Cynthia McCormick Hibbert

protesters holding signs outside of the courthouse at maxwell's trial

As a female trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell is not an aberration

The lengths socialite and convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell went to to procure young women for Jeffrey Epstein shocked the world. But the U.N. says women are well represented globally among sex trafficking offenders, as well as making up the majority of victims. Unlike the case with Maxwell, poverty is often a driver.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert July 8, 2022

Andrew Caratenuto, who studies mechanical engineering, tests cooling performance under solar simulator on a scaled down building in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Tuesday July 5, 2022. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Northeastern researchers design cooling paper that might lessen need for AC

Engineering professor Yi Zheng and Ph.D. student Andrew Caratenuto say the product is capable of reducing the midday temperature of buildings by as much as 10 degrees.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert July 7, 2022

Rendering Courtesy: The Emerald Tutu team

Professor develops ‘emerald tutu’ of floating wetlands to protect Boston from floods

Julia Hopkins is helping develop interconnected rings of floating wetlands to stave off flooding of coastal cities like Boston for a startup called the Emerald Tutu. Two of the circular mats are already in the water and a third is set to launch.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert July 5, 2022

one taller woman wearing a blue dress on the left and one shorter wearing a pink dress on the right walking and holding hands

Northeastern professors study mental and physical health of teen sex trafficking victims

Amy Farrell and Carlos Cuevas of Northeastern University are surveying 500 adolescent victims of sex trafficking for the first of its kind study on mental and physical health impact of abuse on trafficked minors.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert July 5, 2022

Northeastern student probes environmental changes in spartina grass, salt marsh hero

A holder of Margaret A. Davidson Graduate fellowship, Northeastern doctoral candidate Johanna L’Heureux is conducting experiments that look at the role sea level rise and nutrient runoff play in determining whether spartina grass stores carbon dioxide in the soil—or releases increasing amounts into the atmosphere of a warming world.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert June 29, 2022

Auroop Ganguly works in his lab in Forsyth building. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern professor studies latest ozone hole science for UN panel

The United Nations Environmental Programme has invited Auroop Ganguly, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, to review the latest research on efforts to close the ozone hole. The review takes place every four years as part of the landmark Montreal Protocol.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert June 28, 2022

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