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A stolen passport, a daring escape, and the search for home: A refugee story

Denis Skarep was 21 when he and his newlywed wife fled the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. “I definitely didn't see what was coming,” says Skarep, a senior production artist at Northeastern. The story of his six years as a refugee includes an overnight border crossing that is worthy of a spy movie.

by Ian Thomsen August 25, 2021

Mollie Harreys and Maxwell Benman, who are on co-op for the Sign Shop in the facilities department of Northeastern, work on COVID-19 guideline sign orders. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Where’d all these signs come from? Meet the co-ops who distribute COVID-19 directions on campus.

Mollie Harreys and Maxwell Benmen, co-ops at Northeastern’s Sign Shop, have been working around the clock to outfit the Boston campus with signs to promote the safety of everyone on campus and in the surrounding communities.

by Emily Arntsen August 26, 2020

Student designers go back to the (virtual) drawing board

When the pandemic threatened to cancel their third annual conference, members of Scout, Northeastern’s student-led design studio, did what designers do best—they reimagined it.

by Cam Sleeper June 2, 2020

Alessandra Ambrosio during the Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018/19 in Paris, France on July 4 , 2018. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images)

Paris Fashion Week, where the kumquats are plentiful and the wheat is hand-trimmed

The traditional fashion shows where models strut down a simple white catwalk are becoming outdated, as a Northeastern student discovered while working at a production company that puts together runway shows for Paris Fashion Week, which begins Monday.

by Debora Almeida September 21, 2018

Olivia Rouse created <i>Accio Data</i>, a data-driven visual guide to all things Harry Potter. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Recent graduate’s data visualizations transform the magic of Harry Potter into something Muggles can understand

Olivia Rouse created a data-driven guide to the Harry Potter franchise, whose books she’s read more than 10 times.

by Greg St. Martin June 21, 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 to spend her life “creating art with and for people.”

by Molly Callahan September 15, 2017

May 6, 2016 - BOSTON, MA. - Northeastern University celebrated its 114th Commencement on May 6, 2016. President Joseph E. Aoun led the undergraduate ceremony, which was held at TD Garden in Boston. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the Commencement address. Northeastern conferred honorary degrees upon a distinguished group of influential figures: Retired Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr., the administrator of NASA; Susan Hockfield, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Thomas McCarthy, an award-winning director, screenwriter, and actor whose most recent film, Spotlight, won the 2016 Oscar for Best Picture. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

For one Northeastern family, Commencement brings together three generations

Nestled within the crowd at Northeastern’s Commencement ceremony were three men with a tie that binds even more tightly than their shared surname: On that day, Jared Pike, AMD’16, joined his father, Glenn Pike, AS’86, and his grandfather, Richard Pike E’61, MBA’66, as a proud Northeastern graduate.

by Thea Singer May 10, 2016

A showcase of student art

The annual Department of Art + Design senior exhibit is now on display in Gallery 360. Curated by the department’s faculty, this show includes work by undergraduate seniors, as well as graduate students in the Information Design and Visualization program.

by Joe O'Connell May 6, 2015

Senior showcase

Photographs, oil paintings, videos, mini furniture, and a sculpture made out of colorful cough drops are among the artwork on display at Gallery 360 in a new exhibit featuring the work of talented Northeastern University seniors.

by Joe O'Connell April 29, 2014

‘Greatest Hits’ on display

As the culmination of their Northeastern experience, the work of more than 50 seniors in the Department of Art + Design will be on…

by Jordana Torres May 1, 2013

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