Northeastern Global News

3 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cyrus Moulton

Northeastern University graduate Stephen Lynch has worked on nuclear submarines, co-founded a clean energy company acquired by a Fortune 200 firm, and now leads a wireless company focused on smart buildings and microgrids. He’s also a dedicated philanthropist with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. How has he done it all? “My Northeastern degree became my superpower,” Lynch recently told College of Engineering graduates at Matthews Arena.

4 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cyrus Moulton

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 on Sunday. “This education is your lifelong bedrock — four strong foundations I call the ‘four Cs’ make it unique,” Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun told graduates. He outlined the four Cs as curiosity, creativity, context and community.

4 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cesareo Contreras

Sean Callahan’s family has a sizable connection to Northeastern University. He and his wife received their master’s degrees from the university — his in industrial engineering and his wife’s in taxation. And decades ago, his mother earned her doctorate in toxicology from Northeastern. On Sunday, the Callahans’ daughter Francesca was added to the list, graduating from the university with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting.

4 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Schuyler Velasco

After sharing a surprise video of well-wishes to the class of 2025  from pop superstars Cardi B, Ed Sheeran and Rose, Elliot Grainge — a successful entrepreneur, record executive and Northeastern graduate — zeroed in on one tiny, powerful word during his keynote address at the university’s undergraduate commencement ceremony: No.“I’m here to tell you the two greatest things people have said to me,” Grainge told a crowd of more than 6,000 undergraduates at Fenway Park.

4 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Ian Thomsen

Your education provides you with profound strengths that transcend the AI era, Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun told graduates Sunday at their commencement ceremonies in venerable Fenway Park. “In this era of disruption, we all need a guiding light,” Aoun told undergraduates seated before him for the afternoon ceremony. “Northeastern is more than a network. It is a steady constellation in the shifting skies. “It will never fade with time or distance,” Aoun said.