A tour group walks past Snell Library during a light rainstorm on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
This week at Northeastern, science and spring weather shaped life on the Boston campus. Sara Rouhanifard, an assistant professor specializing in click chemistry and RNA imaging, conducted research in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Engineering professor Ruobing Bai explored adhesive innovations in the Mugar Life Sciences lab, while researchers Cristian Cassella and Marvin Onabajo worked with Ph.D. students to build low-power computer systems.
Across campus, students studied in Snell Library, walked through the EXP research complex, and braved spring rain with umbrellas in hand. Visiting associate clinical professor Stephen Wood performed magic tricks before class, and Evan Kenny shared his journey from Navy rescue swimmer to yoga instructor to Northeastern student. As another eventful week ended, men’s ice hockey captain Jack Williams signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
03/27/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Sara Rouhanifard, an assistant professor specializing in click chemistry, RNA modifications, and single-molecule RNA imaging, conducts research in the ISEC building on on March 27, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/27/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Sara Rouhanifard, an assistant professor specializing in click chemistry, RNA modifications, and single-molecule RNA imaging, conducts research in the ISEC building on on March 27, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/27/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Sara Rouhanifard, an assistant professor specializing in click chemistry, RNA modifications, and single-molecule RNA imaging, conducts research in the ISEC building on on March 27, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/27/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Sara Rouhanifard, an assistant professor specializing in click chemistry, RNA modifications, and single-molecule RNA imaging, conducts research in the ISEC building on on March 27, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/24/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Student walk though campus during a light rainstorm on March 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/24/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Student walk though campus during a light rainstorm on March 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/24/25 – BOSTON, MA. – A tour group walks through campus during a light rainstorm on March 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/24/25 – BOSTON, MA. – A tour group walks through campus during a light rainstorm on March 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/19/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Evan Kenny discusses his journey to Northeastern from serving in the Navy as a rescue swimmer to being a wildfire fighter in California to taking a semester off to train as a yoga instructor in India, during which time he climbed Mount Everest and met the Dali Lama, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/19/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Evan Kenny discusses his journey to Northeastern from serving in the Navy as a rescue swimmer to being a wildfire fighter in California to taking a semester off to train as a yoga instructor in India, during which time he climbed Mount Everest and met the Dali Lama, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/19/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Evan Kenny discusses his journey to Northeastern from serving in the Navy as a rescue swimmer to being a wildfire fighter in California to taking a semester off to train as a yoga instructor in India, during which time he climbed Mount Everest and met the Dali Lama, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/19/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Multiple exposures of Evan Kenny and from his climb of Mount Everest. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA multiple exposure of Evan Kenny, the mountains of the Himalayas and the view from is tent during his climb of Mount Everest. Illustration by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Stephen Wood, a visiting associate clinical professor in Bouve, performs magic tricks prior to class in Ryder Hall on March 25, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Stephen Wood, a visiting associate clinical professor in Bouve, performs magic tricks prior to class in Ryder Hall on March 25, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Stephen Wood, a visiting associate clinical professor in Bouve, performs magic tricks prior to class in Ryder Hall on March 25, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/28/25 – Boston, MA – Justin Hayes, a metabolic and bioengineering doctoral student at Northeastern, performs gut microbiome research in a Mugar Life Sciences lab on Friday, March 28, 2025. Hayes was recently awarded the Innocation Impact Award. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/28/25 – Boston, MA – Justin Hayes, a metabolic and bioengineering doctoral student at Northeastern, performs gut microbiome research in a Mugar Life Sciences lab on Friday, March 28, 2025. Hayes was recently awarded the Innocation Impact Award. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/28/25 – Boston, MA – Justin Hayes, a metabolic and bioengineering doctoral student at Northeastern, performs gut microbiome research in a Mugar Life Sciences lab on Friday, March 28, 2025. Hayes was recently awarded the Innocation Impact Award. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/28/25 – Boston, MA – Justin Hayes, a metabolic and bioengineering doctoral student at Northeastern, performs gut microbiome research in a Mugar Life Sciences lab on Friday, March 28, 2025. Hayes was recently awarded the Innocation Impact Award. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Students study in Ryder Hall on March 25, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Students study in Ryder Hall on March 25, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/26/25 – Boston, MA – Ruobing Bai, a mechanical and industrial engineering professor, works on adhesive research in his Mugar Life Sciences lab on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/26/25 – Boston, MA – Ruobing Bai, a mechanical and industrial engineering professor, poses for a portrait outside of the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/26/25 – Boston, MA – Ruobing Bai, a mechanical and industrial engineering professor, works on adhesive research in his Mugar Life Sciences lab on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/26/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern researchers Cristian Cassella and Marvin Onabajo work low-power computer systems for complex problems with PhD students Minghan Liu and Nicolas Casilli in the EXP building on March 26, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/26/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern PhD students Minghan Liu and Nicolas Casilli work low-power computer systems for complex problems, in the EXP building on March 26, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/26/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern researchers Cristian Cassella and Marvin Onabajo work low-power computer systems for complex problems, in the EXP building on March 26, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/26/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Columbus Blue Jackets sign Northeastern Men’s Ice Hockey captain Jack Williams to a 2-year entry level contract on March 26, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityNortheastern Men’s Ice Hockey captain Jack Williams signs a 2-year entry level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/27/25 – Boston, MA – A member of the Northeastern community walks along the ISEC pedestrian bridge on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/27/25 – Boston, MA – A member of the Northeastern community studies in EXP on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/27/25 – Boston, MA – The Northeastern Boston campus is reflected in a window of the EXP building on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/27/25 – Boston, MA – A member of the Northeastern community studies in EXP on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/25/25 – Boston, MA – Members of the Northeastern community walk through the engineering pathway on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/25/25 – Boston, MA – A member of the Northeastern community studies in Snell Library on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/25/25 – Boston, MA – A member of the Northeastern community walks through the engineering pathway on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
