Skip to content
  • News@Northeastern News, Discovery, and Analysis from Around the World
  • Media Inquiries

Enter your search terms then press the return/enter key to submit your query.

Popular Topics
  • COVID-19
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • Faculty Experts
  • Athletics
  • Students
  • Photos & Videos
  • Campus, Commun­ity & Events
  • Faces of Northeastern
  • Faculty Experts
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • A pile of French newspaper Le Monde headlines

    What a Biden presidency means for US-EU ties


    There is still much is at stake for European foreign policy, says Mai’a Cross, the Edward W. Brooke professor of political science and international affairs at Northeastern.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   November 6, 2020
  • “The construction equipment industry is really a global trading asset,” says Northeastern graduate Zayd Kuba. “It doesn’t matter where it’s manufactured.” Photo courtesy Zayd Kuba

    He’s modernizing the construction industry in Africa and the Middle East


    To make buying and selling construction equipment easier internationally, Northeastern graduate Zayd Kuba founded an online marketplace for commercial vehicles and spare parts. Since March, the site’s listings have nearly doubled to more than 50,000.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   August 11, 2020
  • Photo by Carol Smiljan/NurPhoto via AP

    Think everyone will be clamoring to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Think again, a new national study says.


    Two-thirds of U.S. residents say they will get a vaccination when one is available, but others may not because of fears of side effects or a lack of trust in the healthcare system, a new survey by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers has found.

    • by Peter Ramjug   August 6, 2020
  • Janet Cheung will study political science and environmental studies at Northeastern starting in the fall 2020 semester. She wants to use her degrees to influence climate change policy.  Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

    From penguins to plastic forks, she’s tackling sustainability


    As a young teenager, Janet Cheung helped make Northeastern’s finance office run a bit more sustainably. Now an incoming freshman at the university, Cheung will use her passion to study the environment in earnest.

    • by Kaitlyn Budion   August 4, 2020
  • Wearing gloves, a King County Election worker collects ballots from a drop box in the Washington state primary in Seattle in March. AP Photo by John Froschauer

    A majority in the US supports making mail-in voting easier, new study shows


    The results, which come as states across the country are planning for what could be a drastically different election in November, show that 60 percent of U.S. residents support making it easier to vote by mail.

    • by Molly Callahan and Laura Castañón   May 28, 2020
  • Abhishek Mogili, a third-year biology and political science student at Northeastern, works as a department technician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Photo by Adam Glanzman for Northeastern University

    He’s preparing the ER for a surge of COVID-19 patients. There’s nowhere else he’d rather be.


    Every night at 8 p.m., as many of us are winding down for the evening, Abhishek Mogili pulls a mask over his face and wriggles his hands into purple nitrile gloves. He’s ready to begin another 12-and-a-half-hour shift in the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   March 27, 2020
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    What U.S. communities shouldn’t forget in the COVID-19 state of emergency


    President Donald J. Trump declared a national state of emergency in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, promising $50 billion in funding to combat the disease. But communities need to do much more, says Daniel Aldrich, director of the security and resilience studies program at Northeastern.

    • by Laura Castañón   March 13, 2020
  • TikTok ads

    Young people are talking politics on TikTok. Is this a good thing?


    Though the popular social media platform doesn’t seem to be inherently suited for political content, it could be susceptible to the spread of misinformation ahead of the presidential election, says Nicholas Beauchamp, an assistant professor of political science.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   February 11, 2020
  • Caucus-goers check in at a caucus at Roosevelt Hight School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    Iowa caucus: Maybe there shouldn’t have been an app for that


    The Iowa Democratic Party went wrong when it put its faith in an untested app to count the votes during Monday’s caucuses. Will there be a lasting effect on the race? Stephen Intille, associate professor computer sciences, and Nick Beauchamp, assistant professor of political science weigh in.

    • by Emily Arntsen   February 4, 2020
  • A general view of the House of Lords in London as the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill is debated on Tuesday January 21, 2020. Photo credit should read: Kirsty Wigglesworth/ Press Association via AP Images

    Brexit is actually happening. Now what?


    On Friday, the United Kingdom will officially leave the European Union, and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is confident the two can hammer out a trade deal by the end of the year. That might be “too optimistic,” says Mai’a Cross, Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science at Northeastern.

    • by Molly Callahan   January 28, 2020
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 9
Next

News @ Northeastern

We are Northeastern University’s primary source of news and information. Whether it happens in the classroom, in a laboratory, or on another continent, we bring you timely stories about every aspect of life, learning and discovery at Northeastern. Contact the Communications team

Keep in touch

Subscribe to our daily newsletter!
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Youtube

© 2021 Northeastern University

X

Cookies on Northeastern sites

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to understand your use of our website and give you a better experience. By continuing to use the site or closing this banner without changing your cookie settings, you agree to our use of cookies and other technologies. To find out more about our use of cookies and how to change your settings, please go to our Privacy Statement.