Can disposable diapers help us understand a new technology that could reveal how the brain generates thoughts, feelings, behavior, and sensations? The answer is yes, according to neuroengineer Edward Boyden, who tonight will deliver the keynote address for Northeastern’s Brain Awareness Week.

Wednesday, March 29, 7pm in 168 Snell Engineering Brain Awareness Week Keynote speaker is Edward Boyden, professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the MIT Media Lab and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. He leads the Media Lab’s Synthetic Neurobiology group, which develops tools for analyzing and repairing complex […]

‘Peer inside’ the brain during Northeastern’s Brain Awareness Week Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a worldwide campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. During this week, scientists and non-scientists at Northeastern will gather together in a variety of outreach and interactive activities and lectures to share the importance of […]

Pankhuri Singhal and Matthew Nguyen published research on the regeneration of limbs in axolotls as first-line authors in Development.

Hundreds of girls, their families, volunteers, mentors, and staff attended this year's "Show Me the Science" at Northeastern University.

Hundreds of girls, their families, volunteers, mentors, and staff attended this year's "Show Me the Science" at Northeastern University.

NU Talk 2017 brought together several student researchers from across the scientific disciplines in a series of presentations representing the vast scope of research underway in labs on campus and on co-ops around the world. The event “aimed to paint a picture of the future and divine our role in that future,” said Alexander Farahani, S’18.

For many, reading about complex scientific research and innovation can be a daunting task. But the students behind NU Sci—Northeastern’s student-run science magazine—are working to change that.

Before Northeastern alumna, Beth Stevens, a neuroscientist and 2016 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, joined President Aoun for “Brain Power“, she met with small group of Behavioral Neuroscience students. Beth Stevens answered questions about her groundbreaking research on the role of microglia for pruning of synaptic contacts during brain development, reminisced about her former Northeastern coops, and […]

Before Northeastern alumna, Beth Stevens, a neuroscientist and 2016 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, joined President Aoun for “Brain Power“, she met with small group of Behavioral Neuroscience students. Beth Stevens answered questions about her groundbreaking research on the role of microglia for pruning of synaptic contacts during brain development, reminisced about her former Northeastern coops, and […]

Kenneth Henderson can point to the moment when his career spun in an exciting new direction: a five-​​month industry placement in London prior to his senior year of college. Here, the new College of Science dean discusses the importance of experiential education and his vision for the college.

The Northeastern chapter of the Science Club For Girls mentors young women in science, technology, math and engineering fields, giving the younger set the nickname the "STEMinistas."

Meghan Davis was able to pack a whole lot of research and fun into her four-month co-op in Glasgow, Scotland.

Nareh Sahakian is spending this co-op term at The Center for Studies and Research in Ophthalmology Therapeutics.