Jeffrey Agar, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, works in his lab at 140 The Fenway. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

10/07/21 – BOSTON, MA- Northeastern assistant academic specialist and natural signer Krishna Madaparthi spells out the word “Child” using American Sign Language on Thursday, October 7, 2021. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Back view of aged runner training by riverside in the morning

David Femi Lamptey, who studies computer engineering, and Nita Akoh, who studies neuroscience, pose for a portrait at Northeastern University on June 9, 2021. Akoh and Lamptey are the new president and vice-president of Northeastern’s African Student Organization. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

6/30/21 Boston, MA: Justyna Stukin, a behavioral neuroscience major, poses for a portrait in ISAC on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Stukin worked at the Berenson-Allen center for non-invasive brain treatment, learning how to use a trans magnetic stimulator. The device, which looks like a solid figure eight, is used to treat depression and could help slow the progress of Alzheimers disease. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

6/24/21 BOSTON, MA: Halle Chernin, a neuroscience major at Northeastern, pours new beer samples to be taste tested at the Boston Beer Company on Thursday, June 24, 2021. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

08/18/17 – BOSTON, MA. People gather for the Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference in ISEC on Aug. 18, 2017. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

[“English emotion words don’t translate well to biological descriptions of emotions. Northeastern’s PEN group is looking at new ways to study and define emotions.”/Siegel et al. 2018 in Psychology Bulletin

Researchers at Northeastern are studying rat brains to understand how trauma in infancy makes children, but especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later in life. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

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