April 2021 in photos by Matthew Modoono May 3, 2021 by Ruby Wallau Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Flowers begin to bloom on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then a picture of the technicians at Northeastern’s Life Sciences Testing Center celebrating the university’s one millionth coronavirus test is worth a whole lot more. In addition to the milestone achievement this month, the university’s campuses were abuzz with end-of-the-semester activity. Northeastern honored its outstanding students, researchers, and faculty. Students wrapped up their final projects (and some installed them on the Boston campus). Mindfulness and wellbeing took top priority. Take a look back at April through the lenses of Northeastern’s award-winning photographers. Students in professor Hanumant Singh's autonomous field robotics class prepare to test drive a simulated self-driving car outside the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The milestone of one million coronavirus tests were celebrated by lab technicians in Northeastern's Life Science Testing Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, on April 27, 2021. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The milestone of one million coronavirus tests were celebrated by lab technicians in Northeastern's Life Science Testing Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, on April 27, 2021. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Maia Fernandez, who studies communications and graphic design, finds a place to study in the Curry Student Center tunnel. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Four new pieces grace Northeastern’s Boston campus as the result of a new architecture studio course, Furniture Urbanism. Students wanted to make “something that would bring people together after this year of isolation,” said Alexandria Batiste, whose team created a bench complete with a seesaw. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A photography technique called an in-camera multiple exposure captures a students walking past the Snell Engineering building overlaid with an image of magnolia blossoms. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Undergraduate and graduate students were celebrated for their intellectual curiosity, ambition, and interdisciplinary approach to learning during the annual Huntington 100 ceremony. More than 800 were nominated for the honor, the most in the program’s 15-year history. “You are models for the rest of the students,” said Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Benjamin Gincley, a graduate student at Northeastern who studies algae and planktons in rivers and in surface water reservoirs, works in the Pinto Lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Architect students Megan Arseneau and Acadia Alden install a sitting piece on Richardson Plaza for their Furniture Urbanism course final project. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern University Pep Band performs on Krentzman Quad to close out the spring semester and ring in finals week. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Morgan Pfaff, who studies biochemistry, conducts biomaterial research for bone graft applications in Egan Research Center. Pfaff recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University An unseasonable snowstorm lent a frosting of white to the Boston campus. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Northeastern University Police Chief Michael A. Davis brings a deep reservoir of experience and professional perspective to the murder conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin and the racial reckoning rippling through law enforcement. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Developing new disease treatments can take years. That's why Northeastern researcher Deisy Morselli Gysi and her colleagues looked at existing drugs to treat COVID-19. And now they have four strong contenders. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students enjoy Northeastern's Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Mechanical engineering major Amanda Vasconcelos considers herself “one of the lucky people” to have always known what career she wanted. Now, she’s building animatronic toys as a co-op at toy-maker Hasbro. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Bitcoin rose to an all-time high of $65,000 in mid-April before a recent swoon. It started the year below $30,000. Photo illustration by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Graduate students Antea Risso, bottom right, Vageeswar Rajaram, top left, and William Zhu, top right, conduct research in the Northeastern Sensors and Nano Systems Laboratory in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Northeastern is donating more than $280,000 worth of extra face shields, nasal swabs, and other personal protective equipment to Whittier Street Health Center, a health clinic in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Christopher D'Orazio, a warehouse worker, sorts through the donated items on April 26, 2021. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University From left to right, Spencer Jacobs-Skolik is pursuing a career in biosignal processing. Rebecca Leeper, an engineering major who graduated in 2019, says her donations and volunteer work at the Young Alumni Advisory Board helps her remain connected to the innovation and growth at Northeastern. Jack Dalton, a sixth-year student who wants to use his graduate degree in public health to land a job in health policy for the LGBTQ community. Connor Holmes has dedicated his academic career to improving health services for marginalized communities around the world. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Spring blooms on the Boston campus. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Flowers begin to bloom on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Tiana Gould, Adam Li and Jack Hale, who all study mechanical engineering, work on a capstone project funded by the NASA jet repulsion laboratory in the Forsyth building capstone lab. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Chris Picard, a prospective student visiting friends who are Northeastern students, enjoys playing with bubbles on Krentzman Quad during a visit to the Boston campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Sydney Morris, who studies chemical engineering, conducts research in Egan 252. Morris received an NSF grant for her research about batteries. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students enjoy a warm spring weather on the Boston campus. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University