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Ukraine is home to a number of important cultural spaces and historic buildings, most of which date back many hundreds of years. The Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv is perhaps the country’s most famous landmark, recognizable by its gold-capped domes. Photo by Vladimir Sindeyeve/NGetty Images

The other casualty of the war in Ukraine–architecture

Overshadowed by the human toll of the war in Ukraine is another tragedy: The loss—potential and, in some cases, already realized—of historic monuments, architecture, artwork, and public squares. Northeastern experts analyze the cultural cost and the efforts to protect priceless work.

by Molly Callahan March 25, 2022

Here’s what Boston looked like after a deadly wave of molasses swallowed the North End

Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood, which killed 21 people in Boston’s North End when a storage tank ruptured and…

by Gregory Grinnell and January 15, 2019

John Adams, a Founding Father and the second president of the United States, scrawled comments in the margins of several passages of Julie, ou La nouvelle Héloïse.

The scribblings of John Adams might help build a better search engine

David Smith, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science and a founding member of the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, received an $82,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to extract information about readers from scanned texts.

by Khalida Sarwari December 20, 2018

Daniel J. Cohen, newly appointed dean of libraries and vice provost for information collaboration, poses for a portrait at Snell Library on Tuesday. <i>Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University</i>

Northeastern appoints new dean of libraries

Daniel J. Cohen, who will join the university on June 1, is founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America in Boston. To Northeastern, he brings extensive leadership and innovation in leveraging technology and digital tools to advance scholarship in humanities fields.

by Greg St. Martin April 26, 2017

Northeastern University School of Law - Faculty and Students in Classrooms - Professor Margaret Burnham

Law professor Margaret Burnham named Carnegie Fellow

Burnham founded Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and her fellowship will support the development of the project’s archive.

by Greg St. Martin April 19, 2016

Libraries swapping stacks for bytes

Northeastern University celebrated the work of the newly created Digital Public Library of America with a daylong series of workshops focused on the future of the online repository.

by Joe O'Connell October 29, 2013

Archivist sees bright future in collections of past

Giordana Mecagni, the new university archivist and head of special collections, is ready to increase the scope of the Archives and Special Collections Department, which preserves valuable collections that documents the history of both Northeastern and Boston.

by Joe O'Connell September 13, 2013

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