitter.com/vDfZTH7YHQ

— NU Admissions Dean (@NUAdmissionDean) August 3, 2015

@Northeastern LL Cool J shoutout on Ellen! #northeastern http://t.co/yFzXLCZTuL

— Mark German (@MarkSGerman) August 4, 2015

All hail Northeastern! Wild weather in Boston this afternoon brought golf ball-sized hail. pic.twitter.com/cDzaBbtQCz

— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) August 4, 2015

A couple @Northeastern students described how they are using origami to study tissue engineering. pic.twitter.com/DKVxdoQUcx

— Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) August 5, 2015

Our awesome video team Shirin Mozaffari & @EKutsko in action. Stay tuned to see what they shot in news@northeastern! pic.twitter.com/BY21EZQ1oc

— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) August 6, 2015

Prof. Miles poses in front of section of Univ. of Madagascar Anglophone Studies library dedicated to #Northeastern! pic.twitter.com/Ykz0QvlS1A

— Northeastern CSSH (@NUCSSH) August 3, 2015

Yest. Ofc.s Good, Sprague, & Sweeney played some #football @ Churchill Hall w/ kids from #Northeastern's @NU_YDIP https://t.co/fBEdZdMbqn

— NU Police Department (@northeasternpd) August 4, 2015

Great #northeastern lunch & learn w/ @ECChewning! @PresidentAoun, our @GreentownLabs co-ops want to give you a tour! pic.twitter.com/CxUuX22Ryt

— Greentown Labs (@GreentownLabs) August 5, 2015