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Reopening after the COVID-19 shutdown? This course can help.

This free step-by-step guide assists owners of small- and medium-sized businesses in creating a recovery plan, with tips from Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute and the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

by Ian Thomsen June 2, 2020

Meet the small army of cleaners who are keeping Northeastern safe

Now, as you read this, they are hard at work: scrubbing tabletops, disinfecting bathrooms, and cleaning elevator buttons across Northeastern’s Boston campus. These soldiers of hygiene will operate around the clock to maintain a safe environment for students, faculty, and staff at each stage of phased reopening across Northeastern’s global network of campuses.

by Ian Thomsen June 1, 2020

Hand-out photos of Molly Dennie, Pauline Seremitis and Victoria Diaz.

‘We have to treat everybody as though they have it’

Many Northeastern students in healthcare have been working at Boston-area hospitals throughout the pandemic. Here are some of their stories.

by Ian Thomsen May 27, 2020

Northeastern students, faculty, and graduates have rushed to fill the demand for personal protection equipment. Courtesy photos.

‘It’s comparable to the space race’

Many members of the Northeastern community have responded to the demand for personal protective equipment by turning their unanticipated time away from campus into opportunities to mitigate the pandemic. Here are a few of their stories.

by Ian Thomsen and Irvin Zhang May 26, 2020

Esports member Lucas Pickering practices in the club sports game room in SquashBusters. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The next wave of varsity athletes will be video gamers

In a move that is well suited to the realities of COVID-19, Northeastern will become the first Division 1 university in New England to compete in varsity esports this fall.

by Ian Thomsen May 21, 2020

Close up view of a Gun Safe. Photo via iStock

Could safeguarding firearms reduce the number of suicides?

The rate of U.S. suicides has been rising for the past decade, but Northeastern professor Matt Miller believes that trend can be reversed. His latest research shows that counseling parents on gun safety can help children who are at risk.

by Ian Thomsen May 20, 2020

Third-year nursing students Hannah Terry, Yuchen Zhang, and Susan Dawson are serving co-ops at Massachusetts General Hospital during the pandemic. They are among the 50 Northeastern students who are on co-op at Boston-area hospitals. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

They chose to stay and fight

At a time when many of us are being advised to keep our distance, dozens of Northeastern nursing students are serving co-ops at Boston hospitals during the public health crisis. Here are three of their stories.

by Ian Thomsen May 15, 2020

Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Northeastern intends to reopen all campuses in the fall. Research labs and offices will start opening sooner.

Following guidance from public health officials regarding COVID-19, the university is considering a number of safety measures, such as large-scale testing of students, faculty, and staff, as well as contact-tracing for those who test positive for the virus. The priority, said Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, is “maintaining the health and wellbeing of the Northeastern University community—and the world beyond our campuses.”

by Ian Thomsen May 10, 2020

Sanyami Shah, who is pursuing a new way of life to go with a new career, is part of the inaugural class of computer science graduate students at Northeastern in Vancouver. Photo by Ruby Wallau/NortheasternUniversity

‘You are going to enjoy each and every situation’

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—In a last-moment change of heart, Sanyami Shah traveled from Ahmedabad, India to join the inaugural group of computer science graduate students at Northeastern’s Vancouver campus. She was driven by a larger sense of purpose.

by Ian Thomsen April 17, 2020

1,000 people in the US die every year in police shootings. Who are they?

“It makes you want to think about ways to help everybody reduce the number,” says Northeastern professor Matt Miller, whose new data-driven research shows that African-Americans and Hispanics are among those at greater risk of being fatally shot by police.

by Ian Thomsen April 16, 2020

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