Ian Thomsen

Samira Malik, Executive Director of Donor Strategy and Special Initiatives, runs at Carter Playground.

A higher purpose lures them–heart and sole–to Boston’s sacred course

At least 11 members of the Northeastern community will be running the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday to raise money for a variety of charitable causes. Among them will be Samira Malik, who found in running “a belief in myself that I didn't have.”

by Ian Thomsen April 14, 2022

Northeastern launches the Burnes Center for Social Change

Nonnie S. Burnes, a Northeastern law graduate who became a Massachusetts Superior Court judge and university trustee, worked in the final year of her life to develop a home for social causes whose leaders will seek to make it the preeminent center for developing problem-solvers to take on climate change, racial justice, education reform, and other pressing issues.

by Ian Thomsen April 14, 2022

A Giving Day poster on Northeastern's Boston campus.

Much to celebrate as Giving Day returns

Northeastern’s annual Giving Day on Thursday will be more than an opportunity to support student groups and organizations of all kinds. It will also serve as a coming-out party after two years of limitations forced by the COVID-19 pandemic—a celebration of the new normal as the winter cold gives way to spring.

by Ian Thomsen April 13, 2022

Dacheng Lin, research associate professor of physics.

His out-of-this-world discovery: Signals from billions of light years away

Dacheng Lin, a Northeastern research associate professor, has identified a new class of high-energy signals that were created by a violent collision of two neutron stars. “This is about the fundamental physics of our universe,” Lin says.

by Ian Thomsen April 13, 2022

Newspaper Front Pages After First Round Of French Presidential Elections

Could France elect a leader from the far right?

The final round of the French presidential election on April 24 features a rematch of the 2017 runoff between Emmanuel Macron, the current officeholder, and Marine Le Pen, the far-right challenger of the National Front. Colin Brown, a Northeastern assistant teaching professor of political science, weighs in.

by Ian Thomsen April 12, 2022

Northeastern Men’s Hockey faces off against Western Michigan in the NCAA Worcester Regional Championship at the DCU Center.

The puck stops here: Devon Levi nets a sweep of national goalie awards for Northeastern

The sophomore was named the top goaltender in NCAA men’s Division 1 ice hockey. He joins Aerin Frankel, the reigning two-time winner of the Women’s College Hockey Goalie of the Year award.

by Ian Thomsen April 11, 2022

Robert Salomon Morton Lecturer Jan Grabowski, Professor of History at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, speaks about Holocaust denial and distortion in Northeastern's West Village.

A more insidious form of Holocaust denial emerges

It is Holocaust distortion—and it was experienced first-hand by Jan Grabowski, who delivered the 29th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture as part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week at Northeastern. He told a rapt audience he was found guilty of defamation in Poland for researching and writing a history of the mass killing.

by Ian Thomsen April 8, 2022

H William Detrich Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences poses for a portrait at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, MA.

The legacy of H. William Detrich is rising with the Antarctic tide

Among his many achievements, the world-renowned professor of marine and environmental sciences is most proud of a Northeastern co-op program he launched a dozen years ago. It began with a work-study student washing dishes in the lab; months later, he was near the South Pole.

by Ian Thomsen April 7, 2022

A Spirit Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

What would a Spirit merger mean for the airline industry?

JetBlue Airways and Frontier Airlines are seeking to partner with Spirit Airlines, the low-cost carrier. “From a competitive standpoint, either of these mergers will probably result in higher fares,” says Ravi Sarathy, a Northeastern professor of international business and strategy who studies the industry.

by Ian Thomsen April 6, 2022

Spring is in the air, as there goes the bubble

The annual deflation and dismantling of the bright white Carter Playground dome marks a changing of the seasons at Northeastern. While most of the Boston campus community was sleeping early Tuesday morning, a crew of workers was letting the air out.

by Ian Thomsen April 5, 2022

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