10/21/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Water stock image on October 21, 2019. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Volunteers work at My Brother’s Table, a soup kitchen on the North Shore, to provide meals for takeout and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

05/03/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Northeastern University celebrated its 117th Commencement on May 3, 2019. President Joseph E. Aoun led the undergraduate ceremony, which was held at TD Garden in Boston. Tara Westover, the New York Times best-selling author of Educated, delivered the Commencement address. Northeastern conferred honorary degrees upon a distinguished group of influential figures: Amin J. Khoury, Eduardo J. Padrón, Beth Stevens, and Major General Cedric T. Wins. Photo by Cody O’Loughlin for Northeastern University

Andrea Unzueta-Martinez studied Sydney rock oyster larvae at the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, located 100 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia. Photo by Rachel Kara for Northeastern University

Here Vlad, our favorite herpetologist, is explaining about the unique history of the accidental wetland, Văcărești Nature Park, which has since become protected land in the middle of Bucharest. Photo from Caitlyn Ark

Divers from the Three Seas program explore a rocky reef in Coiba National Park, Panama. Photo by Tim Briggs for Northeastern University

Amanda Dwyer, a graduate of Northeastern’s doctoral program in marine and environmental sciences, is joining the Marine Debris Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

The fall colors of an Autumn salt marsh illustrate the large amount of turnover and decomposition that occurs annually

Lead author Dr. Marissa McMahan with the type of juvenile lobsters used in this study.