Lego robots go for the gold

North­eastern doc­toral can­di­date Daniel Blus­tein devel­oped a cur­riculum to intro­duce middle school stu­dents to bio­mimetic sci­ence, the focus of his own research.

Pathways to success

The North­eastern expe­ri­ence gives stu­dents a career edge after grad­u­a­tion, whether they’re landing dynamic posi­tions in their fields or advancing their edu­ca­tion in top grad­uate programs.

The quintessential global citizen

Stu­dent com­mence­ment speaker Miguel de Corral has worked, studied, and con­ducted field research in 17 coun­tries around the world and dreams of becoming a for­eign policy adviser.

Northeastern celebrates the Class of 2013

The uni­ver­sity will hold its 111th Com­mence­ment exer­cises on Friday to honor its grad­u­ates as well an influ­en­tial group of leaders receiving hon­orary degrees. Com­mence­ment cel­e­bra­tions kicked off Thursday with the second-​​annual doctor of phi­los­ophy hooding ceremony.

Excellence in experiential learning

North­eastern rec­og­nized 17 accom­plished seniors at the Out­standing Coop­er­a­tive Edu­ca­tion Awards Cer­e­mony, held last week in the Curry Stu­dent Center Ball­room.  The stu­dents’ co-​​​​op expe­ri­ences include working at Boston’s world-​​​​class … read more »

Welcome to the real world, Iron Man

Elec­trical and com­puter engi­neering cap­stone stu­dents were inspired by the movie Iron Man in their devel­op­ment of goCAD, a pro­gram that allows users to manip­u­late vir­tual objects with nothing but a swipe of their hand.

Northeastern announces 2013 honorary degree recipients

At its 111th com­mence­ment exer­cises in May, the uni­ver­sity will present hon­orary degrees to an accom­plished group of influ­en­tial leaders, as well as one that rec­og­nizes all of the first respon­ders and law enforce­ment who acted with extra­or­di­nary courage, com­pas­sion, and resolve fol­lowing the tragic Boston Marathon bombings.