Portraits

Student loses over 100 lbs by finding a passion for bouldering.

Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering Canek Fuentes-Hernandez poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. 

Martin Luther King Jr. traveled north from his home in Atlanta to attend Boston University, a pursuit that eventually led him to the Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, where he preached and worshiped while completing his theology degree. Seventy years later, the Rev. Willie Bodrick II finds himself treading a parallel path—after attending Northeastern’s School of Law, the Atlanta native is now the fourteenth pastor of the historic Twelfth Baptist Church. 

Senior Pastor Reverend Willie Bodrick poses for a portrait in the Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, MA on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. 

Portrait of Joe Vandal and the Hockey sports club for social media campus winter package.

First Responder Grant D. serves community and country, years after major injury - UIHC patient success story

Esias Bedinger is working to eradicate Malaria from his home country of Chad. 

“Nationally, about 41 percent of Black-owned businesses closed when the pandemic first hit,” said Ed Garner, regional director for the SBDC West Michigan Region. “Most were smaller businesses. Some
may have been able to reopen by now, but many are still struggling.” Born and raised in Muskegon, Deanna Gantt started her cosmetology program as
a senior in high school. She became a licensed cosmetologist as well as a licensed cosmetology instructor for the State of Michigan in 2004.

In-studio portrait:
Dr. Niranjana Krishnan, an assistant research professor in biological sciences, says that certain insecticides are better than others for minimally impacting animal habitats. Krishnan recently published her research on milkweed plant habitats near corn and soybean fields in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In the article, she reviewed the toxicity of six insecticides commonly used in leaf and seed treatments and how they impact nearby monarch butterfly larvae.

Khalid Yusuf, the son of Somali immigrants, grew up with an appreciation for learning, and coming to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln turned out to be the “perfect opportunity” for him to pursue higher education.  “They really pushed me to see that education is an important key to success,” Yusuf said. “I want to fulfill the American dream and go all the way to graduate school and do as much as I can to take advantage of an opportunity that my parents did not have. This lifelong learner mindset was the biggest attribute that they gave me, and I really appreciate them for that.”

 A university employees blows glitter from their beard during a festive portrait session.