January in photos: New year, NU you by Matthew Modoono January 31, 2022 by Alyssa Stone Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Northeastern students walk through Centennial Common in the snow. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University A new year and a new semester got underway in January 2022. The Boston campus also saw its first snowfall of the year (but it won’t be the last). The university celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a virtual event that featured a top civil rights attorney at the Justice Department speaking about voting rights. Come see all that’s abuzz on campus through the eyes of News@Northeastern’s award-winning photographers. Northeastern alum Kwesi Abakah rehearses 'A Change is Gonna Come' for the university's observation of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students work in the Khoury College of Computer Science on the second day of the spring semester. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Afternoon sun shines on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Quick-result home COVID-19 tests are more popular with young people, the wealthy, and the highly educated, according to a new survey by Northeastern and other partner universities. Photo illustration by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University CAMD Makerspace Lab Co-op Mareya Dick, a graphic design major, works on making wood-block prints from anime-inspired designs. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Left: A member of the Northeastern community is photographed using in-camera multiple exposure mixed with a DNA molecule on the Snell Engineering building. Right: A member of the Northeastern community walks though the ISEC building. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Senior Pastor Reverend Willie Bodrick poses for a portrait in the historic Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, the same church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Bodrick is an alumnus of the Northeastern University School of Law. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University One way that wearables such as an Apple Watch measure signals from the body is by using light. Such devices are called photodetectors. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, is one of 11 Trappist beer makers around the world and the lone such brewer in North America. Father Isaac Keeley, who knew nothing about beer before he helped build the brewery, learned the entire business from the ground up. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Charles Alexander, music professor, poses for a portrait in Ryder Hall. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Left: Postdoctoral researcher Bebi Patil, collects data from a solid state lithium ion battery experiment in the Egan Research Center. Right: Jackie Helliwell, who studies environmental engineering, filters stormwater samples for copper and zinc material in the Egan Research Center. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Enjoying a snowfall on the Boston campus. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A multiple-exposure photo illustrates the ongoing issue of vaccine misinformation on Facebook. Photo Illustration by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students study in Snell Library. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Afternoon sun shines on a member of the Northeastern community walking past West Village. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Campus is blanketed in snow during the first big snowstorm of the year. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Kelsey Pieper, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, uses a black light to look for signs of E. coli in water samples at her Northeastern lab. Pieper’s research team found spiked levels of E. coli and total coliform bacteria in the water of close to 9,000 Texas wells. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Members of the Northeastern community walk through a blustery January on the Boston campus. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Students move in on Northeastern’s Boston campus for the start of the spring semester. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Coconut, a 3-year-old Samoyed, plays at Centennial Common. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern students set the pace across the Boston campus. Photos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University