Students

They know what astronauts are going to need once we put them on Mars

A drill to extract frozen water from beneath the planet’s surface. A rover to accompany astronauts as they work. The Northeastern students who designed and built this technology will be showing off their work at Boston’s Museum of Science this weekend.

by Laura Castañón July 15, 2019

June in a flash

Ice cream, new student orientation, and more. Here, in less than 30 seconds, is what happened on the Boston campus in June.

by Cam Sleeper and Glenn Pike July 1, 2019

Can’t-miss events on the Boston campus in July

Write poetry. Volunteer in the community. Enjoy some ice cream in the sun.

by Irvin Zhang June 28, 2019

Rising hockey star to tryout for US National Junior Team

Jordan Harris, who plays defense for the men’s hockey team at Northeastern, has been selected to compete for a roster spot in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, which will take place later this year in the Czech Republic.

by Irvin Zhang June 25, 2019

His aunt almost died when he was a boy in Nigeria. He vowed then to become a doctor.

Damilola Adetunla, an incoming freshman at Northeastern, promised to improve healthcare in his home country of Nigeria after he heard the story of his aunt’s near-death experience during the birth of her child.

by Irvin Zhang June 21, 2019

How an idea became IDEA

IDEA, Northeastern’s student-run business accelerator, connects members of the university community with the resources they need to get their businesses up and running. Dan Gregory, the founding faculty advisor of IDEA who retired in early June, drew upon his experience building businesses to help form a network of services created by students for students, faculty, and alumni.

by Molly Callahan June 17, 2019

Hacking an airplane’s landing instruments isn’t as hard as it should be

In low-visibility situations, pilots rely on radio signals to guide their approach to a runway. Using a relatively inexpensive setup, researchers in Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences recently demonstrated that they could hack these signals and direct a plane to land off target.