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Northeastern students Emily Recchia and Julia Henning are on a documentary filmmaking Dialogue of Civilizations program in London, a welcome return to abroad programs for both students. Photo by Julia Foley

Dialogues of Civilizations back in full swing and taking students around the world

After a pandemic-induced hiatus for Dialogue of Civilizations programs, Northeastern professors and students are once again heading out on month-long international adventures. Although there is excitement in the air, some programs have had to adapt to pandemic-era challenges.

by Cody Mello-Klein June 6, 2022

How architects can make buildings 'aware' and benefit the local environment

Latrobe Prize-winning team of Northeastern experts are working to change how infrastructure affects its immediate surroundings and impacts inhabitants of a neighborhood.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki May 20, 2022

A school principal or sports stadium security chief can gather information from multiple sources under a surveillance system Northeastern is building for the Department of Homeland Security under a $36 million contract. Getty Images Photo

Northeastern University wins $36M federal contract to build a system to protect schools, churches, and stadiums

Key to winning the Department of Homeland Security award was the design of a “Virtual Sentry” system that integrates cell phone traffic, social media posts, aerial drone footage, and other data to provide just-in-time information to decision-makers.

by Peter Ramjug November 4, 2021

A new sustainability seminar lets students propose their own sustainability program. They learn to think critically and propose solutions, says Jacob Glickel, who works in the Office of Sustainability. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

New course to cultivate ideas about how to expand campus sustainability efforts

A weekly seminar this fall will bring together researchers, campus operations, and people who live near the Boston campus into the discussion about the environment. Universities are anchors in their communities, and the class is an opportunity to demonstrate best practices for environmental sustainability and resilience, say faculty experts.

by Peter Ramjug September 7, 2021

Cyclists in Dresden, Germany, cross the Waldschlösschen Bridge in the morning, with the historic old town skyline in the background. Photo by: Robert Michael/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

How will the pandemic change cities?

BERLIN—Pop-up bike lanes and grassroots efforts to turn mostly empty parking lots and residential streets into playgrounds have appeared as this city begins to reopen after the COVID-19 outbreak. Sara Jensen Carr, who studies how epidemics have changed cities, says this may only be the beginning.

by Andrew Curry - contributor May 20, 2020

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Paolo Ciuccarelli, a professor of design at Northeastern, recently became the founding director of the Center for Design at Northeastern, where he will bridge disciplines to make information transparent and actionable. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

A data designer takes aim at the numbers

“We need more context for data,” says Paolo Ciuccarelli, a new professor of design at Northeastern and the founding director of the Center for Design, “and that’s where my background in architecture will help—a lot.”

by Aria Bracci October 22, 2019

Northeastern graduate Claire Coletti took part in the Falling Walls competition with her proposal for equitable urban centers based on a model she experienced in Germany. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

She dreams of falling walls and better cities

Claire Coletti, who has earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in architecture at Northeastern, has come to see her search for inclusive architecture from the perspective of her transgender identity.

by Ian Thomsen October 8, 2019

An exhibit that makes you question your reality

At a time when facts are called into question, what provides indisputable truth? Data? Nature? Physical evidence? In Re:Constructing Evidence, a new exhibit at Boston Cyberarts, five Northeastern professors show that it’s never that simple.

by Aria Bracci October 3, 2019

Sara Jensen Carr. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Six epidemics from American history show how urban design affects our health

What does tuberculosis have to do with your neighborhood park? What does cholera have to do with city grids? Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern, reveals how epidemics, chronic illnesses, and “social diseases” shape the places where Americans live.

by Emily Arntsen August 8, 2019