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Psychology professor heads to Israel and Palestine
Psychology professor Judith Hall is traveling to Israel and Palestine this summer as a trip designed to develop an understanding of the complexities of Israel.
April 19, 2016
2016 Huntington 100 list includes several COS students
The Huntington 100 honors seniors and underclassmen who have excelled in the classroom and the community.
April 16, 2016
Amgen Massachusetts and the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis Announce Scholar Award
The Wolfgang Goetzinger-Amgen Memorial Scholar Award is in memory of Amgen’s well-respected and esteemed colleague, Wolfgang Goetzinger, an analytical chemist at Amgen’s Cambridge R&D facility and former post-doctoral fellow in the Barnett Institute at Northeastern University.
April 14, 2016
Northeastern professor runs for American Chemical Society president
Tom Gilbert, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is one of two people vying to be president of the world's largest scientific professional society.
April 13, 2016
2018 Maurice Auslander International Conference
2018 Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures & International Conference The 2018 Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference will be held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Quissett Campus in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA on April 25-30, 2018. Maurice Auslander (1926 – 1994) was an influential mathematician widely known for introducing, together with David Buchsbaum, homological methods in commutative ring […]
April 12, 2016
In the face of sea level rise, how will oysters fare?
Research by a team of scientists including MSC Associate Professor Jonathan Grabowski investigates the fate of oysters as their habitat changes due to predicted sea level rise.
April 12, 2016
Student on co-op in South Africa starts soup kitchen
Biology major Sophie Chaney went to South Africa for her second co-op and while there recognized a need in the community.
April 11, 2016
Northeastern researchers examine the Zika pandemic
As the Zika virus continues its inexorable spread, a panel of faculty members discussed how they—and by extension we—can be part of the global solution.
April 11, 2016
Student on co-op in South Africa starts soup kitchen
“When Sophie Chaney packed up her bags and headed off to her co-op in Cape Town, South Africa, she anticipated working in the field for the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The biology major has done that, often collecting pollen samples from flowers in order to compare them to other samples captured in other areas. […]
April 11, 2016
Psychology Student Featured in News@Northeastern
Psychology major Melissa Jacques was featured in a recent edition of News@Northeastern, the University's daily newsletter.
April 11, 2016
Putnam Exam 2015
The 76th Putnam exam was administered on December 5th, 2015. The Northeastern Mathematics team comprised 8 students who prepared for the exam throughout the Fall, with assistance and guidance from our Research Instructor Van Nguyen. There were 447 teams entered in the competition, and Northeastern’s team was ranked 55. Congratulations to all our team members […]
April 11, 2016
Six of Our Students Honored with Huntington 100 Distinction
Huntington 100 Program Awards Six Distinguished Juniors and Seniors of Biology Department Majors this year! Congratulations to our Biology Department students: Berit Lindell–dual major in Biology and Sociology, Rebecca Larson–Biochemistry; Kristian Teichert–Biochemistry; Lola (Ololade) Akingbade–Behavioral Neuroscience; Ralph Peterson–Behavioral Neuroscience, and Madeleine Smith–Behavioral Neuroscience! These six students are being honored with the Huntington 100 award. The Huntington 100 program […]
April 09, 2016
Students plunge into marine science at the High School Marine Science Symposia
Over 500 students and teachers participated in a day of hands-on marine science workshops and lectures earlier this month, at two High School Marine Science Symposia, hosted by the NUMSC and the Massachusetts Marine Educators.
April 08, 2016
What social media data could tell us about the future
Can a flow of information across Twitter signal when a momentous event is about to occur? Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani and an interdisciplinary group of scientists developed a method to find out. Their findings represent an initial step in constructing models to detect trouble before it’s too late.
April 07, 2016