Health

Legal experts: law enforcement officers should be authorized to administer overdose antidote

Opioid overdose kills some 25,000 people per year in the U.S—or 68 people per day. One way to reduce the nation’s number of opioid-related deaths, says Northeastern drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, is to equip police with naloxone, the opioid antagonist.

by Jason Kornwitz June 15, 2015

Researchers’ discovery may explain difficulty in treating Lyme disease

A research team led by University Distinguished Professor Kim Lewis present in a new paper that they’ve identified drug-tolerant persister cells in the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. They also present a promising approach to potentially eradicating this and other infections.

by Greg St. Martin June 1, 2015

Doctoral candidate wins prestigious fellowship from advocacy group

Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi, PhD’16, recently received a $20,000 fellowship from the American Association of University Women, a nonprofit aimed at achieving gender equity through advocacy, education, and research.

by Jason Kornwitz May 21, 2015

Northeastern will invest $26 million to transform city park

In a unique public-private partnership, Northeastern University and the City of Boston will build together a state-of-the-art athletic complex that will expand recreation opportunities for…

by Matthew McDonald May 18, 2015

Students design exercise device for people with paraplegia

Five Northeastern student-researchers have retrofitted a rowing machine with an ingenious device, allowing people with paraplegia to exercise without the aid of a trainer.

by Jason Kornwitz May 15, 2015

Meet the graduates: Lindsay Weigel

Weigel, BHS’15, found her career calling in health and medicine from her many volunteering and community service experiences both in Boston and across the globe. After graduation, she’ll begin graduate studies at Tufts Medical School.

by Greg St. Martin May 5, 2015

Northeastern community’s highest achievements honored

The university recognized the impressive accomplishments of students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the fifth annual Academic Honors Convocation, which was held in Blackman Auditorium on Thursday afternoon.

by Jason Kornwitz April 24, 2015

Get fit and healthy with Fit University

Meet Sarah Gaines, a Northeastern senior and the founder of Fit University, a health and fitness source for college students. Fit University—and its inaugural…

by News@Northeastern April 23, 2015

Research, entrepreneurship at Northeastern celebrated at RISE:2015

Students and faculty across many disciplines presented their scholarly research, innovative thinking, and entrepreneurial endeavors at the annual expo, where many young researchers were honored…

by Greg St. Martin April 10, 2015

Should human organs be for sale?

“I’m not arguing that all body products should be collected and distributed in the same way,” says Kara Swanson, an associate professor of law at Northeastern University, “but I think that history suggests that we would be well-served by setting aside our instinctive fear of paid body products as an historic artifact.”

by Jason Kornwitz April 9, 2015