August in Photos by Alyssa Stone August 30, 2021 by Matthew Modoono Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Lila, a 7-month-old husky, relaxes on Centennial Common. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University August is a transition month—from the peak of summer heat to the beginning of the busy fall semester. Academic pursuits continued with intensity both indoors and out. One project features a floating wetlands on the Charles River and another explores designs for a robot to detect air leaks in homes. Campus tours were common sights, and some groups may have seen the White Coat ceremony for physician assistants or a stunning 7-month-old husky. Toward the end of the month, street and sidewalk traffic intensified as move-in week began. Enjoy these images from News@Northeastern’s award-winning photography team. Mask on. Mask off. Now, put your mask on again. Don’t leave your house. Hug your grandparents. Stop hugging Grandma. Trying to navigate the renewed risks of the pandemic amidst the Delta variant may make your head spin. “We are in a situation where the ground rules have changed,” says Rory Smead, associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University A student walks past Curry Student Center. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Construction continues on the EXP building that will be an eight-story, 350,000-square-foot research center on Columbus Avenue. The building will include teaching and research labs, a cafe, a faculty club, and landscaped green space between Ruggles Station and ISEC. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern Assistant Professor of Biology Edward Geisinger catches up with students in the Geisinger lab in the Mugar Life Sciences building. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Iris Wang, who studies computer engineering, and Joel Willick, who studies mechanical engineering, work on CAD renderings developed by mechanical engineering students Ethan Holand and Samuel Hibbard (not pictured) for a robot that can help with energy-saving insulation projects in tight attic spaces. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A window cleaner washes windows on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University A tour group walks though campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Right, A member of the Northeastern community studies in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Left, A tour group walks though the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Dan Lebowitz, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, poses for a portrait. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Researcher works the Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University New research by Northeastern neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett shows that interpreting a person’s facial expression can’t be done in a vacuum; it depends on the context. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern doctoral candidate Max Rome collects samples from the Charles River floating wetlands. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Lila, a 7-month-old husky, relaxes on Centennial Common. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Members of the Boston community shop in the Fresh Truck at DotHouse Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Denis Skarep, a senior production artist at Northeastern, was 21 when he and his newlywed wife fled the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Graduates and their family members take photographs in Northeastern’s Krentzman quad after the Bouve College of Health Sciences Physician Assistant white coat ceremony. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Students push a move-in bins across campus —the first sign that a new academic year is about to begin. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University New Northeastern arborist Stephen Schneider points out a tag on one of the many trees in the arboretum on campus. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University