This illustration photo shows a user interacting with a smartphone app to customize an avatar for a personal artificial intelligence chatbot.

AI chatbots linked to psychological harm, Northeastern study finds

New research outlines how the use of AI chatbots for companionship and support is linked with “severe negative outcomes.”
Sophie Gandsas standing outside a glass-walled building, wearing navy scrubs and smiling.

Grandfather’s struggle leads student to a co-op studying prion disease

Students talk during an election tabling event.

All-analog Oakland student government race brings record voter turnout

A person is seen in silhouette from behind, facing a computer monitor that displays a video game interface with a task list, a countdown timer, and a status bar.

Research-based game design shields students from an industry in flux

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Northeastern finalizes merger with Marymount Manhattan College, officially becomes Northeastern University – New York City

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Andy Burnham makes a speech in front of a crowd outside 10 Downing Street, London.

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These Northeastern students are cleaning up the neighborhood

Every Sunday of the year, Northeastern University’s ‘Clean up’ Crew picks up trash in the Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods.
Four people sit in plastic chairs outdoors in a rural part of Uganda.

Co-op finds conversation, commitment and community in Uganda

Zora Hynnek completed a co-op as a researcher with the Foundation for Sustainable Community-Based Development (FOSCOD) in Jinja, Uganda.
Confetti falls as students on stage put their hands in the air to celebrate convocation.

Your Northeastern odyssey is about ‘who you become,’ students told

Taking inspiration from Homer’s Odyssey, Northeastern graduates Elena and Stella Megalou told incoming students to embrace the unexpected
Pratham Shah wearing a suit poses in front of the JLL logo at a reception desk in an office lobby.

The student refining AI at one of the largest real estate firms

The unique co-op gave Pratham Shah valuable perspective on how AI can be implemented across any industry, not just in tech.
Students cheering and waving red and white pom-poms while reaching toward the camera in front of a Japanese Student Association club table.

Northeastern clubs kick off the new academic year at Fall Fest

More than 500 organizations were represented at this year’s Fall Fest on the Boston campus, including student clubs and sports teams.
Two students unpacking in a dorm room, one sitting on a bed talking while the other stands unpacking a Northeastern tote bag, with moving boxes and framed photos on the wall.

Northeastern students make a fast start to London life

More than 1000 students arrive from across the world to start their Northeastern journey in the historic center of Britain’s capital

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