Northeastern’s global network grew
Northeastern researchers made breakthroughs in the sciences
Northeastern made headlines…
… and we analyzed the news everyone was talking about
Northeastern celebrated the Class of 2019
2019
We reported from all over the world
The Huskies kept winning
Students and graduates shared their experiences…
…and News@Northeastern brought these stories to life
And, as always, we had fun
These are the headlines we made, the stories we told, the sights and sounds we captured. Relive the best moments of 2019, and celebrate the momentum that carries Northeastern into the New Year.
Northeastern’s global network grew
In the ongoing mission to redefine higher education the world around, Northeastern launched campuses in London and Vancouver. The university formed partnerships that will increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities in computing. Northeastern invested in international defense of cyberspace, and expanded our reach in experiential artificial intelligence.
Northeastern launches campus in Vancouver, British Columbia
Northeastern has the ‘most beautiful’ building in Boston
Northeastern finalizes partnership agreement with New College of the Humanities in London
This new learning tool helps students get the most out of their experiences at Northeastern and beyond
State-of-the-art drone-testing facility opens on the Burlington campus
Facebook invests to expand Northeastern computer science master’s program for women and underrepresented populations
Northeastern University to invest a record $340M in financial aid for students in 2019-20
Northeastern’s Boston campus has officially been recognized as an arboretum
‘This is how we want the world to see us’
Northeastern University joins with universities from US, UK, and Japan to tackle international cybersecurity challenges
Northeastern University launches national program to boost the number of women majoring in computing
Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight
Northeastern to design the wireless networks of the future
Northeastern University launches Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence
Northeastern University launches the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
We reported from all over the world
News@Northeastern covered the stories that matter around the globe. We had boots on the ground in Costa Rica, Australia, Kenya, and beyond, as part of our continuing mission to tell the stories where they are happening.
In Saudi Arabia, women couldn’t drive cars until last year. This Saudi woman races in one.
How humans can shape the future of artificial intelligence, and not just respond to it
A disease you may not have heard of kills 20,000 people every year. It doesn’t have to.a
Britain, Brexit, and Boris Johnson: What you need to know
It’s always a beautiful day to be a custom staircase builder in Australia
When you can’t imagine living in a city again
A lawyer’s guide to navigating the clickbait era
Northeastern researchers made breakthroughs in the sciences
Researchers discovered a new species of shipworm that eats rocks, unearthed and explored bias in the advertising algorithms of Facebook, and developed a new drug design that targets triple-negative breast cancer; this was just a small sample of the cutting-edge research going on in the university’s labs.
Here’s how mollusks that grow fat on a diet of rock might help us
You want to manage your anger better. Your brain wants you to stay alive. Here’s how you can do both.
This might be why some tumors grow back aggressively after cancer treatments
Targeting a cure for triple-negative breast cancer
Your gender and race might be determining which Facebook ads you see
He discovered that you can make a hybrid icefish
You think you can read facial expressions? You’re wrong
Human trafficking in the US is a much bigger problem than we think
A new antibiotic has been hiding in the gut of a tiny worm. It may be our best weapon against drug-resistant bacteria.
What if birth control pills could be taken monthly, instead of every day?
Northeastern made headlines…
The university’s research, discoveries, and innovations continue to make headlines in many of the world’s leading media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vice, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
How the Icefish Got Its Transparent Blood and See-Through Skull – The New York Times
Artist uses ‘historic’ markers to raise climate awareness – Associated Press
This Trippy T-Shirt Makes You Invisible to AI – VICE
Emotion detection’ AI is a $20 billion industry. New research says it can’t do what it claims. – Washington Post
This Creature Eats Stone. Sand Comes Out the Other End. – The New York Times
How to Build an AI Ethics Committee – The Wall Street Journal
Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook – Financial Times
Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research – The New York Times
Older, right-leaning Twitter users spread the most fake news in 2016, study finds – Washington Post
Squid Share a Colorful Trick With Peacocks – The New York Times
AI project to preserve people’s voices in effort to tackle speech loss – The Guardian
Facebook’s Ad System Might Be Hard-Coded for Discrimination – WIRED
Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive – Bloomberg
Lack of public confidence in AI readiness an ‘opportunity’ for HE – Times Higher Education
What’s Pink and Pinstriped and Digests Wood? This New Shipworm – The New York Times
Humanics: A way to ‘robot-proof’ your career? – BBC
Oh, My God, Where Is This Going?’ When Computer-Science Majors Take Improv – The Wall Street Journal
… and we analyzed the news everyone was talking about
What made Bird Box a cultural phenomenon? Did babies really deserve to be targeted with slices of thrown cheese? What conclusions could be drawn from a teenager’s infamous encounter with a Native American elder? News@Northeastern asked questions, and Northeastern faculty had the answers.
You’re a baby. Your parent just threw a slice of cheese at you. Now what?
What made Bird Box so popular?
You think you can read the facial expression on the teenager in the MAGA hat? You can’t.
A body language expert analyzes the ‘Pelosi Clap’ and other highlights from the State of the Union
How Notre Dame’s 13th-century architecture stood up to a devastating fire
Space Week: Remembering the moon landing 50 years later
Northeastern celebrated the Class of 2019
Award-winning author Tara Westover urged students from the Class of 2019 to embrace their “un-Instagramable selves.” Our graduates launched trailblazing business ventures, conducted groundbreaking research, and earned national and international recognition along the way.
Commencement 2019
Here are the 147 flags you’ll see students waving at Northeastern Commencement 2019
Tara Westover urges graduates to embrace their ‘un-Instagrammable’ selves
It’s time to get your diploma… if you can get past the monsters first
Northeastern students awarded two Truman, nine Fulbright scholarships
‘Now the world belongs to you’
The Huskies kept winning
The Northeastern men’s hockey team successfully defended their Beanpot title on the way to another NCAA Tournament appearance. The highly ranked women’s hockey team made a push of their own in the NCAAs, and the men’s basketball team went dancing in March Madness. It was another banner year for athletics.
Full Coverage of the 2019 Beanpot Final
It’s on to March Madness!
Kendall Coyne Schofield becomes first woman to compete in NHL skills competition
It’s on to the NCAA Tournament after the Huskies capture Hockey East
Huskies to meet Kansas in NCAA Tournament at Salt Lake City
‘I didn’t like playing against her. I love playing with her.’
Huskies history in March Madness: 39 years and counting
Students and graduates shared their experiences…
The first female hockey referee in the NHL. The disruptor who turned Thailand’s car industry upside-down. The pledge to keep secret a reunion of the Jonas Brothers. News@Northeastern covered the events of our students and alumni that add depth and wonder to Northeastern.
For more than 100 years, the NHL had been a man’s league. Then she was asked to make the calls.
She met a Peruvian midwife, and that changed everything
Keeping the Jonas Brothers reunion a secret on co-op
This police academy is leading an ‘evolution of the profession’ of law enforcement
How a disrupter transformed Thailand’s used car industry almost overnight
Meet the man behind some of the biggest acts in rock ‘n’ roll history
Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar
This 2020 Marshall Scholar wants to fix the big transportation problems in the US
…and News@Northeastern brought these stories to life
We augmented our rich storytelling with stellar photography, award-winning documentaries, and innovative design.
Murder in Mobile: A documentary short film about race, murder, and one family’s search for the truth 70 years later
The best of 2019 in photos
A newly discovered clam eats rock, and no one knows why
Of mice and women
Embrace all 76 colors of the newest art on the Boston campus
And, as always, we had fun
Through it all, News@Northeastern reminded you, the reader, that we will always be global leaders in having a good time. We battled squirrels, told our best dad jokes, and helped Northeastern’s president, Joseph E. Aoun, navigate an airport with a fully-cooked turkey (when he wasn’t scrambling, Parkour-style, across Boston).
Look for an even better, more-exciting 2020.
Pesky squirrels have taken your books. Get them back!
Think you’ve got a cute dog? See if yours can top these pups.
Eight ‘dad jokes’ that will make you laugh (or cringe)
This is the course 11,000 athletes will row for the Head of the Charles Regatta
President Aoun and the Great Carry-on Caper
