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Here’s why US workers can be optimistic about the next decade

The demand for labor should remain steady as investments in robotics and other high-tech systems lead to new kinds of work. “Automation can have an upside for workers by increasing the quality of jobs,” says Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economist and associate professor at Northeastern.

by Ian Thomsen December 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic led her to the Roux Institute–and a new career path

Bei Heald is three months into a full-time job as data manager for Portland Public Schools in Maine while continuing her year-long assignment as student ambassador for the institute at Northeastern University. None of this was in her future prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Ian Thomsen December 14, 2021

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Northeastern University appoints human-centered computing pioneer as dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Elizabeth Mynatt is joining Northeastern from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she’s spent more than two decades—first as a doctoral student-turned-professor, then as executive director of Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology.

by Tanner Stening November 15, 2021

Northeastern Professor Craig Robertson’s recently published book The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History.

The surprising history of the lowly filing cabinet

The latest book by Craig Robertson focuses on an invention that unleashed American capitalism and continues to inspire a wealth of new technologies. “It helped popularize and encourage a way to think about information as something that you can move and circulate,” says Robertson, an associate professor of communication studies, who spent close to a decade researching and writing “The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information.”

by Ian Thomsen October 14, 2021

‘One-of-a-kind’ cellular platform could help usher in 6G technology

New funding from the National Science Foundation will be put toward the construction of a fully open, programmable platform that could test higher frequency radio bands in an effort to unlock higher internet speeds and solve barriers to connectivity plaguing the current generation of wireless communications, say several Northeastern experts involved in the research.

by Tanner Stening October 4, 2021

Roux Institute teams up with Techstars to help incubate startups in Maine

Ten startup companies have moved into the headquarters of the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, where they are engaging in an intensive 13-week partnership with Techstars that is designed to grow high-tech businesses that will attract investors and strengthen the regional economy.

by Ian Thomsen September 14, 2021

The Khoury Office Hours app created by Sandbox, a student-led software developed group. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This app helps students get more face time with professors

Transparency is the key to a new student-created office hours app that shows how many people are in line and provides estimated wait times. The app’s popularity has grown as students continue to navigate remote office hours.

by Hillary Chabot February 2, 2021

David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Sciences, was recently named a 2019 Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

At the intersection of technology and Democracy, you’ll find David Lazer

For years, Northeastern professor David Lazer has been studying the ways technology shapes Democracy in the United States. Things aren’t looking good, he says. But with his recent induction into the National Academy of Public Administration, he stands to help.

by Molly Callahan September 25, 2019

Can you guess which of these items came from the space program? We tried.

Laptops or barcodes? Sneaker insoles or lava lamps? Wireless headphones or GPS? See if you can do better than we did.

by Cam Sleeper July 18, 2019

Northeastern professor Sanjeev Mukerjee is working to lower the cost of fuel cells to make gasoline-powered cars obsolete. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He wants to make gas-powered cars obsolete

Sanjeev Mukerjee, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern, is working to develop technology to lower the cost of fuel cells for energy-efficient cars that run on hydrogen gas, emit only fresh water, and don’t pollute the environment.

by Daniel Klein - contributor June 26, 2019

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