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The Class of 2021, having walked the walk, gears up for Commencement

Processional walks around the Boston campus began on Monday for graduating seniors. Some of the interactive experiences were designed to allow for moments to reminisce and take it all in one last time before Commencement ceremonies begin on the weekend.

by Peter Ramjug May 4, 2021

Northeastern will ease mask mandates and other restrictions

On Friday, Northeastern will align with new state and CDC guidelines that allow people to forgo masks outdoors when the proper distancing can be maintained. And, starting Monday, fully vaccinated members of the Northeastern community will move to once-a-week testing.

by Peter Ramjug April 29, 2021

1 million coronavirus tests

Running seven days a week, 24 hours a day, Northeastern’s Life Sciences Testing Center has crossed an important milestone by processing its millionth nasal swab test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that cause COVID-19. “The most significant thing that testing has allowed us to do is operate safely,” said Jared Auclair, who leads the facility.

by Peter Ramjug April 28, 2021

Northeastern is sending surplus pandemic supplies to a Roxbury healthcare center

The university will donate more than $280,000 worth of face shields, examination gloves, and other personal protective equipment to the Whittier Street Health Center near the Boston campus. The products “couldn’t have come at a better time,” says the head of the clinic.

by Peter Ramjug April 26, 2021

Are cryptocurrencies fool’s gold?

Cartoonish price increases in bitcoin, ether, dogecoin, and other e-tokens aren’t surprising, given the shift to a digital economy, say Northeastern researchers who study finance. Hedge funds, athletes, and rappers are getting in on the action. Does that mean everyone should jump in? Not unless you can stomach the risk.

by Peter Ramjug April 26, 2021

Candles are lit to begin the Huntington 100 ceremony

The 2021 Huntington 100 class honors student leadership

Undergraduate and graduate students were celebrated for their intellectual curiosity, ambition, and interdisciplinary approach to learning at the annual ceremony. More than 800 were nominated for the honor, the most in the program’s 15-year history. “You are models for the rest of the students,” said Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern.

by Peter Ramjug April 23, 2021

Jean Philippe, left, will get vaccinated when he returns home to New York, while Iris Cotrupi, center, and Zach Stanziano, right, have each received one of two doses. “Just go get it,” Stanziano urges others. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘Just go get it.’ Students who have received the COVID-19 vaccine encourage others to get their shots

Some Northeastern students have already received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, others are about to get fully inoculated. Now that everyone in the U.S. 16 years of age and older is eligible, students are encouraging others to roll up their sleeves and protect the pack.

by Peter Ramjug April 21, 2021

How can small businesses benefit from artificial intelligence?

A new Massachusetts initiative called AI Jump Start will bring together faculty from Northeastern and other universities to share their expertise in artificial intelligence with a broad range of small and midsize enterprises. The program is open to firms in defense, manufacturing, health, and other industries that would like to incorporate machine learning but aren’t sure how to go about it.

by Peter Ramjug April 15, 2021

Millions of dollars in cosmetics were stranded on the ship stuck in the Suez Canal. This Northeastern co-op stepped in.

On co-op at L’Oréal, Kristine Aleksandrovica relies on her positive mindset to help her through stressful moments, such as the recent grounding of a cargo ship in the Suez Canal that was carrying millions of dollars worth of cosmetics. The business major’s supply chain expertise and make-it-happen attitude kicked in.

by Peter Ramjug April 13, 2021

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

A global co-op at Toyota taught him the value of ‘kaizen’

Jaime Bensadon, a third-year business student with a dive-right-in approach to work projects, learned to slow down and think ahead. A Belgium-based co-op at Toyota, the world’s top carmaker, introduced him to the Japanese continuous self-improvement philosophy of kaizen. “If I move too fast in the beginning, I’ll waste a lot of time later fixing the errors,” he says.

by Peter Ramjug April 9, 2021

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