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Emily Baumgartner, left, and Luke Finley, second from left, join friends from their church group in a birthday toast to one of the members, upper right, during their weekly “Monday Night Hang” gathering at the Tiki Bar on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Monday, May 17, 2021, in New York. “Most of us live alone. and we need community. During the pandemic, we started hanging out in the park (Central Park) once a week. Once bars and restaurants reopened, we started coming back to Tiki Bar afterward. Under the latest regulations, vaccinated New Yorkers can shed their masks in most situations Wednesday. Restaurants, shops, gyms and many other businesses can go back to full occupancy if all patrons are inoculated. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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When can we say that the COVID-19 pandemic is over?

The rapid decline in coronavirus infection rates in the U.S. might make it feel like the end of the pandemic is upon us. It’s not yet. But the point at which we do consider it over may be confusing—and personal. AP Photo/Kathy Willens
June 15, 2021
08/11/20 – BOSTON, MA. – Associate Professor Rebeca Rosengaus studies social insect behavior and researches how insects control and contain pathogen outbreaks in their own colonies. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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For ideas about fighting pandemics, look to termites and ants

Social insects like termites and ants have evolved many methods to combat disease. What can we learn from them in fighting human pandemics? A lot, says Rebeca Rosengaus, an associate professor and behavioral ecologist at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
June 01, 2021

Remembering Jim Waters

The Northeastern College of Science recently lost an important and influential member of the community. Entrepreneur, benefactor, trustee, and scientist, Jim Waters passed away on May 17th, 2021. Born and raised in Nebraska, Jim Waters’ family moved to Framingham Massachusetts in 1942. In 1947, he received a bachelor’s degree in physics and engineering from Columbia […]
May 26, 2021

The not-so secret life of bees

Elena Getsios, who just finished her third-year behavioral neuroscience and philosophy major at Northeastern, got a taste for beekeeping after attending an event about the craft a few years ago. She jumped at the chance to learn more when she saw that the university offered a co-op at Best Bees, an urban beekeeping company located […]
May 21, 2021

Student Profile: Margaret Cai, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering Major

Margaret Cai is a Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry Major. She is graduating next year in the Spring of 2022. Why did you decide to study Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry at Northeastern? “I’ve always been very interested in biology and chemistry. When I was younger, I read books about diseases just because I found them fascinating. […]
May 19, 2021
06/10/19 – NAHANT, MA. – Students Jaxon Derow and Sahana Simonetti exit the water after collecting mussels for a research project at the Marine Science Center on June 10, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Northeastern’s award-winning coastal research campus in Massachusetts faces public vote

NAHANT, Mass. Northeastern students Jaxon Derow and Sahana Simonetti gather mussels for a research project at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. For ecological forecasters at the center, mussels act as a barometer of climate change, and help researchers understand changing biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
May 14, 2021
06/10/19 – NAHANT, MA. – H William Detrich Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences research focuses on antarctic fish. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How Bill Detrich’s foresight led to the DNA sequencing of a rare icefish species

In 2004, Northeastern’s Bill Detrich had an idea ahead of its time: that scientists would one day sequence DNA from all of the Earth’s living creatures. Now, his efforts in anticipation of that genetics boom are paying off. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
May 10, 2021