Congratulations to Behavioral Neursocience students Lola (Ololade) Akingbade, Ralph Peterson (pictured with President Aoun) and Madeleine Smith who have been honored with the Huntington 100 award this Spring. Also honored is Nu Rho Psi member Kristian Teichert (Biochemistry major). The Huntington 100 program has a competitive selection process that considers: academic record and demonstrated leadership impact and […]

The Physics Department and Northeastern University hosts the Peter Neurath Young Investigators Symposium this year.

Marine scientists in Australia recently reported that 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef is now bleached. Northeastern’s Steven Vollmer explains why the condition, typically the result of warming ocean temperatures, could lead to “the ocean’s equivalent of a rainforest with no trees.”

Congratulations to Matthew Murry, a third-year graduate student in our department, whose poster, "Attachment and Emotion Perception Accuracy in Younger and Older Adults," won the graduate award in Social Science, Business and Law at the 2016 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo, or RISE.

Professor Emanuele Macri has been selected to receive the College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher of First year Engineering Students Award for his teaching of first year engineering students in Mathematics. This award is a recognition of Professor Macri’s skill and dedication as a teacher. Awardees are chosen from departments who teach first year students based on results […]

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Swastik Kar who has been selected to receive the College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher of First Year Engineering Students Award.

Our Undergraduate Biochemistry Club was honored nationally and on campus. The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) designated the The Northeastern Chapter of the Biochemistry Club as the 2016 Outstanding Chapter. The University has also awarded the group with a 2016 Phoenix Award. Congratulations to our students for this recognition of their enthusiasm […]

Metas­tasis is the cause of approx­i­mately 90 percent of deaths among cancer patients. How does metas­tasis come about? And can we stop it? Research published by Dr. Ashagiri and his team in Biophysical Journal reveals how the abnormal protein-​​fiber scaf­folding of tumors and the agility of the cancer cells them­selves come together in a per­fect storm to […]

The Biochemistry Club was recently awarded a national award, as well as one from Northeastern University.

Hospital-related staph infections are rampant, with hundreds of thousands being reported in the U.S. each year. Northeastern researcher Kim Lewis and his colleagues are at the forefront of developing new drugs to stop the trend.

A new video from CCNR (Center for Complex Network Research) has been selected as one of the top six videos in the Science People's Choice Contest.

A new video from CCNR (Center for Complex Network Research) has been selected as one of the top six videos in the Science People's Choice Contest.

Graduate Student Rohan Gala Receives a Dissertation Research Grant that will support his research on understanding the relationship of brain plasticity to learning and memory.

Professor David DeSteno was featured in a recent post on iNSolution, the University's research blog.