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“The basic premise is that AI can help us do better physics, and something that is less expected is that physics can also help us understand AI better,” said Northeastern professor James Halverson.
AI and physics have more in common than you might think.
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Mark Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, will assume the role of Dean of the College of Science, effective July 1, 2026.
Mark C. Williams named Dean of the College of Science
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Loneliness is an epidemic. Social risk-taking offers an opportunity to make connections
Assistant professor Alexandra Rodman emphasizes that Wellness Week encourages “social risk-taking” and connecting with others in person.
Tochi Chukwuemeka ’27, Behavioral Neuroscience and Design
Entrepreneurship has shifted Tochi Chukmueweka’s approach to research design from focusing on individual components to thinking more holistically about how those components work together as a cohesive whole.
Pregnant? Researchers discover that it may decrease your ‘fear memory’
Professor Rebecca Shansky has discovered that chemical changes in the pregnant brain can soften subjects’ fear memories.
Dalia Zizumbo ’28, BS Data Science and Behavioral Neuroscience
Entrepreneurship has taught Dalia Zizumbo to see science not just as a pursuit of knowledge, but as a tool for building solutions.
Lauren Kong ’27, BS Behavioral Neuroscience
For Lauren Kong, rigorous science and entrepreneurial thinking are not separate paths, but deeply interconnected ones.
These educators wanted to learn more about AI. Northeastern was there to help
Dylan Kao and Lucy Paolini co-oped with NU Oakland’s Lead by Learning and designed a program to help educators learn about AI.
Health care co-ops don’t get snow days
Experiential learning is an essential part of the Northeastern education, and Anya Tandon is learning that medical services must be provided no matter what the weather brings.
How Ilia Malinin and Mikaela Shiffrin fared against the ‘Olympic Dragon’
Psychology professor Grayson Kimball says the athletes’ different results demonstrate how the mental pressure of the Games can cut both ways.
Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows
Researcher Brie Reid finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.
With ‘Shrinking,’ therapy is more mainstream than ever. Is that a good thing? Therapists aren’t so sure
Teaching Professor William Sharp says therapy, once taboo, has now become fashionable thanks to social media and entertainment like Apple TV’s sitcom, but destigmatizing therapy has also distorted it in unexpected ways.
Why we remain attached to the music of our youth
Juliet Davidow, assistant psychology professor, argues that the social rewards when listening and experiencing music in our younger days helps ‘encode’ it onto our memories.
How a ‘caricature’ of a brain scan could lead to better treatment outcomes
New research by Stephanie Noble removes task based information from resting state MRI scans, improving individual diagnoses and predictions.