Molly Callahan

The COVID-19 crisis in India could cause a global economic chain reaction

Counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines and fragile global supply chains could make a bad situation worse in India, where the pace of vaccinations in India continues to drop as cases of COVID-19 in the country soar—a humanitarian crisis that could also have wide-reaching supply-chain consequences around the world, say Northeastern scholars of supply chain management and criminology.

by Molly Callahan May 12, 2021

Northeastern celebrates 2021 undergraduate Commencement at Fenway Park

The crowd at Fenway Park filled up the stadium with cheers on Saturday, in a celebration of the graduates of Northeastern University Class of 2021. And, after a year turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, some things didn’t change at all—newly minted graduates tossed their caps as the university pep band played them out of the stadium, and posed for photos with proud family, friends, and loved ones in the stands.

by Molly Callahan May 8, 2021

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, spoke at the 2021 Commencement ceremony at Fenway Park. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Northeastern president Joseph E. Aoun celebrates the Class of 2021–and all that jazz

In a rousing address to graduating students, Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, credited the “Northeastern spirit” of the entire university community with banding together to overcome the many obstacles of the past year.

by Molly Callahan May 8, 2021

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

A Commencement unlike any other, for a year unlike any before it

Donned in caps, gowns, and masks, thousands of undergraduate and graduate students will be celebrated over the course of five ceremonies throughout the weekend as friends, family, and loved ones cheer from the stands of Boston’s iconic Fenway Park.

by Molly Callahan May 7, 2021

Everything you need to know for Commencement 2021 at Fenway Park

The big day is upon us: Northeastern’s 2021 Commencement ceremonies at Boston’s famed Fenway Park. Do bring a mask, but don’t bring a bag—here’s everything else you need to know to hit it out of the park.

by Molly Callahan May 7, 2021

Students on Northeastern’s Boston campus take advantage of the university’s new COVID-19 guidelines, which allow people to forgo their masks outside, as long as they can maintain a healthy distance. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The CDC says vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outside–but will they?

A fully vaccinated person, the federal agency says, no longer needs to wear a mask outdoors in certain situations. Whether people will actually feel comfortable forgoing their face coverings remains to be seen, but the new guidelines offer “a window into what is possible,” says Neil Maniar, director of the Master of Public Health Program at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan April 30, 2021

The university will offer one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines at Cabot Testing Center on Tuesday, May 4 and Wednesday, May 5. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Northeastern to offer free COVID-19 vaccines to students, faculty, staff on Boston campus

The university will offer one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines at Cabot Testing Center on Tuesday, May 4 and Wednesday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Students must make an appointment to receive their vaccine, which can be done through the university’s COVID-19 vaccination scheduler online.

by Molly Callahan April 30, 2021

Northeastern leaders in the fields of law, policing, criminal justice, and race, discussed the Derek Chauvin trial verdicts during a virtual event on Wednesday, April 28. Screeenshot by Northeastern University

Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdicts represent accountability, if not justice, scholars say

Guilty verdicts in the trial over the murder of George Floyd represent the difference between “capital-J Justice and small-j justice,” said Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law, during a discussion among Northeastern leaders in the fields of law, policing, criminal justice, and race, on Wednesday.

by Molly Callahan April 29, 2021

Christina Lau, who studies environmental science, center, and Hannah Ferguson and Samuel Rosario, who both study music industry, seesaw on the Wooden Wave, an installation for the Furniture Urbanism course final project. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Student architects lead the way on a new wave of campus furniture

Four new pieces grace Northeastern’s Boston campus as the result of a new architecture studio course, Furniture Urbanism. Students wanted to make “something that would bring people together after this year of isolation,” said Alexandria Batiste, whose team created a bench complete with a seesaw.

by Molly Callahan April 28, 2021

A crowd gathers at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Call for action: The guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin’s trial were just the beginning

Verdicts serve “as a reminder of how much further we have to travel,” says president Joseph E. Aoun. “We can’t be mere spectators,” when it comes to confronting racial injustice, says Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law at Northeastern. She and Richard O’Bryant, director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, urge people to stay engaged in the fight for justice and police accountability.

by Molly Callahan April 22, 2021

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