Three pumpkins, one carved with the face of a Jack-O-Lantern, in front of an orange background.

Halloween originated in Scotland – so how did it get so big?

Northeastern experts reveal how this seasonal celebration from ancient Britain became a $13 billion extravaganza in the United States.
Murray Forman stands among campus greenery, wearing a “BEYOND THE STREETS” sweatshirt and holding a book

Hip-hop historian explores aging within the genre in its sixth decade

Twin towers of the World Trade Center seen from a distance across the Manhattan skyline, with smoke drifting eastward from them against a clear sky.

Northeastern University’s new students don’t have 9/11 memories

Hundreds attend a Town of Tonawanda Planning Board meeting in Kenmore.

Every technological revolution has its Luddites. AI is no different

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A woman with a tattoo on her forearm clips blue-and-white dyed fabric panels to an overhead rack in a glass-walled gallery space.

Northeastern Artists-in-Residence open new show at Gallery 360

Two Northeastern artists spent a year digging through archives about Boston’s Chinatown to inspire a new art show on local Asian activism
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to an audience.

Is India shifting from a secular state to a Hindu homeland?

As India marks independence, Northeastern expert Luna Sabastian explains how Hindu nationalist ideas changed the world’s largest democracy.
Motion capture of two people in white coats walking in front of the Bayeux Tapestry in the British Museum

The 70-meter Medieval tapestry that is captivating London

Nearly 1,000 years after it was stitched, the Bayeux Tapestry is drawing new audiences. Northeastern scholars explain why
A hand holds up the book's cover, illuminated by sunlight against a textured outdoor wall.

A piano that makes music with cats? Book explores imagined devices

Northeastern music history professor Deirdre Loughridge’s new book, “The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments” shows fantastical music devices.

The Ming Dynasty lion-dogs guarding the Oakland art museum

The statues serve as a protective force around the art museum’s exhibits and as remarkable reminders of a symbol-rich Chinese history.
The entrance to a room in the Obama Presidential Center, with a plaque that reads "Welcome to the President's Sitting Room."

Obama Center, Trump library reflect new era for presidential libraries

The Obama and Trump libraries are going digital. Historians aren’t sure that’s a good idea.

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