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  • A truck arrives to pick up a shipping container near vessels moored at Maersk APM Terminals Pacific at the Port of Los Angeles. The Port of Los Angeles is on track to move a record volume of import cargo this year. Officials at the nation's busiest port expect to hit the new mark, even as they struggle to clear a backup of ship traffic and ease supply chain snarls that have been blamed for product shortages and higher shelf prices.

    Supply chains are a mess. But there’s hope on the horizon.


    The ongoing bottlenecks are likely to contribute to inflation as businesses pass rising costs on to consumers. But there are potential fixes to be found in 18th-century shipping systems, says Stephen Flynn, founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern.

    • by Ian Thomsen   January 11, 2022
  • A new sustainability seminar lets students propose their own sustainability program. They learn to think critically and propose solutions, says Jacob Glickel, who works in the Office of Sustainability. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

    New course to cultivate ideas about how to expand campus sustainability efforts


    A weekly seminar this fall will bring together researchers, campus operations, and people who live near the Boston campus into the discussion about the environment. Universities are anchors in their communities, and the class is an opportunity to demonstrate best practices for environmental sustainability and resilience, say faculty experts.

    • by Peter Ramjug   September 7, 2021
  • Mark Patteron, professor of marine and environmental sciences, deploys a Trident ROV robot in Nahant, Massachusetts on on July 15, 2021. Patterson recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to facilitate this research.  Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

    This robot is going to map uncharted kelp forests in the Arctic–and the impact of climate change


    Mark Patterson, professor of marine and environmental sciences, recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study kelp forests in the Canadian Arctic. His robot, “Fetch,” will help lead the way. “I program the mission, but it’s up to the robot to make good choices,” says Patterson.

    • by Emily Arntsen   July 21, 2021
  • There’s a growing consensus among emergency response researchers that in communities where social ties are strong and there is a sense of connectedness, residents are more readily able to rebound after a disruptive event such as an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, wildfire, or illness. Illustration by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University

    How to rebound from disasters? Resilience starts in the neighborhood


    “Many times in emergency management we think about the physical activities that need to be done, expanding this, building that, shoring up this. But there’s a whole other side that we could easily do that can also enhance the recovery process,” says Ann Lesperance, director of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Northeastern University Seattle campus.

    • by Eva Botkin-Kowacki   July 14, 2021
  • 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
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