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This is the course 11,000 athletes will row for the Head of the Charles Regatta

The Head of the Charles Regatta, one of the world’s largest and foremost rowing events, launches this weekend. The event attracts more than 11,000 athletes—including…

by Tyler Machado and Eunice Esomonu October 16, 2019

It’s always a beautiful day to be a custom staircase builder in Australia

Northeastern student Chase Bivona has traveled to the other side of the world to learn production and management techniques he hopes can take his father’s 35-year-old custom stair building business, Hardwood Design Inc., to the next level.

by Andrew Fenton - contributor October 16, 2019

Here’s a guide to D-Day that helps you navigate the beaches of Normandy

The D-Day Visitor's Handbook: Your Guide to the Normandy Battlefields and WWII Paris, co-authored by Northeastern student and military veteran Kevin Dennehy, offers a coherent guide to one of the world’s most important battlefields.

by Ian Thomsen October 15, 2019

Signs of the times: New public art installation brings climate change home

The future (and recent past) of small towns throughout coastal New England are presented by Northeastern graphic and information design professor Thomas Starr in a new exhibit that is as much public art as public science.

by Molly Callahan October 15, 2019

He’s counting on a boom in supersonic air travel

Northeastern engineering students Alex Bender sought out and created his own co-op position at Boom Supersonic, a startup focused on developing a commercial aircraft that can travel at speeds over two times greater than the speed of sound.

by Irvin Zhang October 15, 2019

‘The change begins with you’

It’s up to the next generation of Brazilian students to make sure their country continues not just to grow, but flourish, Raj Echambadi, the Dunton Family Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, told more than 500 attendees at the 2019 Brazilian Undergraduate Student Conference.

by Irvin Zhang October 11, 2019

Depiction of an empty seat at a congressional hearing

Here’s why the Constitution is frustratingly vague when it comes to impeachment

The language of the Constitution is sparse when it comes to impeachment, says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law scholar at Northeastern. The framers simply did not anticipate a government so entrenched in partisan politics.

by Molly Callahan October 11, 2019

Get ready for the next Industrial Revolution

Manufacturing is undergoing a revolution thanks to the internet, but the industry's workforce is struggling to keep up, says Sagar Kamarthi, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern. A new program he is leading with other Northeastern data science and mechanical engineering researchers is helping people working in manufacturing modernize their skillset and prepare for the revolution.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa October 11, 2019

The missed opportunity in California’s power outage

Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest utility, says it had to turn off power for hundreds of thousands of customers to reduce the risk of wildfires. Northeastern professor Daniel Aldrich, who co-directs the Master’s in Security and Resilience Studies program, says the company should have warned residents earlier and done more to prepare them for the blackout.

by Khalida Sarwari October 10, 2019

Here’s what works–and what doesn't–when it comes to coping with climate change at the edge of the sea

Northeastern students explored attitudes and interactions surrounding the ocean in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Gulf of Maine this summer as part of a Dialogue of Civilizations program focusing on coastal sustainability.

by Laura Castañón October 10, 2019