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Hilary Duff in academic garb smiles while speaking at Commencement 2026

Hilary Duff tells class of 2026 to fearlessly embrace who they are

“Success isn’t just about what you achieve. It’s about what you choose,” Duff said during 2026’s undergraduate commencement.
Joshua and Odette Ramgeet are wearing their cap and gowns and are smiling next to each other.

A family affair: Mother and son graduate side by side at Fenway Park

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.
A gold-tone heart-shaped locket hangs on a gold-tone chain.

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.
President Joseph E. Aoun speaking during commencement at a podium.
Artificial Intelligence

Joseph E. Aoun tells grads they are prepared to step into the unknown

With lessons on luck, imagination and maintaining humanity, President Joseph E. Aoun urges graduates to be “pathfinders.”
Two graduates wearing caps and gowns looking at each other and smiling in Fenway Park.

You’re hired: Northeastern students graduate with jobs lined up

From jobs at Tesla, Apple and even a self-created position that involves hiring others, Northeastern grads prepare to enter the workforce.
Alan McKim standing at a Northeastern branded podium at the graduate Commencement ceremony.

Alan McKim of Clean Harbors says Northeastern changed his life

Alan McKim of Clean Harbors tells graduate students to embrace AI and remember ‘your character will matter more than your code.’
An illustration of a student practicing Spanish on a laptop using an AI chatbot

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.
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.
Commencement 2025

Photos: Celebrations, selfies and fireworks at Fenway

Photos: Celebrations, selfies and fireworks at Fenway Northeastern kicked off its 2026 Commencement at Fenway Park this week. Graduating students and their families and friends cheered on accomplished speakers Alan...
President Aoun gesturing while speaking into a microphone at a podium in Fenway Park for the Northeastern 2026 undergraduate commencement ceremony.

The 10 most powerful quotes from Northeastern commencement speakers

Here are some messages that commencement speakers offered this year’s graduates.

Undergraduate student speakers encourage bravery, open-mindedness 

Four students share their experiences at Northeastern’s undergraduate commencement.
Fireworks and colored smoke soar into the air above Fenway Park at Commencement 2026. The stands are white and red, spelling out Dream Big NU

Northeastern celebrates thousands of graduates at Fenway Park

The commencements featured memorable speeches, rousing performances, and calls for graduates to embrace the world and the era of AI with confidence. 
Two alumni wearing golden robes laughing together at Fenway Park at the 2026 undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

Golden grads celebrate friendship and Northeastern connections

It’s been 50 years—or more—since they graduated from Northeastern University. But the bonds are stronger than ever.
Portrait of Amanda Perofsky.
Global University System

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.
Students from Agents of Social Impact pose together in a warehouse while volunteering at a local nonprofit.

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.
A closeup image of hands putting a registration sticker on the front right corner of a silver Apple laptop on a white table.

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.

World & National News

Donald Trump stands on the South lawn, speaking and gesturing with both hands out to his sides.

Are more and more politicians embracing profanity?

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

Do the papacy and politics mix?

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

This flower's toxic traits hold clues for safer drugs

Researcher explains why climate models and observational data disagree

Entrepreneurship

Scenes from the 2026 WISE Summit on Northeastern’s Boston campus.

WISE summit inspires female entrepreneurs to rise above challenges 

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

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

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Ainslie and students standing at easels in a Johannesburg Art Foundation studio class.

Separated by death and decades, two artists reforge their relationship

A capella group hits the right notes in international festival

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

Business

Two fast food workers in grey polos and black pants filling a Wendy's bag with food at a Wendy's location.

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

Researchers challenge fossil fuel companies' communications strategy

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

Health

A physician assistant and a patient in an exam room run physical tests to check for a rotator cuff injury.

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

Science often ignores menopause. These researchers are changing that.

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

Society & Culture

A pair of large hands cradle smaller hands that are holding a plant in soil.

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

This collective chronicles Latin American public service design

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

Sports

Northeastern women’s hockey players celebrate on the ice while lifting the NCAA regional trophy.

Northeastern women’s ice hockey team advances to Frozen Four

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

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

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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