Students

Recent alum Tarik Jones, poses for a portrait in the Studio Theatre. Jones was recently awarded a two-year fellowship from the Miranda Family to pursue a career in the arts. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This actor and Miranda Family Fellow is opening up performing arts for people of color

Tarik Jones, a Northeastern graduate and actor, wanted to expand access to hands-on experience in the performing arts for people of color, so he co-created the New Renaissance Theatre Company devoted to doing just that. And, with a fellowship created by playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jones has the tools to expand the company even further.

by Hillary Chabot January 17, 2021

Damian Lee, who studies Africana Studies and Political Science, performs “Bridge over Troubled Water” for the upcoming MLK event, in Blackman Auditorium on Jan. 13, 2021. Photo Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

With help, he confronts the troubled water

Damian Lee, a third-year student in Africana studies and political science, will be drawing from life experiences as he performs Bridge Over Troubled Water at a university event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

by Ian Thomsen January 17, 2021

Greg Dowling, left, moves his son Cole Dowling into his dorm in West Village for the spring semester. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Move-in is a big moment for Northeastern parents, too

Tillie Kopec is one of many parents juggling the excitement of sending their children off to college with the logistics of moving onto campus amid COVID-19 precautions. But she and other parents were reassured by Northeastern’s push to vaccinate the community.

by Hillary Chabot January 13, 2021

Jacki Smith, a first-year Northeastern student, hugs her father Gary Smith goodbye after moving into her dormitory on Columbus Avenue. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This move-in was 'a breeze'

Jacki Smith, a first-year Northeastern student, was moving onto the Boston campus for the first time. But neither she nor her parents betrayed any sadness in their farewells as they wheeled her belongings toward her Columbus Avenue dormitory. After all, her new dorm is much closer to home than Dublin, where Smith spent her first semester in the N.U.in program.

by Ian Thomsen January 12, 2021

Daniel Simpson, who studies mechanical engineering, demonstrates his sanitizing robot inside the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on Northeastern's Boston campus on Dec. 15, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He built a COVID-19-busting robot to sanitize your desk

Daniel Simpson, a first-year student at Northeastern, has wanted to build robots since he first saw Tony Stark in Iron Man. Now, he’s helping to design and build a mobile COVID-busting robot that uses UV light to sterilize desks and table-tops—while getting both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

by Hillary Chabot January 7, 2021

The writing exercise that changed these student reporters for the better

Journalism students from Northeastern wrote short elegies of people who died from COVID-19 for The Boston Globe. Many of the deceased were walled off from friends and family, left to die alone in nursing homes and hospitals. The class assignment captured the essence of their subjects and prompted students to realize the value of life.

by Peter Ramjug December 22, 2020

Amera Youssef, a student of architecture, installs temporary art using stencils to paint a series of anthropomorphic masks on Northeastern’s Boston campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

This new art installation fosters connection despite physical distancing measures

Amera Youssef, a student of architecture, is the mastermind behind a temporary art installation on Northeastern’s Boston campus featuring a series of anthropomorphic masks. The concept was inspired by a couple she saw kissing through face masks while riding a train on the city’s Red Line through South Boston.

by Khalida Sarwari December 4, 2020

Quirin Emanga, a guard on the men’s basketball team, hems a pair of pants in the Athletics offices. During the forced hiatus due to the global pandemic, Emanga has learned how to sew and hopes to pursue a career in fashion after basketball. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This Husky basketball player dreams of a career in fashion

Quirin Emanga, a 6 foot 5 inch sophomore guard from Germany, has been teaching himself to repurpose clothes and express himself in new ways. “There is a good balance between the basketball and the art,” he says.

by Ian Thomsen November 20, 2020

Photo courtesy of University College Dublin

These N.U.in students landed in Europe in the middle of Brexit and a global pandemic—and came away the better for it

They miss their families and long to hug them again after a semester overseas. But when these N.U.in students leave Dublin and return to the United States, they will not be the same people they were when they left. In a sense, that is what studying abroad is all about.

by Peter Ramjug November 18, 2020

Jullia Finocchiaro, who studies computer science, grabs lunch in the Symphony Hall dining area on Oct. 6, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

There’s no campus dining spot quite like Symphony Hall

Hot panini, chicken parm sandwiches, and classical instruments at Northeastern’s newest dining spot? Oh yes.

by Peter Ramjug October 30, 2020