News
The Science of Movement
How do we move elegantly? How do we balance? Dagmar Sternad is studying ballet dancers to discover the science of movement.
July 31, 2019
What Secrets Do Ballet Dancers Hold For People With Disabilities? Or For Robots?
Dagmar Sternad is looking to ballet dancers to find answers for people with disabilities through studies of human motor control and learning.
March 29, 2019
What Can Ballet Dancers Teach Us About Balance?
Biology Professor Dagmar Sternad takes a deeper look at the human body's ability to balance.
January 30, 2019
Healthy aging: can we turn back time?
Northeastern researchers touched on that question this week in a series of talks that examined renewing tissue function, improving and restoring motor control, and the remarkable memory power of superagers.
April 26, 2017
Northeastern hosts budding scientists from across the nation
Some 100 high school students spent Thursday meeting faculty members, touring labs and research facilities, and seeing science in action at Northeastern as part of the American Junior Academy of Science’s annual conference.
February 17, 2017
College of Science honors student wins Marshall Scholarship
Julia Ebert, S’15, has won a Marshall Scholarship to pursue a one-year master’s of research in bioengineering at Imperial College London starting in the fall.
December 08, 2014
The wonder of human movement
Biology and physics professor Dagmar Sternad received the 50th annual Robert D. Klein University Lecturer Award on Tuesday and discussed her interdisciplinary research on how the brain controls the human body.
April 09, 2014
Students learn research skills through summer program
First-year students explored a range of research topics in the Summer Discovery Experience, an intensive summer initiative run by the National Science Foundation-funded PRISM program.
June 06, 2013
Honors student named Goldwater Scholar
Julia Ebert, a third-year behavioral neuroscience major, has been awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
April 24, 2013
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
Sometimes it's easier to just see something rather than have someone try to explain it.
January 10, 2013