Northeastern researcher Kim Lewis is spearheading an effort to accelerate discovery of new antibiotics as part of a multi-institutional, federally funded project to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. “It’s a big issue because we largely stopped introducing novel antibiotics about 50 years ago,” says Lewis, distinguished professor of biology and director of Northeastern’s […]

From a college student at a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania to a fish veterinarian at North Carolina State University’s Veterinary School, Dr. Greg Lewbart credits his current success to Northeastern University’s Master’s program.

Courtney Bloniasz, the student speaker at Northeastern University’s commencement in Portland, Maine, said to view her address as a thank you note to the Roux Institute that is transforming the lives of individuals everywhere. It wasn’t the first and won’t be the last time she shared what she said “has affectionately been called my ‘Roux […]

Most kids dream of being an astronaut or a racecar driver. Griffin T. Scott was a little different. “Even when I was little, I was always drawn to the ‘mad scientists’ on TV, like Dexter’s Lab or Dr. Who,” he says, laughing. It makes sense that, today, Griffin is pursuing a career in the sciences, […]

Feel that buzz? It’s your fitness tracker reminding you to move so you can hit your goal of 10,000 steps a day. But many users of these devices are already aware of the reality that this is an arbitrary benchmark that, according to Ram Hariharan, an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. […]

A new astronomical observatory nearing completion atop a desert mountain in northern Chile will reveal the workings of the universe as never before. It might even revolutionize our understanding of the mysterious forces shaping the cosmos, such as dark energy, says Northeastern assistant physics professor Jonathan Blazek. With a telescope as wide as a tennis […]

In a striking example of old meets new, Northeastern University researchers say network science promises to be a powerful tool in evaluating the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine herbal remedies used for more than 2,000 years. Traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, has proved a challenge for researchers seeking to pinpoint the specific mechanisms by which […]

For Christian Bernier, it started with videos he saw as a kid on popular YouTube channels like Minute Physics. Bernier has always been interested in science, so he found topics around the fundamentals and building blocks of the world to be particularly fascinating. He quickly developed an “insatiable desire to know more about the universe, […]

What are you studying and when are you graduating?  I am a master’s student in the Cell and Gene Therapies programs, with plans to graduate in April 2025. Why did you decide to enroll at Northeastern University and pursue an advanced degree in Cell & Gene Therapies? My undergraduate degree is in Biotechnology Engineering, and […]

This spring the College of Science held the first COS Entrepreneurship Recognition Dinner to recognize undergraduate COS students who are promoting entrepreneurship in the College. The keynote speaker was Oran Muduroglu, entrepreneur and parent of a Northeastern student.  Muduroglu is an innovator in healthcare technology with over 30 years of experience, having founded and successfully […]

Bree Taylor, a research assistant professor in life sciences and medical science at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, has always been fascinated by sleep. More specifically, the intersection of sleep and behavior and mental health, specifically in the context of children with autism. Taylor, an emerging researcher in the field of mental and behavioral health, was […]

Sharks lose teeth all their lives, replacing them in a kind of endless rotating Rolodex, while humans, of course, get only our two sets. Beavers’ teeth, notoriously, grow all their lives and have to be worn down to prevent injury. New research has now placed another animal into the self-sharpening set, Schistocerca gregaria, the desert […]

Assistant Professor Psyche Loui contributed a Cantonese folk tune to a groundbreaking study comparing speech and music across 55 world cultures.

Perched at the entrance of a stadium in Ocala, Florida, in mid-March, Fiona Howard takes a breath and coaxes a large, dark bay gelding with a gash of white down his face into a smooth trot. She and the horse, an 11-year-old Hanoverian called Diamond Dunes, have only known each other a week. But their […]