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Climate & Wildlife take center stage
Miles Grant, online communications manager for the National Wildlife Federation, talked about climate, wildlife, and media.
March 13, 2013
What to consider when looking at undergraduate science degree programs
Two College of Science students talk about what is important when looking at where to go to earn an undergraduate degree in the sciences.
February 13, 2013
What To Consider When Looking At Undergraduate Programs
The College of Science is hosting weekly Twitter chats on Wednesdays at noon during which different topics are discussed.
February 13, 2013
Meet the College of Science Twitter Ambassadors
In the inaugural #sciencechat hosted by @NortheasternCOS, we got to meet Dan Blustein, Emily Blackwell, and Joey Ostreicher, the college's newly named Twitter ambassadors.
February 06, 2013
RELEASE: Prof. Berent’s Book Gives Phonology the Respect it Deserves
All languages—spoken or signed—are comprised of patterns of meaningless elements.
January 16, 2013
RELEASE: Prof. Berent's Book Gives Phonology the Respect it Deserves
All languages—spoken or signed—are comprised of patterns of meaningless elements.
January 16, 2013
Prioritizing and Discarding Information
Do you think like a chemist? Do you sometimes discard information without even knowing it?
January 11, 2013
Bringing Northeastern & MGH To Kuwait
While on co-op with the Department of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, psychology majors and identical twin sisters Dalal and Alaa Alhomaizi approached the director and asked if they could coordinate a program in Kuwait for World Mental Health Day in October.
January 09, 2013
Bringing Northeastern & MGH To Kuwait
While on co-op with the Department of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, psychology majors and identical twin sisters Dalal and Alaa Alhomaizi approached the director and asked if they could coordinate a program in Kuwait for World Mental Health Day in October.
January 09, 2013
Are Gadgets Changing Our Brains?
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett was featured in an article in the Financial Times about cerebral circuitry and whether gadgets are changing the way our brains work.
January 04, 2013
Psychology Professor Talks Science of Compassion at PopTech
When someone is victimized, do you see yourself in them in some manner? It could be why you feel compassion toward them.
October 22, 2012
A complicated link between aggression and antidepressant drugs
Nearly half a million children in the U.S. take antidepressants. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a warning for fluoxetine, one of the most highly prescribed psychiatric medications.
October 09, 2012
The building blocks of dyslexia
While dyslexia is most often classified as a reading disorder, it is also well known to affect how individuals process spoken language.
September 20, 2012
Trusty robot helps us understand human social cues
You’re not sure why, but you don’t trust that guy. You wouldn’t give him a buck because you’re pretty sure he wouldn’t return the favor. What is it about him? Can you put your finger on it?
September 11, 2012