Photo Essay

Graduates, family and friends cheered, danced, sang and wiped away a few bittersweet tears as the Northeastern University Class of 2025 celebrated together a final time at commencement ceremonies at Fenway Park in Boston. More than 50,000 guests filled Fenway Park for Northeastern’s 123rd commencement ceremonies to honor this year’s graduating class of 5,596 graduate students and 6,493 undergraduates.

Alum and adaptive surfer Claudio Morales is preparing for the World Surfing Championship on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Morales grew up surfing in Chile, where he began surfing at the age of three. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, where he spends his days surfing at the Pleasure Point Park coast waves. Morales suffered spinal cord injury in a car accident 12 years ago, while he was a student. After his accident, Morales underwent therapy to recover mobility where he was introduced to Adaptive Surfing and decided we wanted to be part of it, once he recovered.

The Molecular Monitoring for Health and Environment Lab was created at GVSU to join a network of laboratories across Michigan that had begun to monitor wastewater and provide critical data for public health officials tracking the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Through the lens: science and research at our university. 

Photo essay of graduation celebrations.

Loyola alum Adeel Akhtar was 7 years old when he visited Pakistan from the U.S. and met a girl his age with a limb difference, using a stick as a crutch to walk. This was the moment that put Akhtar on a path toward creating a bionic hand with touch sensitivity at an affordable price point for people who have lost limbs. His company, Psyonic, employees several users of the bionic hand, who put prototypes to the test by completing daily tasks like driving or cooking, offering valuable feedback for future iterations of the hand. 

Photos highlighting key moments from an International Residency to Japan taken by Full-Time MBA students at the Terry College of Business. Throughout the experience, students applied what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world business challenges, working directly with international clients. The journey was a blend of cultural discovery, professional growth, and hands-on problem solving—offering a glimpse into what it's like to do business on a global scale.

With student participation in religious life declining, ICE arrests targeting Muslim students, and allegations of campus antisemitism prompting funding cuts at major universities, higher education leaders are urgently seeking ways to support students’ spiritual identities, protect free expression, and foster meaningful interfaith dialogue. Loyola University Chicago stands at the forefront of this work.  

This photo essay explores how Loyola’s Campus Ministry cultivates a vibrant, inclusive spiritual environment through chaplain-led counseling, dedicated prayer spaces for five major faith traditions, regular worship services, and interfaith retreats and programming. 

Imagine a world where sustainability items were treated like makeup ads. Recently we joined in a new partnership with sustainability items and to help give them a clean and fresh look I was inspired by makeup ads. 

From left, Dr. Jerry Kane, Professor and C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration at the Terry College of Business , Professor Christopher Cornwell, PhD., Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Insights, and Director of the J.M. Tull School of Accounting Margaret Christ, PhD, pose for their portraits in October 2024 in Athens, Ga. The trio represent the main departments pooling resources to create the new Ivester Center for Business Analytics and insights at the Terry College of Business.