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Dulani Kankanamge, president of the women’s rugby team, practices on Carter Field. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Game on! Club sports and intramurals get underway on the Boston campus

March and April are a swirl of activity for club sports and intramurals. Some recreational events will be in-person for the first time in a year, others will remain virtual. Pandemic protocols will guide which games and activities can get up and running safely. Students welcome the chance to see each other again.

by Peter Ramjug March 11, 2021

Kiera Perryman. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

She wants to build a sense of campus community for Black women

Affinity groups such as Sisters in Solidarity provide Black women with a sense of belonging, says Kiera Perryman. The third-year design major joined the organization in her first year and welcomes the opportunity it provides for herself and others to see and be themselves.

by Peter Ramjug March 8, 2021

Graduate student PhiYen Nguyen. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Global experiences helped her become a better listener

Graduate student PhiYen Nguyen’s worldly travels have been shaped by an instinct to learn and listen to others who are different from her. Her research into teen pregnancies as a high school student led to an interest in the plight of refugee women re-settling in high-income countries.

by Peter Ramjug March 4, 2021

Anti-coup protesters run away from tear gas launched by security forces in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 1, 2021. Defiant crowds returned to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Monday, determined to continue their protests against the military's seizure of power a month ago, despite security forces having killed at least 18 people around the country just a day earlier. AP Photo

Military takeover in Myanmar is a test for Biden’s foreign policy

After economic sanctions on the military rulers, President Biden’s best option for steering Myanmar—or Burma, as the United States calls it—back on the path to democracy might be to work with the United Nations, which could appoint a representative to mediate talks, say Northeastern faculty experts. China’s trade interests, however, could pose a challenge, faculty add.

by Peter Ramjug March 3, 2021

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Get pumped–in-person exercise classes are back at Marino

After a year of impersonal online workouts that fell far short of connecting Huskies in a meaningful way, students took part in their first face-to-face exercise class at Marino. “This place is alive again,” an onlooker notes as music blasted over speakers. The moment marked a turning point in a gradual return to normalcy, students say.

by Peter Ramjug March 3, 2021

Tiger Woods looks on after hitting his second shot on the second hole during the second round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament on Feb. 14, 2020, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. AP Photo by Ryan Kang

Tiger Woods’s biggest challenge in recovery will be mental, not physical

The golf legend’s leg injuries from the car crash are debilitating and serious, says Northeastern’s top athletics doctor. While it’s too early to tell if he’ll ever regain the form that put him at the top of the sporting world, Woods may have to mentally adjust to a life without professional golf.

by Peter Ramjug February 25, 2021

Environmental Health and Safety staff members Alex DeSimone (left) and Chris Bingel (right) demonstrate N95 fit testing at Cabot Testing Center. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How to tell if an N95 mask needs a snug adjustment

A special test involves squirting a mist of saccharin, the artificial sweetener, into a beehive keeper’s-like hood. If the saccharin is tasted, the N95 needs adjusting. Northeastern has performed more than 300 tests since the summer to help keep nursing students and other front-line employees safe from COVID-19.

by Peter Ramjug February 24, 2021

Even among healthcare workers, inequities exist in COVID-19 vaccine rollout, new study finds

As in the public at large, the distribution of vaccines among healthcare professionals is skewed along political, racial, gender, education, and income lines, according to a new study by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers.

by Peter Ramjug February 23, 2021

Art handler Elena Brunner installs a piece from artist MAR for the Dream Boston exhibition at Gallery 360. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Gallery 360’s new exhibit, ‘Dream Boston,’ addresses COVID-19, racial justice

It wasn’t difficult to discern the two major issues that impacted 2020, says Gallery 360 curator Amy Halliday: “Both the pandemic and the heightened attention to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement all came together at the same time." The gallery's new exhibit, she says, brings these global and national themes local.

by Peter Ramjug February 22, 2021

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum on Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. AP Photo by Charlie Neibergall

Biden’s options with Cuba are constrained by Trump’s sanctions

President Biden can still wield executive power to resume the flow of goods with Havana despite the Trump administration’s prohibitions, Northeastern experts say, but large-scale commercial activity will remain banned. Educational exchanges are halted too. Northeastern students were the first in the world to do co-ops in Cuba.

by Peter Ramjug February 18, 2021

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