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Chemistry major heads to India to co-op at Ernst & Young
Spencer Martin is working at Ernst & Young as part of the pharmaceuticals team, preparing for and performing mergers and acquisitions of Indian and multi-national pharmaceutical companies.
May 24, 2016
MSC launches survey of citizen science in Metro Boston region
As the Metro Boston Regional Service Provider for the MassBays National Estuary Program, the MSC is conducting an inventory of citizen science in the region. The following summarizes the intent and scope of a survey designed to help us characterize the scope, scale, and nature of local efforts. What’s the purpose of the inventory? We are […]
May 23, 2016
Compression-Based Methods of Statistical Analysis and Prediction of Time Series
Professor Mikhail Malyutov and co-authors Boris Ryabko and Jaakko Astola have written this book on Statistics and Data Analysis, which has just been published by Springer. It is now available in print and online.
May 23, 2016
Kenneth W. Henderson appointed dean of College of Science
Kenneth W. Henderson, a scholar of synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry, is a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. He will join Northeastern on July 1.
May 23, 2016
Biotech entrepreneurs pitch their startups
Biotech entrepreneurship took center stage at Northeastern on Friday, when four teams of graduate students pitched their startups to a panel of judges at a competition that wrapped up an eight-week boot camp.
May 19, 2016
Predicting natural disaster damage while on co-op
Amina Ly is an environmental science major who's on co-op in Philadelphia.
May 19, 2016
As Canada wildfires rage, faculty experts examine the ramifications
Wildfires continue to rage for a third week in and around the city of Fort McMurray in Canada's Alberta province, the country’s oil-sands capital. Some 96,000 people have been evacuated from the area and 2,400 buildings have been destroyed. We asked three Northeastern experts about how the catastrophe will affect climate change, the likely impact on U.S. consumers, and how the Fort McMurray community can recover.
May 18, 2016
Psychology major heads to CDC for co-op
Nina Granow is on co-op at the nation's largest public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 17, 2016
The scientific reality of “Game of Thrones” fantasy
Fiction is often inspired by fact, and fantasy grounded in reality. That’s no more evident than in Game of Thrones itself, where a deadly poison, a disfiguring disease, and a fiercely loyal species of animal have been inspired by real-world beasts, brews, and afflictions. Here, PhD candidate Rebecca Certner offers an entertaining look at the science behind the show’s epic fantasyland.
May 17, 2016
The scientific reality of "Game of Thrones" fantasy
Fiction is often inspired by fact, and fantasy grounded in reality. That’s no more evident than in Game of Thrones itself, where a deadly poison, a disfiguring disease, and a fiercely loyal species of animal have been inspired by real-world beasts, brews, and afflictions. Here, PhD candidate Rebecca Certner offers an entertaining look at the science behind the show’s epic fantasyland.
May 17, 2016
Congratulations to the Class of 2016
On Wednesday, May 4, the Program in Behavioral Neuroscience held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2016! We were fortunate to have Dr. Arthur Kramer, Senior Vice Provost for Research and a distinguished neuroscientist whose recent research focuses on understanding and enhancement of cognitive and neural plasticity across the lifespan. In addition to distributing […]
May 17, 2016
Simons Foundation Award for Professor Egon Schulte
The Simons Foundation has awarded a five year Collaboration Grant to Professor Egon Schulte to fund his research on the “Discrete Symmetries in Geometry and Combinatorics”, starting in September 2016. Professor Schulte will use this funding from the Simons Foundation to support his collaborations with other research groups in the US and around the world.
May 16, 2016
Congratulations to the Class of 2016
On Thursday, May 5, the Psychology Department held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2016!
May 12, 2016
Chemistry student co-ops in Happiest Place On Earth
Amanda Dell'Olio is responsible for analyzing and maintaining the water quality throughout the Walt Disney World properties.
May 12, 2016