Photos of the year: Matthews Arena, prosthetic limbs, and colorful lobsters
2025 at Northeastern was a year full of breakthroughs in research, memorable celebrations, bittersweet changes and bright beginnings. Illustration by Thara Messeroux/Northeastern University
The time has come to say goodbye to 2025 and reflect on a year full of innovation, resilience and vibrancy across communities on campus—and beyond. Students engaged in rigorous research, co-ops and discovery. They brought new ideas to NASA’S SUIT competition, created prosthetic limbs for athletes in their community and collected brilliant lobster specimens for Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. In Boston, students celebrated both men’s and women’s hockey wins, a distinguished commencement ceremony in Fenway Park, and the bittersweet final night of the Matthews Arena. Across the country, students in Oakland uncovered artistic secrets in campus art exhibits and museums, and enjoyed all the beauty of California, right in their own backyard. Over in London, Northeastern’s chancellor received high honors at Windsor Castle, while dancers dazzled students on campus and professors studied delicate, centuries-old artifacts up close.
2025 was a year to remember, and these photos help to commemorate all the good, the beautiful and everything in between. Congratulations on a year well spent, Huskies!
04/15/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Lauren Violette, a Northeastern experience design student in CAMD, works on designs for Boston Beer Company in the Seaport as a co-op on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University10/20/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Jill Berenblum, a phd student, and Aditya Sunder, a masters student in biotechnology, pipette through embroidery in the BioInteractive Design (BInD) Lab in ISEC on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern professor Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and his Center for Complex Network Research host the Data|Art Symposium Immersive Art Installation at Harvard’s CAM Lab in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityNortheastern Ph.D. student Alyssa Cordero studies inside the Snell Engineering Center on the Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityNortheastern co-op student Elliot Tong feeds fish in the New England Aquarium’s giant ocean tank. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University04/04/25 – Boston, MA – For the Red Sox opening day two F-35s flown by the 134th Fighter Squadron, Green Mountain Boys of the Vermont Air National Guard and one KC-46 from the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing fly over Fenway Park and subsequently Northeastern University on Friday, April 4, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University05/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrates its undergraduate 2025 Commencement ceremony at Boston’s Historic Fenway Park on Sunday May 11, 2025. Speakers included Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, Elliot Grainge, CEO of Atlantic Music Group, a distinguished group of influential figures, as well as student speakers. Photo Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University09/17/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University announced the signing of Mack Welby, 11, from Needham, MA., as the newest member of the men’s ice hockey program at Matthews Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Mack, who lives with Cerebral Palsy, comes to Northeastern through a partnership with Team IMPACT, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses through the power of team. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University05/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrates its graduate 2025 Commencement ceremony at Boston’s Historic Fenway Park on Sunday May 11, 2025. Speakers included Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, David Roux, Technology Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, a distinguished group of influential figures, as well as student speakers. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University05/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrates its undergraduate 2025 Commencement ceremony at Boston’s Historic Fenway Park on Sunday May 11, 2025. Speakers included Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, Elliot Grainge, CEO of Atlantic Music Group, a distinguished group of influential figures, as well as student speakers. Photo Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityMembers of the Northeastern women’s hockey team celebrate the Huskies’ Beanpot championship win at TD Garden. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University02/13/25 – OAKLAND, CA: Jessica Staddon, Professor of the Practice, poses for a portrait on Northeastern’s Oakland Campus on Feb. 13, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University04/16/25 – OAKLAND, CA: El Campanil at Northeastern University’s Oakland campus on April 16, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University02/13/25 – OAKLAND, CA: A person carrying an umbrella walks toward El Campanil during a rainy day on Northeastern’s Oakland Campus on Feb. 13, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityBusiness administration student Kate Kusakabe views the Kija Lucas: Hidden Histories exhibit at the art museum on Northeastern’s Oakland campus. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University11/06/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Christian Figueroa, U.S. Army staff sergeant studying for a master’s in cybersecurity, participates in the ROTC PT session on Carter Field on Nov. 6, 2025. Figueroa is a Veteran in the Green to Gold program. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University11/06/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Members of the Northeastern ROTC program participate in a PT session on Carter Field on Nov. 6, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University05/18/25 – SAN JOSE, CA: Graduating students at Northeastern’s Silicon Valley Commencement Ceremony at the California Theatre on May 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University05/18/25 – SAN JOSE, CA: Graduating students at Northeastern’s Silicon Valley Commencement Ceremony at the California Theatre on May 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University05/18/25 – SAN JOSE, CA: Graduating students at Northeastern’s Silicon Valley Commencement Ceremony at the California Theatre on May 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University04/27/25 – OAKLAND, CA: Graduates participate in the Investiture of Doctoral Hoods at the Oakland Commencement on Holmgren Meadow on Northeastern’s Oakland Campus on April 27, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University04/27/25 – OAKLAND, CA: Graduates at the Oakland Commencement on Holmgren Meadow on Northeastern’s Oakland Campus on April 27, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University11/24/25 – BOSTON, MA – Matthews Area archway is seen on Northeastern’s Boson campus on Nov. 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University11/24/25 – BOSTON, MA – Matthews Area archway is seen on Northeastern’s Boson campus on Nov. 24, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University02/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Bonnie Liu, a senior at Northeastern and a former competitive pianist, practices piano at the Raytheon Amphitheater on the Boston campus on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Liu regularly plays piano for patients at Tufts Medical Center, where she works, and at local long-term care facilities. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/10/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Adina Gitomer, a PhD student in Network Science, poses for a portrait on Monday, March 10, 2025. Gitomer voiced over a video on network science that will be in a new Museum of Science Boston exhibit. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University11/19/25 – BOSTON, MA – Foliage frames the Northeastern University sign on Ell Hall on Nov. 19, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University12/02/25 – BOSTON MA – Maia Ziontz-Goodhue, who studies health sciences, works on a class project in the lobby of the ISEC building on Dec. 2, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University11/17/25 – BOSTON, MA – A ray of sunlight illuminates yellow flowers as a student is silhouetted while crossing the pedestrian bridge on Nov. 17, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University11/17/25 – BOSTON, MA – Michaela Quigley, Digital Media Producer, prepares for a run on Nov. 17, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityJackie, one in 30 million calico lobsters, is the newest addition to Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. Jackie was caught by a lobsterman off the coast of Massachusetts in Gloucester. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University10/09/25 – Nahant, MA. – Jackie, one in 30 million calico lobsters, is the newest addition to Northeastern’s Marine Science Center on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Jackie was caught by a lobsterman off the coast of Massachusetts in Gloucester. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University11/04/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Nicholas Walding, a junior in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, poses for a portrait at the Northeastern boathouse on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Walding is doing his co-op with Crew dogs, a company that makes custom college merchandise. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA student walks through yellow fall foliage in Robinson Quad on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityJackie, a one-in-30-million lobster, is the newest member of Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University09/29/25 – BOSTON, MA – Stephen Jacques, who studies finance, works on an assignment outside Snell Engineering Center on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Sept. 29, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University10/01/25 – BOSTON, MA – Ruben Noroian, who studies computer engineering, poses for a portrait on Oct. 1, 2025. Noroian recently completed co-op at SpaceX. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University10/03/25 – BURLINGTON, MA – Zhenyun Qian, Associate Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, works on research on the Burlington campus on Oct. 3, 2025. Through his spinout company Zepsor Technologies, Qian is revolutionizing smart devices with zero-power sensors that activate only when needed. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University11/18/25 – BOSTON, MA – Rebecca Zhao, who studies business administration, poses for a portrait on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Nov. 18, 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 University05/01/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Page Patterson, who studies electrical and computer engineering works on a project to compete in NASA’s SUIT competition, in the SEDS lab in Richards Hall on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern Universityy05/06/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Keynote speaker Daniel Levangie, chairman, president and CEO of CereVasc and 1973 Northeastern graduate, addresses the Bouvé College of Health Sciences undergraduate and graduate class during the ceremony held in Matthews Arena on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University05/06/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Keynote speaker Daniel Levangie, chairman, president and CEO of CereVasc and 1973 Northeastern graduate, addresses the Bouvé College of Health Sciences undergraduate and graduate class during the ceremony held in Matthews Arena on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University12/11/25 – BOSTON, MA – Marco Colangelo, electrical and computer engineering and physics professor, works on a tiny, acoustic sensor at his EXP lab on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University12/04/25 – BOSTON, MA – The last Super Moon of 2025, the Cold Moon, rises over the city of Boston, seen from Northeastern’s campus on Thursday, Dec. 4,2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University09/02/25 – BOSTON, MA – President Joseph E. Aoun and other university leaders welcomed incoming freshmen, the class of 2029, to Northeastern University during the President’s Convocation, held at Matthew Area on Sept. 2, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University11/12/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern professor Penny Beuning conducts research on genetic mutations that cause rare metabolic disease in her EXP lab on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University02/20/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Veronica Godoy-Carter, associate professor of biology, works on research in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University02/20/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Veronica Godoy-Carter, associate professor of biology, works on research in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University02/03/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern men’s hockey takes on Boston College during the Beanpot semifinal held at TD Garden on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University02/05/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Sarge, Cooper and Ryder, NUPD resource dogs, poses for a Valentine’s Day photo on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University03/28/25 – Boston, MA – Northeastern’s Abraham Joy works on synthetic biomaterials for building devices to replace or substitute for diseased or non-functioning tissues in the Biomaterials Innovation and Translation Lab in ISEC on Friday, March 28, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University05/08/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrates its D’Amore-McKim School of Business Undergraduate Commencement ceremony in Matthews Arena on May 8, 2025. David Powers, CEO of Deckers Outdoor Corporation and a 1989 Northeastern graduate delivered the keynote address. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University05/08/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrates its D’Amore-McKim School of Business Undergraduate Commencement ceremony in Matthews Arena on May 8, 2025. David Powers, CEO of Deckers Outdoor Corporation and a 1989 Northeastern graduate delivered the keynote address. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University08/21/25 – NAHANT, MA. – Neptune a blue American lobster poses for photos at the Marine Science Center in Nahant on Aug. 21, 2025. Neptune has been donated to the by a lobsterman from Salem, MA. One in every 2 million American lobsters are blue and odds of catching a blue lobster are one in 200 million. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University08/21/25 – NAHANT, MA. – Neptune a blue American lobster poses for photos at the Marine Science Center in Nahant on Aug. 21, 2025. Neptune has been donated to the by a lobsterman from Salem, MA. One in every 2 million American lobsters are blue and odds of catching a blue lobster are one in 200 million. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/02/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Students walk through campus on June, 2, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/05/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Students walk to class on Northeastern’s Boston campus on June, 5, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University07/14/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Bitcoin stock photography on July 14, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University07/09/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Students work during class break inside the EXP building on July 9, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/20/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Jeffrey Lipton, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, works on a robot that is both flexible and sensitive enough to handle a lightbulb, and strong enough to apply the necessary torque, inside the EXP robotics lab on March 20, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University03/20/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Jeffrey Lipton, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, works on a robot that is both flexible and sensitive enough to handle a lightbulb, and strong enough to apply the necessary torque, inside the EXP robotics lab on March 20, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University10/29/25 – BOSTON, MA. – U.S. Army Sergeant Ken McDougal, who is completing a master’s degree in Security and Intelligence studies at Northeastern, poses for a portrait at the Veteran’s Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA Northeastern student studies for finals in Snell Library on the Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University09/22/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern biochemistry student Sophia Cvrk works in Centennial Common on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University07/17/25 – Portland, ME . – Miranda Shinn, a project management student at Northeastern’s Roux campus, poses for a portrait outside Luke Lobster on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Shinn is the manager of the Lift All Boats program, where she previously did a co-op. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University11/18/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Megan Hopkins, a para-athlete, rows with her CRI Rowing coach Serena Blacklow on the Charles River on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Hopkins is testing the prosthetic foot and ankle designed specifically for rowing by Northeastern bioengineering undergraduate students. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University01/02/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Golden hour sun shines on the ISEC building on Jan. 02, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University02/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – A duck swims in the koi pond on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Feb. 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 University08/12/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Yi Zheng, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, studies nanoscale functional materials for energy applications – especially solar energy in Mugar Life Sciences Building on Aug. 12, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University on Aug. 12, 2025.Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityNew Northeastern huskies Landon Manteau, Eddie Chook, Phaedra Sanon, and Dionne Newman react to Sanon removing a piece from the tower while playing Jenga on Krentzman Quad during the 2025 Welcome Student Orientation on the Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityIncoming Northeastern student Rayan Elmzabi faces off against Paws in a game of rocks, paper, scissors in Snell Quad. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University09/11/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Isabelle, Bella, Wood, a 2025 Innovator Fellow with Northeastern’s Women Who Empower, poses for a portrait on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Wood wears her grandfather’s jean jacket with stitching of her family’s New Mexico Ranch which inspired her startup Ranch Lab. Ranch Lab connects young innovators with family-owned ranches to co-develop affordable and sustainable technologies that address urgent agricultural challenges facing generational ranches. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityStudent Michael Hutchinson rides his unicycle by Snell Library on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University08/04/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Bees pollinate flowers in the arboretum on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University07/22/25 – London, UK – Ken Henderson, the chancellor of Northeastern University, receives an Officer of the Order of the British Empire during a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University07/22/25 – London, UK – Ken Henderson, the chancellor of Northeastern University, receives an Officer of the Order of the British Empire during a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University02/05/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Ann, Anncy, Thresher, Northeastern assistant professor of philosophy and religion and public policy and urban affairs, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA rainbow is seen over Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University04/01/25 – Boston, MA – Magnolias bloom in the arboretum on Northeastern’s Boston Campus on Tuesday, April 1,2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityDancers from the Bollywood Co. perform during a celebration of Diwali, the “festival of lights,” on the London campus. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University06/06/25 – London, UK – Northeastern’s London undergraduate commencement ceremony is held at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday, June 6, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University05/30/25 – London, UK – Sue Jones, Northeastern art history professor, and Rebecca Raven, museum curator, look at artifacts from a 700 year old collection in the Museum of the order of St. John on Friday, May 30, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University02/14/25 – London, UK – A member of the Northeastern community studies in Devon House on the London campus on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University05/30/25 – London, UK – Sue Jones, Northeastern art history professor, and Rebecca Raven, museum curator, look at artifacts from a 700 year old collection in the Museum of the order of St. John on Friday, May 30, 2025. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Carmen Valino for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University08/31/25 – OAKLAND, CA: Northeastern students walk past the Vera M. Long Building during Fall Orientation Week at Northeastern’s Oakland campus on August 31, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityBusiness and finance student Suraya Royall works in the darkroom in the Print Media Labs on Northeastern University’s Oakland campus. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityNortheastern student Lucas Carballo, who studies graphic design, and Alec Stubbs, Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy, visits the Mills Art Museum on Northeastern’s Oakland campus on Sept. 03, 2025 in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityStudents enjoy fall on Northeastern’s Oakland campus in Oakland, California. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
