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#TrueNortheastern: From co-ops to research, Northeastern ‘presents so many opportunities’

Sam Mount, E’17, will begin a co-op next month with Dimension Therapeutics, a company dedicated to advancing novel treatments for patients living with severe, genetic…

by News@Northeastern June 23, 2015

October 15, 2013 - Shashi Murthy, pictured, associate professor of chemical engineering, and Sean Kevlahan, a former graduate student in Murthy's lab, founded Quad Technologies. The company, which produces a compound that enables cost effective separation of stem cells from other material using a magnet, has been named one of the top 26 global finalists at the global MassChallenge incubator competition.

With NIH award, professor aims to ease a ‘bottleneck’ in vaccine development

Northeastern professor of chemical engineering Shashi Murthy has received a four-year, $1.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel instrument that would automate an important process used in creating effective vaccines.

by Greg St. Martin June 23, 2015

06/15/15 - BOSTON, MA. - Soleil Dogged, S'16, presented her poster during the first annual Nanomedicine Day held in Dodge Hall at Northeastern University on June 15, 2015. The event featured talks and posters by CaNCURE co-op students, IGERT doctoral students, and other graduate students performing nanomedicine research at Northeastern. Staff Photo: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Students explore nanomedicine research on CaNCURE co-ops

Students in the first cohort of an exciting new cancer nanomedicine research co-op program are wrapping up their experiential learning opportunities, which they say have been nothing short of career-defining.

by Greg St. Martin June 23, 2015

Researchers find prescription drug benefit did not save money for Medicare

A research team led by Becky Briesacher, an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, has disproved a belief that Medicare Part D impacts health outcomes and provides cost-offsets in other medical services.

by Joe O'Connell June 16, 2015

“When police show up to the scene of an overdose,

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

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