April 2019 in photos by Matthew Modoono May 2, 2019 Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter A mural on the wall of Meserve Hall created by artist Miles ‘El Mac’ MacGregor overlooks students as they lounge on Centennial Common. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University We captured the splendor of the Boston campus in the spring, learned how Northeastern students are helping people with physical and cognitive disabilities improve their lives, and got an inside look at the university’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Lab in Burlington, Massachusetts, all through the lenses of our award-winning photographers. Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University People walk through Centennial Common, which surrounded by trees in bloom. Photos by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Northeastern professor Sari Altschuler is taking a year off to conduct research for her new book, which will examine the experiences of disability in the early United States. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Yixin Huang holds her dog, Lambs, as Juntao Wu fits the pooch with a mortarboard for Commencement. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University A student enters the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex as construction continues on the Burke Street residence hall across the street. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Aleszu Bakaj manages the School of Journalism’s Media Innovation and Media Advocacy graduate programs and teaches courses in journalism, coding, and data visualization. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who is exploring a run for the presidency, dug into issues that he said will have an outsize effect on millennial voters during a wide-ranging conversation with WBUR senior news correspondent Kimberly Atkins at Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Two people take a break from the end of the spring semester to sit and chat on the Snell Library quad. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Students donated money to throw jello in the faces of their friends in the Jello-A-Chi O philanthropy event, which benefited the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Sidi Bencherif, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, recently received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop biomaterials that generate oxygen. These materials could help researchers understand how low oxygen environments affect the immune system and could potentially be used to supply oxygen to help train immune cells to fight cancer. Photos by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Students walk past a blooming star magnolia outside the Curry Student Center. Street artist Daniel Anguilu created the visually striking mural on the pedestrian bridge and retaining wall facing the Curry Student Center. Anguilu said the work was inspired by the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, by the renowned Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students hang out on Adirondack chairs in Centennial Common. Photos by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University A student prepares a drone for a demonstration during the UAS Lab Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A student prepares to receive his master’s degree at the commencement ceremony for the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, which was held at Matthews Arena. Inspired by Northeastern’s leadership in digital innovation, Northeastern alumnus and trustee Amin Khoury endowed the college with $50 million to support all aspects of the college’s future focus. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University What better way to spend a sunny spring day than to string up a hammock on Centennial Common and enjoy a book? Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Rebecca Leeper, who is graduating in computer engineering, looks forward to giving the student speech at Northeastern’s 2019 Commencement. After graduation, when Leeper launches her career as a software engineer and tech consultant at Data Ductus-Boston, an international consultancy firm with which she served a co-op, she hopes to pursue an agenda of technology that helps people. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Doctoral student Tarik Kelestemur works on a soft gripper attachment in the RIVeR Lab in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The Khoury College of Computer Sciences Naming Ceremony took place in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on April 9, 2019. Inspired by Northeastern’s leadership in digital innovation, Northeastern alumnus and trustee Amin Khoury endowed the college with $50 million to support all aspects of the college’s future focus. Photos by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Northeastern alumnnus Jarrod Kahn, Group President of the Accessories Division of Centrics Brands. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Victoria Romulo works on her laptop in an Adirondack chair on Centennial Common. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University The Khoury College of Computer Sciences Naming Ceremony took place in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on April 9, 2019. Inspired by Northeastern’s leadership in digital innovation, Northeastern alumnus and trustee Amin Khoury endowed the college with $50 million to support all aspects of the college’s future focus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Researchers Stella Banou, Kaushik R. Chowdhury, and William J. Tomlinson created a model of a human arm, wrist, and hand made of synthetic bone, muscle, and skin to test their technique for sending data through the body. Their method, which treats the body like a wire, is a secure way to send sensitive personal information. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Alex Frandsen, a Northeastern senior, found that men running for president are covered more favorably than women. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University People walk through the Snell Library Quad. The Snell Library is one of the most popular spots for students to prepare for final exams. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University A bow and arrow for the visually impaired. A one-handed guitar. A new harness for physical therapy. Undergraduates in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering student group have designed and built devices to improve lives. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A student is silhouetted as he walks through the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Students pick up their caps and gowns at Solomon Court and then celebrate by snapping selfies. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Gina Duronio, a fourth-year student, received a Goldwater Scholarship in April. She plans to apply to doctoral programs after she graduates in 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Seniors Victoria Romulo, Sydne Mass, Anurag Save, and Juliana Segares pose for Faces of Northeastern. They graduated from Northeastern on May 4, 2019 at the TD Garden in Boston. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Graduates attend the Khoury College of Computer Sciences commencement ceremony in Matthews Arena. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University