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Samples of skin tissue from older mice are helping Justin Crane, an assistant professor of biology at Northeastern, explore anti-aging mechanisms important for skin health. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

We know exercise is good for your skin. This protein mimics those effects in mice.

Skin cells lose their ability to heal themselves with age. Northeastern biologist Justin Crane is testing how a new treatment to heal wounds in older mice can help researchers understand the cellular mechanisms of aging and healing in the skin cells in elderly people.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa January 17, 2020

‘Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness’

Animations, illustrations, and sculptures. Videos, paintings, and information graphics. Graduating seniors in the Department of Art + Design have created a diverse array of projects…

by Cam Sleeper May 14, 2019

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Capping off Commencement

Graduates decorated their mortarboards to celebrate their achievements at Northeastern, pay homage to their new alma mater, and flaunt their creativity.

by Cam Sleeper May 6, 2019

Take that! Advice to incoming freshmen

As they enter the final lap of their undergraduate education, we asked four students what advice they would give to freshmen who are about to begin the race. What do they wish they knew when they were at the starting line that would have helped them pace themselves better during that important first lap?

by Sophia Fox-Sowell and Bill Ibelle July 23, 2018

Video: Northeastern University 2018 Commencement

Take a virtual look at some of the highlights from Northeastern’s 2018 Commencement celebration!…

by Kevin Deane May 6, 2018

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

2018 Commencement in photos

University photographers documented all the splendor and excitement from Northeastern University’s 116th Commencement exercises on Friday. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photo by Billie…

by Adam Glanzman May 4, 2018

Degrees in hand, Northeastern graduates are off to ‘WERK’

The floorboards at TD Garden rumbled as 22,000 friends and family members roared in appreciation when Northeastern University graduates flipped the tassels from the right of their mortar boards to the left—symbolizing their transition from undergraduate to graduate.

by Molly Callahan May 4, 2018

4,058 Northeastern seniors just earned their degrees. Here’s what they studied.

4,058 students graduated Friday at Northeastern’s 116th Commencement. See what the graduating class studied with this interactive visualization.Each college is represented as a colored circle.

by Lia Petronio May 4, 2018

Photo by Billie Weiss for Northeastern University

Aimée Mullins’ life began with uncertainty. She urged Northeastern’s Class of 2018 to embrace ‘the power of the unknown’

To this year’s graduates of the “world’s leading university for experiential learning,” Aimée Mullins made the case for the benefits of inexperience—for the “serendipity of surprise” that can only sprout when we leave preconceived notions at the door.

by Molly Callahan May 4, 2018

President Joseph E. Aoun delivers his address to graduates at Commencement on Friday. <i>Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University</i>

Learning is a lifelong task in the age of artificial intelligence, President Aoun tells graduates

In his Commencement speech on Friday, Aoun urged graduates to use their inherently human traits to fill societal needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot. “With the rise of machine intelligence, human intelligence is our most precious asset,” he said.

by Greg St. Martin May 4, 2018