COS News

Windsyr Maughan ’25, MS Environmental Science and Policy

Windsyr Maughan '25, MS environmental science and policy, shares her experiences as a COS student.

Emma Hibbert ’25, Environmental Science and Policy

Emma Hibbert '25, environmental science and policy, shares her experiences as a COS student.

Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa

Mariam Hamza, marine and environmental sciences Ph.D. candidate, is working with three chemical engineering grad students at Northeastern to address the $4 billion annual post-harvest crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa with an app called AgriQ-Connect.

From eelgrass on the West Coast to salt marshes on the East Coast, Northeastern professor Randall Hughes shows expertise

Randall Hughes, Northeastern professor of marine and environmental sciences, has been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a 2024 lifetime fellow.

Shells of their former selves: How sea snails have adapted to invasive predators

Geoffrey Trussell, a professor at NU's Marine Science Center, has been studying the evolution of two species of sea snails off the coast of Maine since the 1990's. In short: the snails have grown thicker shells!

Scientists identify rapid evolution in marine species under predator invasion

A groundbreaking study by Geoffrey Trussell and James Corbett at Northeastern University, published in Science Advances, outlines one of the first examples of rapid evolution in a marine system in response to an invasive predator and warming oceans.

Huskies celebrate third straight Women’s Beanpot title, 20th overall before record TD Garden crowd

Northeastern Women's Hockey team won its third straight Beanpot Championship against Boston University at TD Garden.

From octopus training to robotics, a Northeastern co-op student’s marine biology journey

Aidan Sasser, fourth year, conducted research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on how octopuses use their arm suckers to manipulate objects.

Northeastern co-op blends marine biology and studio art to promote Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week

Meredith McGowan, fourth year Marin biology major, designed a logo for the Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week while on co-op.

Protective salt marshes along coasts are in danger across the globe but it’s not too late to act, Northeastern researchers say

Salt marshes like Belle Isle in Boston provide vital ecosystem services, but sea-level rise threatens their future without urgent restoration efforts.

Northeastern co-op students work to prevent neglected tropical diseases and birth injuries among women in rural Kenya

Northeastern students Abigail Binkley and Abigail Williams spent their fall semester in Kenya on co-ops that explored the ways education and culture can help prevent the medical crises from occurring in the first place.

Northeastern delegation heads to South Korea for pivotal UN plastic pollution treaty talks

The delegation that will attend the negotiations includes Maria Ivanova, Aaron Stubbins and six graduate students from the university.