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Commencement 2019

Full coverage of Northeastern University's 117th Commencement exercises and the 2019 graduates…

by News@Northeastern April 30, 2019

Finding inspiration in a Dominican shanty town

A volunteering experience inside a Dominican batey helped recent Northeastern graduate Eleanor Patten realize she wanted to become a bilingual educator and help immigrant students…

by Khalida Sarwari April 30, 2019

The movies, music, and memes that defined your time at Northeastern

Taylor Swift’s record-breaking song. Two llamas on the loose in Arizona. Left shark vs. right shark. That Arthur meme. Relive the biggest cultural moments from…

by Cam Sleeper April 30, 2019

Northeastern to award five honorary degrees at 2019 Commencement

An accomplished entrepreneur, the president of Miami Dade College, a pioneering researcher in neurobiology, a New York Times best-selling author, and a U. S. Army…

by Khalida Sarwari April 26, 2019

Climate change is a global problem. He found solutions in Singapore.

Ryan Maia, who is among four Northeastern students named Presidential Global Fellows this year, discovered a program that recycles sewage into clean drinking water, businesses…

by Greg St. Martin April 25, 2019

Dig for gold with Trash2Treasure

One student’s trash is another student’s treasure. See what it takes to pull off Northeastern’s Trash2Treasure sale with this week’s #FollowFriday video.

by Cam Sleeper April 25, 2019

‘We don’t just build something in a vacuum’

A bow and arrow for the visually impaired. A one-handed guitar. A new harness for physical therapy. Undergraduates in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering student group have…

by Laura Castañón April 24, 2019

She wants to build a malaria-free world

In parallel with her research on the malaria epidemic, Kritika Singh, a Northeastern student who has been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship, directs Malaria Free…

by Khalida Sarwari April 24, 2019

Meet some coastal critters with the Marine Biology Club

Students in the club collaborate with the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, to teach children and their families about the ocean and the environment.

by Cam Sleeper April 18, 2019

Looking for answers? Ask My Husky.

A new application called My Husky, which is accessible through Amazon’s Alexa app, gives Northeastern students the ability to access their personal university information on…

by Laura Castañón April 18, 2019