Students

“I think the best thing journalists can do in their reporting on climate change is to make it more human,” says Ysabelle Kempe, a journalism student at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

6 states, 18 days, 4,000 miles: Her journey to chronicle how climate change affects the average person

Ysabelle Kempe, who studies journalism at Northeastern, interviewed people who said they had been personally affected by climate change and then posted their stories on Instagram.

by Irvin Zhang September 18, 2019

‘We felt like rock stars’

Northeastern students performed nine concerts for the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in front of sold-out crowds in eight cities in Brazil.

by Irvin Zhang August 9, 2019

They provide the care for riders to reach the finish line

Northeastern Department of Physical Therapy is bringing more than 80 volunteers to stretch, and massage thousands of riders at the halfway point of the Pan Mass Challenge, a bike race in Massachusetts that raises money for cancer research.

by Irvin Zhang August 1, 2019

A family interest in blood donation led her to the world of medical devices

Before she came to Northeastern, mechanical engineering student Arunika Makam, was able to develop a non-profit service that enabled people in India to donate blood while preserving their privacy. She just finished a co-op in Germany focused on implants that hold fractured bones together while they are healing.

by Ian Thomsen July 31, 2019

‘Broscience,’ dehydration, and costly wardrobes: a student bodybuilder’s odyssey

Northeastern senior Julianne Mayville lifts weights six times a week, drinks two gallons of water daily, and weighs her food on a scale. There turned out to be more to competitive bodybuilding than she ever imagined.

by Ian Thomsen July 29, 2019

Want to know what’s happening on the Boston campus? There’s an app for that.

Northeastern students Josh Spicer and Carter Tune developed a one-stop shop for campus events to make it easier for students to join clubs, attend conferences, and cheer on the Huskies on the Boston campus.

by Irvin Zhang July 23, 2019

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

She bought a one-way ticket out of Moscow and never looked back

Over the past six years, Northeastern student Elina Mariutsa has found a home in many different cities around the world. But while the people of every one of those places were welcoming to her, she has found that the governments have been generally hostile toward each other. This discord is what ultimately propelled her passion for diplomacy.

by Khalida Sarwari July 5, 2019

How two foodie friends became gurus on the ’gram

Three years ago, Northeastern student Rachel Eng and her friend from high school started an Instagram account where they could post photos of food to help each other decide where to eat next. Now their account, @twotastebuddiez, boasts more than 18,000 followers who use the page to navigate the food scene in Boston.

by Irvin Zhang July 3, 2019

How to hack a video game console (and protect one)

A group of students from Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences successfully designed a prototype gaming console that stopped every attempted attack in a recent competition. The students also proved to be impressive hackers themselves, defeating the security measures in the systems designed by the other teams.

by Laura Castañón July 1, 2019