College of Arts

This architect looked at an abandoned, littered parking lot under a highway and saw something beautiful

Dan Adams, who directs Northeastern’s School of Architecture, had to meet a lot of competing goals to reimagine a deserted plot of land in Boston’s…

by Molly Callahan February 8, 2019

What made Bird Box so popular?

The answer, says Yakov Bart, an associate professor of marketing at Northeastern, is in the memes.

by Molly Callahan January 2, 2019

The United States isn’t quite a melting pot, this data visualization artist says. It’s more like a tree.

Pedro Cruz thinks of the United States as a tree. Specifically, as a tree trunk, with its concentric rings demarking growth throughout the years. As…

by Molly Callahan December 12, 2018

Lessons from the pineapple under the sea

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants, died this week at 57 years old. But the underwater world he constructed is more than just a Nickelodeon…

by Molly Callahan November 28, 2018

How to make an artist

How to become an artist is a big question, one that a person can spend a lifetime answering.

by Aria Bracci November 7, 2018

When The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel calls, you catch that bus

What happens when you’re working on the Emmy-winning show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? Well, you get to see big-name actors being regular people. You get…

by Molly Callahan September 27, 2018

Campus is her canvas

Northeastern senior Kathryn Kerr discovered her passion—and herself—in design. Now, she’s finishing up her biggest mural yet in the campus tunnel system, and identifying ways…

by Molly Callahan September 15, 2017

Fun and games at the gallery

A new Gallery 360 exhibit features adjunct professor Peter Thibeault’s work, in which he’s artistically assembled a variety of impressive pieces using vintage objects, board…

by Greg St. Martin August 28, 2017

Bob Dylan: a ‘singular phenomenon,’ and now a Nobel laureate

Bob Dylan made history when he was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, becoming the first musician to receive the honor.

by Joe O'Connell October 20, 2016

3Qs: Trapped in social media ‘echo chambers’

Social media has become a go-to platform for people to express their opinions on the hot topics of the day. But in many cases, people…

by Joe O'Connell July 6, 2016