Posts by Benjamin Bertsch

Hockey rink to polling place, in 60 seconds

Northeastern partnered with the City of Boston to convert Matthews Arena into a polling place for the community and any students registered to vote at…

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   November 3, 2020

Your voice. Your vote.

Tuesday is Election Day. Get out there and vote. It matters.

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   November 2, 2020

What being back on campus means to these students

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, sat down with six students to talk about their Northeastern experience, how they balance social life with safety, and…

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   October 21, 2020

Low vision is motivating this freshman

“No matter what happened, the key is to never give up,” says Christopher Suplice, a freshman in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He has…

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   September 29, 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

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

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

The Immunization Effect in Africa

Mass immunization programs for diseases such as measles, cholera, and yellow fever have been suspended during the pandemic, leaving as many as 117 million children…

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   May 27, 2020

To those on the front lines: Northeastern is with you

To the people on the front lines of this crisis, the Northeastern community is with you: Whether it’s providing housing for first responders; sharing cutting-edge…

• by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer   May 3, 2020

Huskies from Home

In a world that’s been forced to disconnect, how does a community stay together? Northeastern students, faculty and staff describe some of the creative ways…

• by Benjamin Bertsch, Adam Fischer and Cam Sleeper   March 29, 2020