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Meet the urban farmer of the Round Table

People were hungry in George Benner’s South Boston community. His neighbors, his family, his friends all needed food. So, he grew some. Now, the Northeastern…

by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch August 5, 2020

Take in the sights of summer at Northeastern

Skyline views from the pedestrian bridge. The soaring curves of ISEC. The rumble of the green line train. Enjoy some of the scenes ready to…

by Cam Sleeper July 28, 2020

Art is shaping how people talk about the Black Lives Matter movement

“Artists are and always have been at the forefront of social movements,” says Amy Halliday, director of the Northeastern Center for the Arts. From the…

by Cam Sleeper July 24, 2020

What if we could get COVID-19 test results instantly?

A breathalyzer created by engineering professor Nian Sun could dramatically reduce the time it takes to test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Once…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer July 23, 2020

Here’s what could make your homemade mask work as well as an N95

How do you make a mask as effective as the N95 respirators used by healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients? Northeastern researchers sought solutions from materials…

by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch July 8, 2020

How COVID-19 is affecting support for mail-in voting

How will opinions change as cases across the country fluctuate—particularly in states, such as Arizona or Florida, where cases are rising sharply? That’s the question,…

by Cam Sleeper July 6, 2020

What goes into a better homemade mask?

When people across the U.S. began volunteering to make masks for medical staff experiencing shortages, Northeastern researchers took to their labs to test how well…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer June 24, 2020

Here’s why a COVID-19 vaccine may not be enough

“It’s not going to be sufficient just to get a viable vaccine,” says Nada Sanders, distinguished professor of supply chain management. A reliable supply of…

by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch June 19, 2020

Why do we keep rewatching the same shows?

It makes us feel safe, says Yakov Bart, associate professor of marketing at Northeastern.

by Cam Sleeper June 17, 2020

The ocean is losing biodiversity. They’re trying to capture it before it’s gone.

“By volume, about 99 percent of the habitable portion of our planet is underwater,” says Dan Distel, who directs Northeastern’s Ocean Genome Legacy Center. To…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer June 12, 2020