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From lemur gut health to COVID-19, Amanda Perofsky studies diseases

Amanda Perofsky’s path to becoming an infectious disease expert has been far from straightforward.
John F. Kennedy leans forward as an older academic administrator presents him with the Doctor of Laws hood.

From the Atomic Age to AI, JFK’s words resonate 70 years later

While finals keep students busy, others are wrapping up capstones

The last push at the end of the semester at Northeastern often brings a sense of excitement and an opportunity for reflection.

Three Northeastern students named Goldwater Scholars

The highly prestigious scholarship supports students with promise for great careers in science, engineering and mathematics research.

Researcher explains why climate models and observational data disagree

The findings are reported in the journal Nature Communications.
Two students standing at a booth for Journee energy drinks. Nicole Khoury stands behind the booth.
Entrepreneurship

Is this healthy energy drink coming to a store near you?

Nicole Khoury’s own health journey inspired her to create Journée, a healthier alternative to traditional energy drinks
Aerial view of people wading through brown floodwaters carrying their belongings during monsoon flooding in India.

Keeping roads and train lines open during India’s monsoon floods

Northeastern graduate Udit Bhatia uses physics and AI to develop solutions to urban monsoon flooding in India.
Scenes from the 2026 WISE Summit on Northeastern’s Boston campus.

WISE summit inspires female entrepreneurs to rise above challenges 

The summit on Northeastern University’s Boston campus welcomed 200 participants for networking, workshops, inspiring speakers and more.
A delivery driver wearing a red baseball cap hands a plastic bag full of food to a customer. They are standing outside.

Apologies are not always the best policy in customer service

With mistakes like food delivery delays, an apology can backfire, impacting customer trust and revenue for businesses.
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Viral jewelry maker turns college lessons into her next launch

Northeastern student Rebecca Zhao turned a TikTok trend into a jewelry business and now plans to grow it using skills from college.
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Artificial Intelligence

Want to practice your Spanish? This Claude-powered chatbot can help

Monica Canavan used Claude Premium to create AI chatbot characters that can help students with their conversational Spanish.
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Northeastern professor awarded Fulbright for AI health care plan

As part of the semester abroad, Anand Nair plans to develop and test an AI-enabled remote patient monitoring system.
Shubh Thorat, a Northeastern University computer science student, works on a laptop at a small table in a red chair, photographed through glass with colorful light refractions in the foreground.

This co-op student is stepping into a full-time role at AWS upon graduation

Working as a software engineer at Amazon Web Services, Shubh Thorat’s use of artificial intelligence left a lasting impression.
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and Gina Raimondo sit on a stage in front of an audience.

Former commerce secretary says long-term bet on AI is good for the workforce

The U.S. needs to retrain its citizens with “a more modern, effective higher education” system in the age of AI, Gina Raimondo said.
Dylan Kao and Lucy Paolini sit at a table reviewing colorful printed materials, with a laptop open, against a blue background with warm bokeh lighting on the left.

These educators wanted to learn more about AI. Northeastern helped.

Lead by Learning, a center of Northeastern Oakland, offered a professional development program for educators who wanted to learn about AI.
Commencement 2025

Mass. Medical Society executive urges law grads to lead with purpose

Lois Cornell brought a message of justice, advocacy and “remaining true to principles” to Friday’s School of Law ceremony.
Northeastern graduate Lauren Li poses for a photograph with her aunt Bernice Lee and mother Janice Lee in Krentzman Quad.

Graduating students capture their Northeastern memories

It is a tradition for students to grab photos in academic regalia around campus, a celebratory bookend to their time at Northeastern.
John F. Kennedy leans forward as an older academic administrator presents him with the Doctor of Laws hood.

From the Atomic Age to AI, JFK’s words resonate 70 years later

“We stand at the threshold of the atomic age,” Kennedy said to Northeastern’s graduating class of 1956.
An interior shot of the stage, tent and seating at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston

How to get to Leader Bank Pavilion for Northeastern commencement

This is the first year the university is holding commencement events at the outdoor amphitheater in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood.
Northeastern University students and faculty gather on stage at the Academic Honors Convocation ceremony, many holding award portfolios, with the university seal projected on a screen behind them.

Academic honors abound across the global network

Each year, Northeastern celebrates students and faculty who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, research, or teaching.
Students from Agents of Social Impact pose together in a warehouse while volunteering at a local nonprofit.
Global University System

This Seattle student org explores the world of nonprofits

Agents of Social Impact hosts workshops and volunteer events around Seattle.
Maria Catrina Jaime speaks at a podium during the Global Health Consortium at the Oakland campus.

They found a lifeline to global health in their own backyard

Global health strategies take center stage at the first Global Health Consortium on Northeastern's Oakland campus.
A young woman with long dark hair smiles while speaking at a wooden podium on a darkened stage at the Voices of NU event. The podium has a sign that says 'Voices of NU' on it in red and pink lettering on a black background.

Students say Oakland campus changed them for the better

Students recently spoke during Voices of NU Oakland, a storytelling competition on what makes Northeastern's Oakland campus feel like home.
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The simple habit that prevents campus theft, according to NUPD

NUPD warns students not to leave belongings unattended and offers tips, device registration and free bike locks to prevent theft on campus.
Three people walk along a sunlit, tree-lined campus path, wearing Northeastern branded t-shirts. Academic buildings and other pedestrians are blurred, but visible in the background.

Northeastern’s co-ops, global network are biggest draws for applicants

Northeastern application numbers surge again, buoyed by student and parent interest in co-op and international opportunities.

World & National News

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaking at a podium during a pre-election rally in Budapest, Hungary, with his supporters seated behind him lit in a dark blue light.

Viktor Orbán’s defeat ‘a defining moment’ in Europe. What comes next?

Do the papacy and politics mix?

Are more and more politicians embracing profanity?

Science & Technology

A close-up of lobster claws with bluish over brown and orange color markings.

Colorful lobsters take over Northeastern's 'touch pools' in Nahant

Researcher explains why climate models and observational data disagree

This flower's toxic traits hold clues for safer drugs

Entrepreneurship

Aerial view of people wading through brown floodwaters carrying their belongings during monsoon flooding in India.

Keeping roads and train lines open during India’s monsoon floods

Is this healthy energy drink coming to a store near you?

WISE summit inspires female entrepreneurs to rise above challenges 

Arts & Entertainment

Canadian band Angine de Poitrine stand side by side in polka dotted costumes and papier mache headwear.

Why is Angine de Poitrine, a masked, math rock band, going viral?

Separated by death and decades, two artists reforge their relationship

The 'Super Mario Galaxy' movie is a hit. Why is Mario still relevant?

Business

Two students standing at a booth for Journee energy drinks. Nicole Khoury stands behind the booth.

Is this healthy energy drink coming to a store near you?

What happened after the fast-food pay raise in California? Data explains

Researchers challenge fossil fuel companies' communications strategy

Health

A person wearing a blue jacket standing outside in the sun next to a yellow tree, blowing their nose.

If you feel cranky and tired, you may have spring allergy fatigue

Science often ignores menopause. These researchers are changing that.

Do you have a rotator cuff injury and what to do about it

Society & Culture

A photo taken from inside a building looking through a clover-shaped hole, darkening the surrounding edges. Through the gap, many people gather in a square with the Mexican flag flying above them.

This collective chronicles Latin American public service design

Researchers find children are good at making parents more eco-friendly

Hazy, hot and…shady? Street trees, air pollution and heat

Sports

Floyd Mayweather throws a punch at Manny Pacquiao during their 2015 boxing match, both fighters in red gloves under bright arena lights.

Will the Mayweather-Pacquiao sequel on Netflix pack a punch?

Northeastern women’s hockey team’s title run ends in semifinals

Northeastern women’s ice hockey team advances to Frozen Four

In the Press

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Your Mindfulness Practice May Be Working Against You. Here’s Why.

Liz Bucar, PhD, a religion professor at Northeastern University and author of Beyond Wellness, has a theory about why. The version of mindfulness most of us are practicing has been carefully, deliberately, and strategically emptied of the very elements that made it work in the first place.
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Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year

Rebecca Shansky, a neuroscientist at Northeastern University who studies sex differences in behavior and brain function, submitted a grant at the end of 2024 that got a score that was likely, though not certain, to be funded.
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Just Discovered How an Infamous Organism Is Creating Brand New DNA

“This is not a protein ‘reading’ itself to create a complex message; rather, it is a highly specialized structural constraint,” Northeastern University’s Nikolai Slavov, a chemical biologist who is unaffiliated with the study, wrote.
New Hampshire Public Radio

With national PFAS standards in flux, New Hampshire regulators try to move forward

“It’s kind of giving industry a way out,” said Julia Varshavsky, a public health and engineering professor at Northeastern University.

Global Conflicts

Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, looking over his right shoulder during a hearing.

Hacks, doxxing and deepfakes: Are we overexposed as a society?

“Things that used to be ephemeral — conversations, locations, fleeting interactions — simply don’t disappear anymore,” said Ryan Ellis.

The Iran War is causing market swings. Can it bounce back?

The Iran War may dull Dubai’s glittering image

In Mideast, attacks on desalination plants are an existential threat

Inside Northeastern’s efforts to keep students safe in the Middle East

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