January 2020 in photos by Ruby Wallau February 3, 2020 by Matthew Modoono Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter A vibrant sunset followed a violent snow squall and lit up the pedestrian bridge that unites the Roxbury and Fenway neighborhoods, where the Boston campus is located. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University We opened an innovation and research hub in Portland, Maine; investigated a mysterious coral disease in the waters off Panama; and learned how to grow greens at an indoor farm in Burlington, Massachusetts. This and much more, all through the lenses of News@Northeastern’s award-winning photographers. Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern (left), joined with David and Barbara Roux to announce the official launch of the Roux Institute at Northeastern, an innovation hub of cutting-edge research and lifelong learning in Portland, Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern graduate and U.S. Army veteran Ryan Vander Weit trains in the Back Bay Fens in Boston. Vander Weit is running an ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert in April. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern students cross the Boston campus in chilly January weather. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Oleg Batishchev, professor of the practice in the College of Science, runs tests on state-of-the-art space propulsion technology in the Plasma Lab in the basement of Dana Research Center. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Amanda Dwyer, a graduate of Northeastern's doctoral program in marine and environmental sciences, is joining the Marine Debris Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A vibrant sunset followed a violent snow squall and lit up the Roxbury and Fenway neighborhoods, where the Boston campus is located. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Doctoral candidate Chang Liu works on fast reconfiguration of an origami gripper robot in the eXpeditionary Robotics Laboratory in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Gabe Bibliowicz, who is studying communication studies at Northeastern, plays with Bo, a two-year-old golden retriever, on Centennial Common. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Scenes of the Boston campus photographed though a tilt-shift lens. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Abigail Koppes, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and her team are isolating cells on tiny glass chips enabling them to observe the specific roles that have gotten lost in the noise of the system. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, joined with David and Barbara Roux, the visionaries behind the Roux Institute at Northeastern, during the opening presentation in Portland, Maine, of the university's newest campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono and Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Graduate Ahmad Zameli works at his company, Evergreens, on Northeastern's Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Yixuan Wang, who studies computer systems engineering, works on a project in a sun-splashed corner of Snell Library. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A student crosses the pedestrian bridge that connects the Fenway and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Scientists don't yet understand the effects of aging on the cellular processes involved in skin healing. Justin Crane, an assistant professor of biology at Northeastern, and Wesley Wong, a fourth-year doctoral student in Crane's lab, are studying these processes in aging mice to see if they can discover new anti-aging therapies for people. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Valentine Moghadam, a professor of sociology and international affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, poses for a portrait. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Divers from the Three Seas program explore a rocky reef in Coiba National Park, Panama. Photos by Tim Briggs for Northeastern University Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, and Patricia J. Williams, University Distinguished Professor of law and humanities, engaged in a conversation on civil rights in the age of artificial intelligence during A Tribute to the Dream: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photos by Matthew Modoono and Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Heather Brenhouse, associate professor of psychology, studies a slide of a rat brain in her lab. Brenhouse is using rats to study how trauma in infancy makes children, especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later life. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Gabriel Fong, who studies business, rehearses for piano class in a practice room in Ryder Hall. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Hogli Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has created a bio-inspired membrane using wood-derived nanofibers for large-scale batteries. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, a teaching professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is also a chair judge for the U.S. Tennis Association. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Neel Joshi, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, is training cells to build materials that could replace plastics or be used in medical treatments. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Students are silhouetted by afternoon sun as they walk through the Boston campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University