February 2020 in photos by Matthew Modoono March 4, 2020 by Ruby Wallau Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter A passerby’s umbrella lends a splash of color to the austere cityscape of the pedestrian bridge and Snell Engineering Center. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University We won the Beanpot, then we won it again. We found beauty in wintertime trees, and learned how some of their secrets could be useful to scientists. We built drones to study penguins from above, and studied why cannabis makes you high. This and much more, all through the lenses of News@Northeastern’s award-winning photographers. Alexandros Makriyannis, George D. Behrakis Chair of pharmaceutical biotechnology, recently imaged the full structure of cannabinoid receptor type 2, one of the two proteins responsible for the effects of cannabinoids in the body. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The network of tunnels underneath Northeastern’s Boston campus provides a quiet spot to study for student Sam Stapinski. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Huskies celebrate their 5-4 double-overtime win over Boston University. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University King Husky visits campus for a photo-op with students. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A student walks though a rainy campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Nicholas Beauchamp is an assistant professor of political science in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Northeastern University women’s hockey won 3-1 against Harvard University in the Beanpot semifinals at the Walter Brown Arena. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Northeaster Acquires Boston's Horticultural Hall, the building, contiguous to the university’s Boston campus, sits at the head of Huntington Avenue and neighbors Symphony Hall and the Christian Science Center plaza. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The Huskies celebrated their championship in the 42nd Women’s Beanpot, coupled with the men’s victory one night earlier, provided Northeastern with its first sweep of both Beanpot titles in 32 years. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A team of Northeastern students was recently selected by NASA to enter the Big Idea Challenge, and will receive a $90,000 award to develop a robotic system to help astronauts explore permanently shadowed regions of the moon. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Hanumant Singh, professor of electrical and computer engineering, works on equipment for iceberg mapping with doctoral students Vikrant Shah and Yang Liu in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A student walks past the Curry Student Center on a clear winter day. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Students take advantage of unusually warm weather by studying outside. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Moneesh Upmanyu is studying how and why the leaves of rhododendron plants curl up in cold temperatures. The answer could help him design smart, folding structures and electronics that respond to temperature changes or other stimulation. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Left: Technology entrepreneur David Roux throws out the first pitch at the Huskies exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. Roux invested $100 million to launch a research and innovation hub with Northeastern in Portland, Maine. Photos by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox Huskies prepare for their 5-4 double-overtime win over Boston University during the Beanpot finals. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A passerby’s umbrella lends a splash of color to the austere cityscape of the pedestrian bridge and Snell Engineering Center. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Students on the Boston campus bask in the unusually warm February sun. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Center for Inclusive Computing stock shoot in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences building on Feb 24, 2020. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University A mallard duck enjoys the waterfall feature in the koi pond outside Curry Student Center on a sunny winter day. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University Students walk past Snell Library on Feb 26, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Wade Macleod, his wife Karly, and daughter, Ava play in the living room of their Port Moody residence near Vancouver. Photos by Andrew Querner for Northeastern University At Northeastern’s annual Mardi Gras event, President Joseph E. Aoun joined the men’s and women’s hockey teams to celebrate their historic Beanpot sweep. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University