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    AI and physics
    “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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  • Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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.
  • Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM Day: A Conversation on STEM, Identity, and Community

    Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM Day: A Conversation on STEM, Identity, and Community

    November 18, marks the fifth year of celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM Day. With the first two years being celebrated in July, this holiday moved to November 18 as an internationally recognized day to highlight and celebrate the work of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM.  Madeline Eppley (they/them), PhD candidate in Marine and Environmental Science, and Johan Bonilla...
  • What’s killing corals? Northeastern professor uses machine learning to identify a suspected pathogen

    What’s killing corals? Northeastern professor uses machine learning to identify a suspected pathogen

    Northeastern University professor Steven Vollmer says he and his team of researchers combined field work and tank experiments with machine learning models to narrow the list of most likely pathogens to a berry-shaped bacteria known as Cysteiniphilum litorale.