April 2017 in Photos by Matthew Modoono May 1, 2017 Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter April 22, 2017 – BOSTON, MA. – Students celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, on Centennial Common at Northeastern University on April 22, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Check out the amazing people, places, and events at Northeastern during the month of April as documented through the lenses of university photographers. Henry Edson, who is pursuing both his bachelor's and master's degrees in international affairs, is the top-ranked fighter in the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation’s white belt heavyweight division. Edson trains at Kimura Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu in Watertown, Massachusetts. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Pankhuri Singhal, S’17, a behavioral neuroscience major, has been named the student speaker at the undergraduate Commencement ceremony. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Left: Hannah Tam, S'19, works on co-op at Editas Medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2017. Tam was recently named a Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious national award based on academic merit and provided to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Top Right: Marine science major Benjamin Moran, S'18, received a Goldwater Scholarship as well as a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant. Moran is seen working at the Marine Science Center on April 19, 2017. Bottom Right: Kuphus Polythalamia at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center on April 19, 2017. Research led by Northeastern's Daniel Distel found the first living giant shipworm. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, on Centennial Common on April 22, 2017. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University President Aoun presented Roger Marino, E’61, H’96, with the Presidential Medallion during the seventh annual Academic Honors Convocation on April 20, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Top Left: Students play with therapy dogs during the first day of finals outside Snell Library on April 21, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Bottom Left: Students attend RISE:2017, held in Cabot Gymnasium on April 13, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Top Right: Students participate in the Neighbor to Neighbor Spring Clean Up on April 8, 2017 at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Photo by Alastair Pike for Northeastern University Bottom Right: Kids from the Russell J. Call Children's Center visit with Valkyrie, NASA's humanoid robot prototype, in the atrium of the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on April 7, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University State Rep. Byron Rushing delivers remarks during the Lower Roxbury Black History Project event in the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute on April 18, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Left: Amanda Pinsker, AMD'17, poses for a portrait on March 31, 2017. Center: Travis DeLano, S'17, poses for a portrait on April 27, 2017. Right: YoYo Fu, DMSB'17, who created the FeedShare app, poses for a portrait on April 14, 2017. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex is seen prior to the Grand Opening on April 3, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students enjoy warm weather on Centennial Common on April 11, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University