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A student examines the pages of a book that fold out into an intricate diagram.
University News

Artists’ books provide valuable analog learning in a digital age

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by Peter Rubinstein
A hand holds a prototype of the NextTile building block toy.
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Student startup develops hands-on learning toy for future engineers

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by Peter Rubinstein
Drew LoVullo, in a U.S. Coast vest, writes on a paper while aboard a ship with the sunset in the background.
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He’s a Northeastern grad commanding a Coast Guard vessel in Guam

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by Peter Rubinstein
Andrew Gonzales stands in a forest with the sun shining brightly behind him.
University News

This project aims to rescue Oakland’s namesake tree species

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by Peter Rubinstein
Exterior of a Hall of Justice building, viewed from below against a clear blue sky.
University News

Who gets a clean slate? Northeastern research reveals gaps in California’s expungement system

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by Peter Rubinstein
Oakland graduates celebrate with confetti.
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Oakland, Silicon Valley graduates told degree is ‘not just a credential, it’s a connection’

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by Vickie Jean DeHamer - Contributor
El Campanil Bell Tower on the Oakland campus. It is a 72-foot Spanish Mission-style bell tower with a clock between the second and third levels. There are trees on either side. The sky is gray.

Who designed the Northeastern Oakland’s bell tower, El Campanil?

by Court Smith
A young woman in the left corner of the frame stands in a museum gallery with her back to the camera, holding a tablet horizontally in front of her. She is wearing a dark tank-top and her black, straight hair are pulled in a pony tail. In front of the woman is a bright purple wall, built in the middle of the gallery space, with a painting of a white flower with a few green leaves on a dark background, in a golden frame. The gallery space has yellow wooden floor and dark wood carved tray ceiling. Large colorful artworks hang on the left and right walls of the space.
University News

Visit Mills College Art Museum — no plane ticket required

by Alena Kuzub
The outside of the Mills Art Museum in Oakland. The outside wall is bright white with an ornate arch around the entrance. There is an inscription 'Ars Longa, Vita Brevis' (Art is long, life is short).

A trivia question about the Mills College Art Museum

by Court Smith
A blue, suspended data visualization art sculpture displayed in a gallery, with other artwork visible in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

How artists transform data into art

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by Cyrus Moulton
Mills hall, a large, white academic building, on a sunny day, surrounded by a green lawn.

TRIVIA: Which of these TV shows features Northeastern’s Oakland campus?

by Court Smith
Students walk along a sunny campus pathway lined with trees and landscaping, with a modern building visible in the background and green foliage framing the view.
University News

Where oaks, redwoods and monkey-puzzle trees become a living classroom

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by Kate Rix