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Professor James Monaghan laughing with male and female student in lab
Professor James Monaghan works with two students in his lab.
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Here’s what makes a great teacher

The passion that drives James Monaghan is tissue regeneration; for Denise Garcia, it’s international diplomacy. While their disciplines couldn’t be more different, what earned them the 2018 University Excellence in Teaching Award is what they have in common—a passion for students on both the academic and human level.
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Dr. Bruce Goldberger receives the inaugural Dr. Richard Saferstein Award in Forensic Science from Dr. Saferstein’s wife and daughter and College of Science Dean Kenneth Henderson.
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Forensic scientist remembered for his contributions to the field

Dr. Richard Saferstein was a member of the Northeastern community for many years. Last month, the Barnett Institute honored his memory with a newly created award.
A Hawksbill Sea Turtle. Photo by Jaxon Derow.
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Northeastern divers combed Cozumel’s coral species

A massive Nassau grouper, four species of black corals, and a spotted drum fish were among the aquatic treasures Northeastern divers found on their expedition to Cozumel, Mexico. The trip laid the groundwork for Northeastern students and researchers to plan future expeditions to Cozumel to collect samples for the Ocean Genome Legacy, a repository built to preserve species that may one day go extinct.
Segmented image of cultured Human Bronchial Epithetical Cells. The image was taken 24 hours after compressive stress was applied. Cells shapes become increasingly more oriented and they also exhibit more motion within the monolayer. Here the thin line inside every cell indicates the cell shape orientation and the color corresponds to the angle of the orientation. Courtesy image.

Physics study finds universality in cell shape as they undergo fluid-solid transition

Bi and his collaborators at the Harvard School of Public Health have just published a paper in Nature Physics on the "Geometric constraints during epithelial jamming," which looks to understand how epithelial cells change in shape and movement to heal injuries or spread cancerous cells.
3d virus cells, medic diagnostics, microbiological background, nervous system

Biophysicist is first professor recruited through “Game Changer” initiative

Herbert Levine, who will join Northeastern’s faculty in January 2019. Levine is the university’s first new hire through the "Game Changers Fund," a $50 million initiative to bring leading scientists and scholars to the university. Levine will also become Northeastern’s first National Academy of Sciences member.
Associate Dean David Budil and Dean Kenneth Henderson presented the certificates to the awardees. From left to right is Budil, Hasnain Hafiz, Zachariah Henninghausen, Daniel Donnelly, Catherine Rawlins, Yingzhao Xhao, and Henderson.
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COS honors graduate students with awards

Dean Kenneth W. Henderson awarded five graduate students with this year’s College of Science Dean’s Awards for Graduate Student Excellence
Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis
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World-renowned pharmaceutical researcher honored

Northeastern Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professor and George Behrakis Chair of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Alex Makriyannis has made a name for himself in the discovery of this important system and the pharmacological advancements that can come out of it. This spring, in recognition of his vital research, Makriyannis is being named the 2018 Nathan B. Eddy Awardee by the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) and will be receiving an…

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