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Samuel V. Scarpino, Ph.D., Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Physics
Whooping Cough is Back. Here’s the Global Collaboration to Fight It.
Nearly 50 scientists collaborated with Physics Professor Sam Scarpino to develop a compendium on pertussis and dispute the reasoning for its resurgence worldwide.
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Graphic by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
You Want To Manage Your Anger Better. Your Brain Wants You to Stay Alive. Here’s How You Can Do Both.
Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how emotion and the brain are linked.
Dan Distel and Rueben Shipway discovered a new genus of shipworm in the Philippines. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Marine Science Center
Ocean Genome Legacy Researchers Discover New Shipworm Species
A new genus and species of shipworm has been discovered in the Philippines thanks to work conducted by Dan Distal and Reuben Shipway of the Ocean Genome Legacy.
Photo courtesy of Ella Brunsting
Biology
Building the Perfect Co-op, Cell by Cell
Second year cell and molecular biology student Ella Brunsting designed her own co-op, ultimately placing her in Belgium at the GIGA Institute.
On Monday, Ken Henderson takes on a new role as Northeastern’s first chancellor. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biotechnology, College of Science
Meet Northeastern’s First Chancellor
Previously the Dean of the College of Science, Ken Henderson has been appointed as the first Chancellor of Northeastern University.
Photo courtesy of Catherine Beley
Mathematics
Alumni Profile: Catherine Beley, MS in Applied Math
Catherine Beley earned her Masters in Applied Math from Northeastern University and now works for Hulu as the manager of the Data Insights team.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology
Research Grants Awarded to Two Undergraduate Students
Two undergraduate students working in Professor Rebecca Shansky’s lab were awarded research grants from the Mindlin Foundation and Northeastern University.
01/09/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Professor Dagmar Sternad studies human movement with Boston ballet dancers in her lab on January 9, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Biotechnology
What Can Ballet Dancers Teach Us About Balance?
Biology Professor Dagmar Sternad takes a deeper look at the human body's ability to balance.
Photo by Brooks Canaday
Biology
Fall Defenses in the Biology Department
Three doctoral candidates - Meining Carly Ching, Tommy Tashjian, and Antonia Vitalo, - have all successfully defended their dissertations.
Elizabeth Curtis, Biology ’19, pulls a sample of a beer during the brewing process at Boston Beer Company in Jamaica Plain. Photo by Tim Briggs
Biology, Psychology
The Science (and Co-ops) Behind Boston Beer
An exploration of Boston Beer Company's R&D Brewery, through the eyes of three College of Science co-ops.