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Former graduate student featured in APS Observer

Over the past several months, the Observer, the newsletter of the Association for Psychological Science, has featured an ongoing series profiling young luminaries in the field of psychological science.
August 09, 2014

2014 Fields Medalists Announced

The Fields Medal recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.
August 09, 2014

$1.15M Grant Awarded to New Co-op Program in Cancer Nanomedicine

Physics Professor Srinivas Sridhar has received a $1.15 million grant titled “CaNCURE: Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops for Undergraduate Research Experiences” funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. This 5-year grant is a collaboration between Northeastern University and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
August 06, 2014

Oyster reefs can outpace sea-level rise

Research by MSC Associate Professor Jon Grabowski suggests that oyster reefs can grow faster than previously thought - and faster than sea levels can rise.
August 05, 2014

The thinking behind gender stereotypes

Adults and children hold equally stereotypical views about gender, according to new research from associate professor of psychology John Coley's lab.
August 04, 2014

Groundbreaking research maps cultural history

New research from Northeastern's Center for Complex Network Research presents a pioneering approach to understanding European and North American cultural history by mapping out the mobility patterns of notable intellectuals over a 2,000-year span.
August 01, 2014

What’s wiping out the Caribbean corals?

Student-researchers at Northeastern's Marine Science Center turned to crowdfunding to support their work in Panama examining white-band disease, which has killed up to 95 percent of the Caribbean's reef building corals.
July 31, 2014

Professor Berent speaks at Oxford!

Congratulations to Prof. Iris Berent, who gave an invited talk at the University of Oxford earlier this month! Professor Berent’s talk, entitled “What is impaired: Phonology or phonetics?”, was given as part of the third Oxford-Kobe Symposium, an event focused on the neurobiology and treatment of dyslexia. Prof. Berent’s research, which was featured earlier this […]
July 30, 2014

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