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Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center, Marine Science Center
‘To Benefit the Earth and Those Upon It.’ Announcing the 2020 Muckenhoupt Scholarship Winners.
Congratulations to Allison Noble and Haley Bayne, this year’s recipients of the Dr. Carl Muckenhoupt Scholarship!
October 23, 2020
Biotechnology
In the Trenches at Northeastern’s Coronavirus Testing Center by Day, Hitting the Books at Night
This grad student is part of the process keeping COVID tests- and northeastern- running smoothly. It's a lot to tack on when you're still a full time student.
October 22, 2020
Network Science Program, Physics
Flu Season Is Coming and Covid-19 Is Still Here. Can Disease Forecasts Tell Them Apart?
Flu season can be difficult for regular people, and those like Alessandro Vespignani who try to predict it. Adding in COVID could make it a nightmare.
October 13, 2020
Linguistics
The 2020 Linguistics Undergraduate Working Papers
The Linguistics Program announces the publication of the latest in their series of undergraduate working papers.
October 10, 2020
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Co-op and COVID: Working at the Marine Biological Laboratory
A look at Fall 2020 Co-op Liana Greenberg-Nielsen experience working with cephalopods in Woods Hole.
October 09, 2020
Psychology
COS Alumna Gave Northeastern Medical Supplies When It Mattered Most
Hear from Bihe "Momo" Wang, a COS alumna who made an tremendous PPE donation in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
October 09, 2020
Marine and Environmental Sciences
They’re Cute. They’re Furry. And They’re the Unsung Heroes of Wildfire Protection Efforts.
Professor Benjamin Dittbrenner researchers wetlands, and the important ecological roles they have. But one wetland animal in particular has caught his eye for the work its doing to engineer itself a home- and a healthier ecosystem.
October 05, 2020
Why Does Covid-19 Hit Hard and Fast in Some Places, but Not Others?
Samuel Scarpino reveals important population density variables that change how fast COVID spreads.
October 05, 2020
Here’s What It Takes to Test a Covid-19 Vaccine with Clinical Trials
People demand the rapid release of a COVID vaccine, but professor Mansoor Amiji breaks down the long process that is needed to ensure safety and effectiveness.
October 02, 2020
Biology
He’s Back in the Lab with His Salamanders
Working with axolotls, a regenerative Mexican salamander, has defined James Monaghan's adult life. But an international pandemic put a stop to his work.
October 01, 2020
Biology
Intestinal Bacteria Could Give Doctors an Objective Test for Chronic Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme disease is a relatively unknown to the general public, but horrific fact of life for many. A new way of identifying this mysterious syndrome doesn't involve any bulls-eye rashes, but your gut.
September 26, 2020
What Do We Know about Airborne Transmission of the Coronavirus?
Research is mounting that COVID can spread easier than thought. How does this change how you should stay safe? And why haven't you heard more?
September 25, 2020
Biology
PhD Student Judene Thomas Biomedical Science Career Program HOPE Scholarship
Congratulations Judene Thomas, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Biology who has been named a recipient of the ‘20–’21 Biomedical Science Career Program HOPE Scholarship from Harvard Medical School.
August 21, 2020
Here’s Why Northeastern Is Testing Everyone on the Boston Campus for the Coronavirus
Northeastern plans to test everyone who comes back to campus multiple times. The science behind this is simple.
August 20, 2020