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Since 2006, Northeastern University has dramatically expanded its research enterprise, with particular emphasis on three global imperatives: health, security and sustainability. Working intentionally across disciplines, Northeastern faculty members are focused on solving real problems in the world. NGN Research tells the stories of these important accomplishments.
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Northeastern researchers develop algorithm that could make underwater robots more economical
June 13, 2025
The development could cut the cost of these navigation systems from $500,000 to $10,000.
Navigating a New Political Landscape: Frequently Asked Questions
June 5, 2025
Northeastern evaluates policy changes affecting research, teaching, and its community under the Trump administration.
Safa Jamali wins Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award for research on materials between solid and fluid states
June 11, 2025
Jamali examines the theoretical and computational sides of rheology using data-driven research and machine learning technologies.
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May 29, 2025
The Girls from Boston
Meg Heckman is an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism and Media Innovation. Her work focuses on improving gender equity in news and creating more opportunities for women in civic life.
May 29, 2025
What’s Next for Computer Science Education?
Carla Brodley, who runs Northeastern’s Center for Inclusive Computing, answers five questions about her team’s efforts to make computer science more accessible to all students.
May 28, 2025
Your moral compass is tied to how in tune you are with your body, study hints
“The idea is that feeling that anxiety is going to make you notice that you did something to cause that anxiety, and then make you try to avoid doing those things in the future,” said Jordan Theriault, a psychologist and biologist at Northeastern University who was not involved in the study.
May 26, 2025
Does Mass. need an official marine flora? Eelgrass fans say: Yes
“Even though seagrasses are ecologically as important as things like kelp forests and coral reefs and salt marsh ecosystems, people know a lot less about them,” said Randall Hughes, a marine biologist at Northeastern University and mother of one of the teenagers behind the project.
May 26, 2025
Why Belonging Matters More Than Just Diversity
Curtis L. Odom is an associate professor of management and organizational development at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.
May 22, 2025
‘Nouvelles Femmes’ Review: The New Wave’s Female Face
Ericka Knudson, a film scholar who teaches at Northeastern University, aims to remedy this “imbalance” by looking at the actresses both as artists and as real women living through the changes their movies were depicting.
May 22, 2025
Exercise drops off sharply at age 49. The brain is to blame
It’s 49, researchers at Boston’s Northeastern University said. But, why? Well, the shift occurs due to changes in key regions of the brain that help us with impulse control.
May 22, 2025
AI listens for health conditions
Voice is an acoustic instrument that’s very sensitive to physiological changes in the body, says Rupal Patel, a speech and language pathologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
May 15, 2025
Not Just the Tudors: Shakespeare’s First Playhouse
Daniel Swift, associate professor of English at Northeastern University in London, looks at Shakespeare’s first theater in his new book.
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