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Sitting at the head of a table, Casper Smith points an orange toy sword at miniature figures on a hand-drawn battle map on a table while flour players lean in to look at it. Books, notes, and dice lie on the table in front of them.
University News

Old games built on imagination and dice rolls thrive at Northeastern

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by Rich McKay
Three rats rummaging around black garbage bags full of trash on a street in daylight.
Science & Technology

Boston’s rats are talking. Scientists are listening with AI

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by Katya Poltorak
A person looks at a large art piece on a wall.
University News

Imagination of Boston’s youth on view through grad’s MFA exhibit

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by Hannah Morse
Rachel Oppong standing on a dark stage beside a light bulb, gazing upward, with a typewriter and a coiled orange extension cord among the props around her.
Society & Culture

The student combining theater and psychology to support homeless youth

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by Peter Rubinstein
A hand picks up trash stuck in a wired fence.
University News

These Northeastern students are cleaning up the neighborhood

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by Cesareo Contreras
Graduates in caps hold up flags representing their home countries as colored smoke rises over the stands at Fenway Park.
University News

Here’s when and where Northeastern’s class of 2027 will graduate

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by Hannah Morse
Students cheering and waving red and white pom-poms while reaching toward the camera in front of a Japanese Student Association club table.
University News

Northeastern clubs kick off the new academic year at Fall Fest

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by Cesareo Contreras
Two female students play in foam, embracing one another.
University News

Foam, food and Funk: Incoming freshmen kick off Boston Welcome Week

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by Tanner Stening
Students seated in a row of stools face a large projection screen showing a video call with collaborators, inside a darkened studio space with theater lighting rigs overhead.
University News

How new AI tech is turning two campuses into one classroom

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by Cesareo Contreras
A woman with a tattoo on her forearm clips blue-and-white dyed fabric panels to an overhead rack in a glass-walled gallery space.
University News

Northeastern Artists-in-Residence open new show at Gallery 360

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by Rich McKay
Students unload furniture and boxes from a moving truck onto a residential street, one person handing items down to others below.
University News

Off-campus move-in: What to know, what to expect and what to do

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by Cyrus Moulton
A student uses the VR headset system in the Immersive Media Lab.
University News

Virtual games, but a real-life experience for these Explorers

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by Cyrus Moulton