Departments College of Arts, Media & Design

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

Casper Harteveld and Giovanni Troiano, two researchers from the College of Arts, Media and Design, are in the middle of an ongoing study that is trying to gauge how people see the future, specifically the near future, after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

What can game design tell us about how people will view the world after the pandemic?

Casper Harteveld and Giovanni Troiano, two experts in game design at Northeastern, have created a study that uses elements of the discipline to gauge how the general public might view the world post-pandemic. Troiano ranks paranoia, anxiety, and visions of dystopia among the most common themes in the responses.

by Irvin Zhang November 6, 2020

The journey to Jeopardy!

Devin Rossiter has always been fascinated by game shows—he remembered watching them as a child and reveling in the shared experience based on the skills of regular people. So, being a contestant on the long-running quiz show Jeopardy! “was a dream come true,” said the Northeastern alum.

by Molly Callahan November 5, 2020

Will young voters show up to the polls (or the mailbox) for this election?

Ever since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote, turnout among young people has been largely underwhelming. Northeastern graduates Emily White and Melanie Shark are working to change that.

by Peter Ramjug September 4, 2020

‘We all have the same boundaries’

After an emotional farewell with her mother, Katrina Makayan, a sophomore whose father has recovered from COVID-19, moved back to Northeastern last week. She is grateful that her roommates are as serious as she is about keeping healthy and safe.

by Ian Thomsen September 3, 2020

Sophia Ainslie’s recently finished mural on the eighth floor of Boston City Hall blends vibrant splashes of color with a flurry of black lines. Its inspiration, like many of Ainslie’s other pieces, comes from her mother’s fight with cancer; her work is a way for her to mourn, she says. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

A mural in Boston City Hall, inspired by a mother’s battle with cancer

Since Sophia Ainslie saw an X-ray image of her mother’s abdomen 11 years ago, the associate teaching professor of art has used it to create fusions of diagnostic imaging and landscape paintings. Her latest mural, she says, is a continuation of her mourning for her mother.

by Irvin Zhang August 4, 2020

Art is shaping how people talk about the Black Lives Matter movement

“Artists are and always have been at the forefront of social movements,” says Amy Halliday, director of the Northeastern Center for the Arts. From the…

by Cam Sleeper July 24, 2020

Making the global musical sensation “Hamilton” available for streaming online is “a harbinger of things to come,” says José Delgado, a lecturer in the Department of Theatre in Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

‘Hamilton’ has gone virtual on Disney+. What does that mean for the future of live theater?

When the global musical sensation “Hamilton” became available to stream online this month, it meant that suddenly, if you have “a laptop or phone and internet access, you have access to the world’s hottest show,” says José Delgado, a lecturer in the Department of Theatre at Northeastern. “This is a harbinger of things to come.”

by Molly Callahan July 15, 2020

People gather at the Robert E. Lee Monument, now covered by protest graffiti, in Richmond, Virginia on June 7, 2020, following a week of unrest in the U.S. against police brutality and racism in policing. The statue of the Confederate Civil War general is slated for removal at the order of Gov. Ralph Northam. (AP Photo by J. Scott Applewhite

Why is there a renewed push to bring down Confederate monuments after George Floyd’s death?

The discourse around public symbols of the Confederacy has traditionally revolved around the perspectives of white people, says Patricia Davis, an associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern. The Black Lives Matter protests seek to change that, she says.

by Khalida Sarwari June 11, 2020

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