Swimming in that ‘dirty’ water?

Ferdi Hell­weger, an asso­ciate pro­fessor of envi­ron­mental engi­neering, was awarded the Envi­ron­mental Merit Award by the EPA in recog­ni­tion of his work to make the Charles River swim­mable once again.

One person’s trash is their treasure

An unwanted toaster and a chance con­ver­sa­tion lead North­eastern stu­dent to found a campus orga­ni­za­tion that pro­motes the reuse of student-​​life sta­ples — with the ulti­mate ben­efit to charity