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Behavioral Neuroscience
How Northeastern student-athletes become champions on field and in classroom
They averaged a 3.411 GPA this past spring while also boosting the university to a No. 11 national ranking for athletic success. “I think people may not realize the demands that are on our student-athletes and how hard they work at both of their crafts,” says Jim Madigan, Northeastern’s athletic director.
August 11, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Women Who Empower announce 2023 Innovator Awards winners
Twenty-eight entrepreneurs have been recognized for their innovative, boundary-pushing work by Northeastern University’s 2023 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards.
June 27, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: Hope Zamora
I am Hope Zamora a major in behavioral neuroscience on the pre-med track. I am also in the Honors Program. I will be graduating in May of 2023.
June 21, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Northeastern students mentoring young women in Cambodia
Leading a women’s college dormitory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, may not be the typical place you’d find a third-year neuroscience and pre-med student like Northeastern’s Yueting Lu.
May 30, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience, College of Science
‘I have an education, and I will not waste it.’
Northeastern University undergraduate student speaker Clara Wu urged fellow graduates to be proud of what they have achieved, cherish their families, and go out and turn their knowledge into action.
May 07, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Sometimes backyard paleontology turns into a swimming pool
Her childhood paleontology dreams didn’t pan out when the brachiosaurus skull she and a friend were digging up in her family’s backyard turned out to be just a large rock.
May 02, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Meet the undergraduate commencement student speaker
For Northeastern University undergraduate student commencement speaker Clara Wu, the goal is to be relatable, genuine, and to impart some sage advice.
April 27, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Narrative | The Science of Movement
Northeastern professor Dagmar Sternad is studying ballet dancers to understand how to help people regain their balance in old age. Her findings could help us improve our mobility, design better robots, and discover how to more effectively treat stroke patients.
February 22, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience
Video games might be better for balance rehab than conventional physical therapy
Don’t throw away that Wii Fit Balance Board––it might be more valuable than you think. New research from a team at Northeastern University found that active video games––like Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution––are more effective for improving balance than conventional forms of physical therapy.
February 06, 2023
Behavioral Neuroscience, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology
Advancing Women in Science 2022 Scholars
Congratulations to the five undergraduate students who have been named 2022 Advancing Women in Science Scholars!
June 02, 2022
Behavioral Neuroscience
Fulbright-funded research will have grad student studying the impact of virtual learning on kids
Nicole Occidental, BS in Behavioral Neuroscience, recently received a full scholarship from the U.S. Fulbright Students Program to begin her master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University in the Netherlands next year.
April 08, 2022
Behavioral Neuroscience
The spiritual joys of Ramadan
First-year behavioral neuroscience major Laila Kibodya discusses the Islamic celebration of Ramadan, and how the practice of fasting connects to higher spiritual principles.
March 31, 2022
Behavioral Neuroscience
What’s it like to compete at the Olympics? Northeastern athletes share their stories.
Northeastern students Devon Levi (Ice Hockey, Team Canada), COS student Alina Müller (Ice Hockey, Team Switzerland), and Sabrina Cass (Freestyle Skiing, Team Brazil), detail their incredible experience participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
March 30, 2022
Behavioral Neuroscience
Instagram Takeover: Brain Awareness Week with COS NEURONS
Sacha Sergent, public relations officer of the Northeastern University Researchers of Neuroscience club, shares her experience as a neuroscience major. She will highlight Brain Awareness Week during her upcoming Instagram Takeover Wednesday, March 9.
February 24, 2022