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Low vision is motivating this freshman

“No matter what happened, the key is to never give up,” says Christopher Suplice, a freshman in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He has…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer September 29, 2020

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern will provide more than $350M in financial aid. Millions more will support COVID-19 efforts.

The record investment is part of the university’s ongoing commitment to make a Northeastern education available to talented students from all circumstances and backgrounds.

by Peter Ramjug July 17, 2020

A team of Northeastern students was recently selected by NASA to enter the Big Idea Challenge, and will receive a $90,000 award to develop a robotic system to help astronauts explore permanently shadowed regions of the moon. From left: Julian Morgen, Paige Butler, and María Belén Ou. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

NASA is going back to the moon. Northeastern University students are designing robots to explore the terrain.

Some parts of the moon never see the light, but they are full of resources that NASA could mine to settle on the lunar surface and venture beyond. The agency selected a team of Northeastern students to be part of the 2020 Big Idea Challenge, in which they will develop robotic systems to help survey the darkest areas of the moon.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa February 21, 2020

January in a flash

The days were short, but we made the most of them. Relive the highlights in 30 seconds.

by Cam Sleeper January 31, 2020

Northeastern students Kyle Sferrazza and Matthew Kline recently participated in a cybersecurity competition as part of a group of Northeastern students who dominated the competition by taking the top five spots. Modoono/Northeastern University

To fight villains on the internet, turn students into hackers

Northeastern students dominated a cybersecurity competition when they turned to the dark side and became the same bad guys on the internet they are preparing to fight.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa December 11, 2019

Pitch, Please!—an all-female a cappella group at Northeastern—has won the collegiate division of a regional singing competition televised on the Boston station WGBH. Photo courtesy of WGBH.

They sang that thing. And then they won it.

Pitch, Please!—an all-female a cappella group at Northeastern—has won the collegiate division of a televised singing competition called Sing That Thing!

by David Harbeck June 3, 2019

He dreamed of being a screenwriter. So he built software to make it easier.

Campfire helps screenwriters, novelists, and game designers develop characters, outline plots, and build their own unique worlds, says Jason Louro, a third-year student at Northeastern who created the software.

by David Harbeck May 31, 2019

Ilya Yudkovich and his teammates on the men’s ultimate frisbee club at Northeastern have reached the national championships for the first time in program history. The women’s club has reached nationals for the fifth time. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘We want to be the hardest working team’

The men’s and women’s ultimate frisbee clubs at Northeastern will compete in the national championships in Texas this weekend.

by David Harbeck May 22, 2019

Michelle Mouw, the chief operating officer of Mass Hike, says that she joined the organization because she believes in the restorative and healing effects of nature. “This company is important to me because I believe access to nature is not a privilege, but a right,” she says. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

She’s giving Boston residents a taste of the great outdoors

Mass Hike, a nonprofit founded by a group of Northeastern students and alumni, provides guided hikes, activities, and round-trip transportation to parks, state reservations, and recreation areas at an affordable price.

by David Harbeck May 20, 2019

Here are the 147 flags you’ll see students waving at Commencement this year

Students in the Class of 2019 will wave flags from more than 140 countries on Friday at Commencement in honor of the nations that have had a profound effect on their personal and professional lives. Take a look at our interactive map to find out which flags they will be flying on the big day.

by Tyler Machado May 1, 2019