Posts by Adam Fischer

Relive the sights and sounds of Commencement in two minutes

If you couldn’t make it to the TD Garden in person, don’t worry. We have you covered.
- by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch May 3, 2019
It took a superhuman effort to get to the show

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun showed off some mad acrobatic skills in getting to TD Garden just in time to give his 2019 Commencement Speech.
- by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch May 3, 2019
Murder in Mobile: A documentary short film about race, murder, and one family’s search for the truth 70 years later

In 1948, in Mobile, Alabama, a black man named Rayfield Davis was beaten to death by a white man who was not prosecuted. The crime…
- by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch January 28, 2019
Video: President Aoun conducts his Commencement 2018 exit interviews

Graduating is easy for seniors after exams are over, right? Well, some unsuspecting students were surprised they had one more thing they had to do…
- by Adam Fischer May 4, 2018
360 Video: ‘Stacy’s Mom’ rocks TD Garden for Northeastern during the Beanpot
- by Adam Fischer February 13, 2018
Why do we get goosebumps?
- by Adam Fischer September 26, 2017
Why do we sleep?

Your brain knows how to throw a party. And when to kick everyone out. In this installment of Why is That?, biology professor Fred Davis…
- by Adam Fischer August 24, 2017
Why does hair turn gray?

In this installment of Why is That? chemistry professor Ed Witten explains how the process that turns hair gray is similar to a zombie apocalypse.…
- by Adam Fischer August 10, 2017
Why do we say the word "ok?"

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- by Adam Fischer July 7, 2017
Why is there so much air in a bag of chips?

This week’s installment of Why is That? is all that and a bag of chips. Professor Thomas Gilbert tackles the question that has plagued snack…
- by Adam Fischer June 23, 2017

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