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    Yihzi You, assistant professor of physics, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Sciences Foundation to study specific interactions between subatomic particles.

    How Yizhi You’s quantum research could revolutionize computing and STEM education

  • Co-op
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    Amelia Langan, husky alum, helped a Bay Area start up create a device that may help prevent toxic algae from growing in ocean waters.

    As grad student, Northeastern co-op helps Bay Area startup develop device to prevent toxic algae blooms

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  • They’re living boulders on the ocean floor. Northeastern research explains the mysterious corallith

    They’re living boulders on the ocean floor. Northeastern research explains the mysterious corallith

    Mark Patterson, a professor at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center, studied hundreds of coralliths off the coast of the Florida Keys.
  • From Nahant to the Galápagos: Northeastern Alum Gregory Lewbart’s Journey of Discovery

    From Nahant to the Galápagos: Northeastern Alum Gregory Lewbart’s Journey of Discovery

    From a college student at a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania to a fish veterinarian at North Carolina State University’s Veterinary School, Dr. Greg Lewbart credits his current success to Northeastern University’s Master’s program.
  • Barnett Institute 50th Anniversary and Karger Medal Celebration

    Barnett Institute 50th Anniversary and Karger Medal Celebration

    Program 50th Anniversary Hazel Sive, PhDDean, College of Science, Northeastern University Welcome Remarks Rhoda BernsteinDaughter of Dr. Louis and Madlyn Barnett Reflections from the Barnett Family Barry L. Karger, PhDFounding Director Emeritus,Barnett Institute of Chemical & Biological Analysis, Northeastern University The Barnett Institute: 50 Years In September 1973, the Institute of Chemical Analysis, Applications and […]
  • Northeastern University STEM students accelerate their professional development at the SASE National Conference

    Northeastern University STEM students accelerate their professional development at the SASE National Conference

    In October of 2023, the Northeastern Chapter of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) attended the 2023 SASE National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: Erin Williams

    Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: Erin Williams

    I am Erin Williams. I will be graduating in May of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology and a minor in Psychology.
  • Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: JeTaury Davis

    Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: JeTaury Davis

    My name is JeTaury Davis but I go by Jet for short. I will graduate in the spring of 2024 with a Cellular and Molecular Biology major and a minor in Africana Studies.
  • Why are we seeing so many sharks? When is it OK to hunt them?

    Why are we seeing so many sharks? When is it OK to hunt them?

    Northeastern University Ph.D. student Evan Prasky helps federal agencies sort fact from fiction in order to develop policies that protect the ecosystem and promote the long-term sustainability of the fishing industry and fishing stocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Cuttlefish and Co-ops: A Conversation with Marine Biology Major Gwendolyn McManus

    Cuttlefish and Co-ops: A Conversation with Marine Biology Major Gwendolyn McManus

    Marine Biology student Gwendolyn McManus chatted with our team recently about her work as a co-op at Marine Biological Laboratory, her recent publication, and her current projects.
  • Mapping Black Mangroves Along the Gulf: MSC Researchers Receive Grant to Grow Coastal Resilience

    Mapping Black Mangroves Along the Gulf: MSC Researchers Receive Grant to Grow Coastal Resilience

    Thanks to a grant from the National Academies Gulf Research Program, Randall Hughes and Steven Scyphers will embark on a research project to examine range expansion of the black mangrove in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
  • They’re Planning to Build a New Space Station… at the Bottom of the Ocean

    They’re Planning to Build a New Space Station… at the Bottom of the Ocean

    The underwater research station will allow scientists and engineers to live, work, and conduct long-term experiments under the sea. Rendering by Yves Béhar, courtesy of Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center.
  • Global Population, Climate, and Technology Are Changing Human Health. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

    Global Population, Climate, and Technology Are Changing Human Health. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

    “We see how much the world is changing,” Northeastern student and Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh told an audience of students, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts on Friday. “People, planet, and technology need to change along with it in order to have a healthier and safer world.”
  • Meet Cassandra

    Meet Cassandra

    The goal of this project was to explore how to control and manipulate the spontaneous polymerization of collagen, the primary material that makes up native tissue, in order to increase the accessibility of collagen in the design of biomaterials and regenerative medicine. In our previous work, we demonstrated that we could increase both the solubility and […]