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These researchers are predicting COVID-19 trends weeks before standard surveillance
Imagine trying to avoid a car crash. Every split second you spend deliberating what to do, you waste precious time needed to alter your course. Any delay between your brain’s perception of danger and your foot’s contact with the brake could mean the difference between life or death. Members of Northeastern’s Laboratory for the Modeling […]
March 09, 2021
Why Don’t Drugs Work As Well For Women? They’re Tested On Male Mice
After decades of research, scientists have developed countless therapeutics to improve human health. But they’ve also created a problem. Many of these drugs don’t work as well for half of the population—that is, the female half. Women are also more often misdiagnosed for a variety of ailments, including stroke and ADHD. The root of this […]
March 09, 2021
Understanding Plastic in Our Oceans: Using Technology to Collect and Quantify Microplastics in Marine Environments
Northeastern Alumnus, Ethan Edson, and Professor Mark Patterson continue their longstanding collaboration to advance our understanding of microplastics in marine environments. While Edson’s company, Ocean Diagnostics, develops cutting edge technology and services to enable both scientists and citizens to collect and analyze microplastics pollution data more efficiently and accurately, Patterson and his team have been tasked to beta test these new tools. This partnership is working towards gathering baseline measurements…
March 08, 2021
Recipients of the College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award 2021
The College of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize and reward outstanding NU College of Science faculty for their significant contributions to student learning. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners. Prof. Jude Mathews, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Prof. Mathews was recognized for consistently exceptional teaching performance, extraordinary dedication […]
March 08, 2021
Student Profile: Kayla Mathiowetz, Chemistry Major
Kayla Mathiowetz is a Chemistry Major on the Premed track. She is graduating in the Class of 2021. Why did you choose to study Chemistry at Northeastern? My dad works as a chemist at Pfizer, so I have been exposed to the field of Chemistry since I was a child and I was always interested […]
March 03, 2021
A day in the tidal pools with the Three Seas Program
Tara Duffy looked on as a handful of her students waded through tidal pools at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, searching for algae and invertebrate creatures. It was a sunny day in February, with the kind of weather that arrives in New England to remind you to keep the faith, spring is just […]
February 26, 2021
They’re Harnessing the Power of Big Data to Track COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Around this time last year, Samuel Scarpino, an assistant professor in Northeastern’s Network Science Institute, received a call from a senior producer at VICE News. VICE’s reporters had failed to get any useful data about COVID-19 cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Could he help? “Welcome to public health,” Scarpino told the […]
February 25, 2021
Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Bioanalytical Chemistry
Listen to Hazel Sive, Dean of the College of Science, as she talks to Leila Deravi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology for the Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis.
February 23, 2021
Alum Q&A: Vance Consalvo ’15
Vance Consalvo is a Dentist in New York. Vance was a Biology Major, Class of 2015. Why did you decide to study Biology at Northeastern? Is there a specific element of the program that you enjoyed in your time here? I knew the most efficient way to hit all the necessary pre-requisites for dental school […]
February 22, 2021
COS Celebrates Black History Month 2021
In honor of Black History Month, the College of Science would like to feature Black students, faculty, and alumni studying and working in STEM, both within and outside of Northeastern. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Core Faculty Member in Women’s Studies at the University of New Hampshire. […]
February 10, 2021
Alum Q&A: Kathleen Watt ’11
Kathleen Watt works for Insurance Brokerage Firm in New York City. Katie was a Mathematic major, Class of 2011 What made you interested in studying mathematics at Northeastern? Why do you believe this is a great choice for a major? “I am a little bit different in that I went into college searches knowing that […]
February 09, 2021
Co-op and COVID: Working at Indigo Agriculture
Mira Rauch is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Environmental Science with a concentration in conservation science and a minor in East Asian Studies. In Spring of 2020, she began a co-op at Indigo Agriculture. We reached out to hear about her experience. Could you tell us about your co-op journey? “I’m currently on my third […]
February 08, 2021
The Pursuit of Happiness (and Other Emotions): Using AI to Redefine Assumptions in Affective Science
Researchers in Northeastern’s PEN group use machine learning analysis to question the assumption that commonly used emotion words have biological meaning in a recent paper.
February 07, 2021
Sea otters are a lifeline for reefs in a changing ocean
With their round, furry faces and tendency to hold hands while they sleep, sea otters seem almost perfectly built to appeal to our sense of the adorable. But they also play a vital role in protecting their ecosystem from the effects of climate change. Sea otters are what scientists refer to as a keystone species—their […]
February 02, 2021