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Q&A with Jihoon Jun, BA in Biology
Jihoon Jun is currently enrolled in the biology program and will be graduating in 2023. Learn about his experience in the program. Q: What is your major, and when are you graduating? I’m a Biology major on the Predental track, graduating in 2023. Q: Why did you decide to pursue this major? Knowing I wanted […]
September 16, 2022
Lifestyle choices affect our brain’s capabilities throughout life — this researcher wants to know how.
Timothy Morris did not anticipate he would become an academic, but his career path led him to the position he now loves: postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern. Morris recounts his research journey, the significance of his current work, and why academia at Northeastern is his calling.
April 30, 2021
College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Regeneration Biology
Listen to Hazel Sive, Dean of the College of Science, as she talks to James Monaghan, Associate Professor of Biology.
April 28, 2021
These athletes pursue championships while on co-op
Megan Carter (left), a sophomore defenseman for the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team, and Sammy Shupe, senior setter for the women’s volleyball team, have been contending for championships while on co-op. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
April 28, 2021
Seeing the Future: Microsoft Partnership allows Professor Jared Auclair to bring Mixed Reality to the Classroom
With the HoloLens, Professor Jared Auclair uses mixed reality media to teach students biotechnology skills. This partnership with Microsoft is bring innovation to Northeastern's classrooms.
April 20, 2021
First-of-its-kind nanosensor could help diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease
Every movement in the human body—from lifting our arms to our beating hearts—is regulated in some way by signals from our brains. Until recently, scientists often tracked and understood that brain-body communication only after the fact, sort of like listening to a voicemail as opposed to being on a call. But researchers at Northeastern have […]
April 16, 2021
They inspire women to code and teach lifelong learning skills
When Laney Strange began her career in computer science as an undergraduate student at Simmons College, a women’s college, she almost forgot she was entering into a male-dominated field. “My first four years of computer science were collaborative and not competitive,” says Strange, an associate teaching professor of computer science at Northeastern. “I never felt […]
April 08, 2021
Recipients of the College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award 2021
The College of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize and reward outstanding NU College of Science faculty for their significant contributions to student learning. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners. Prof. Jude Mathews, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Prof. Mathews was recognized for consistently exceptional teaching performance, extraordinary dedication […]
March 08, 2021
Alum Q&A: Vance Consalvo ’15
Vance Consalvo is a Dentist in New York. Vance was a Biology Major, Class of 2015. Why did you decide to study Biology at Northeastern? Is there a specific element of the program that you enjoyed in your time here? I knew the most efficient way to hit all the necessary pre-requisites for dental school […]
February 22, 2021
Cellaria Inc. Partners with Researchers at Northeastern University to Advance New Photomedicine Therapies for Key Cancers
Partnering with Cellaria, Northeastern's Spring lab has been awarded a grant of $3.2 M for cancer therapy research, based around Dr. Bryan Spring's focus on antibody-photosensitizers.
November 17, 2020
Getting Under Your Skin: How a Interdisciplinary Team of Scientists Came Together to Study Epithelial Cells
A duo of Northeastern physicists team up with Harvard biologists to accomplish something neither group could on their own. Find out how physics can revolutionize the biological sciences, and what it means for physics in return.
November 16, 2020
He’s Back in the Lab with His Salamanders
Working with axolotls, a regenerative Mexican salamander, has defined James Monaghan's adult life. But an international pandemic put a stop to his work.
October 01, 2020
Intestinal Bacteria Could Give Doctors an Objective Test for Chronic Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme disease is a relatively unknown to the general public, but horrific fact of life for many. A new way of identifying this mysterious syndrome doesn't involve any bulls-eye rashes, but your gut.
September 26, 2020
The Coronavirus Might Have Weak Spots. Machine Learning Could Help Find Them.
What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? The answer is in its proteins. Mary Jo Ondrechen and Penny Beuning, professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are using machine learning to investigate these proteins and begin to understand how to slow the spread of the virus.
May 18, 2020