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The simple habit that prevents campus theft, according to NUPD

NUPD warns students not to leave belongings unattended and offers tips, device registration and free bike locks to prevent theft on campus.

The takedown of Matthews Arena officially begins

Northeastern’s co-ops, global network are biggest draws for applicants

Northeastern application numbers surge again, buoyed by student and parent interest in co-op and international opportunities.

Here’s what you need to know about cancer vaccine development

A review study looked at over 200 cancer vaccine trials to see what’s working and what’s not.

Photos: Peptides, sunny days and pies to the face

Helder Prece, a biology Ph.D. student, investigates how peptides mitigate inflammation in a lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on the Boston campus.
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Artificial Intelligence

These educators wanted to learn more about AI. Northeastern helped.

Lead by Learning, a center of Northeastern Oakland, offered a professional development program for educators who wanted to learn about AI.
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What is causing the RAM shortage? Chip and supply chain experts explain

AI data centers are largely to blame for the RAM shortage, experts explain.
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This brain-inspired hardware could make autonomous vehicles safer

The hardware component represents “a 400% speedup” of visual information analysis compared to other offerings, according to researchers
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How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional, researchers say

New research finds that talking with AI chatbots as peers makes them more likely to tell you what you want to hear.
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Writers find their creative strengths in the age of AI

The debate about artistic agency in the age of AI is playing out in earnest at Northeastern University’s Oakland campus.
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Commencement 2025

Northeastern celebrates 215 graduates during commencement ceremony in Portland, Maine

The Class of 2025 included master’s degree recipients from 19 countries, nine U.S. states and 41 cities or towns across Maine.
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Graduate from Northeastern's Arlington campus turns successful co-op into dream job at Amazon

Soumya Hukkeri tells fellow grads at Northeastern’s Arlington commencement to “never stop believing in yourself.”
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Degrees in hand, jobs secured, Northeastern grads in London are in high demand

‘I decided to take a leap. I’m so happy I did,” said Maria Abbadi, one of 110 students to graduate with a master’s or apprenticeship degree.
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Northeastern’s 2025 Vancouver graduates urged to embrace creativity and kindness in an AI world

More than 200 graduates celebrated at convocation, where speakers encouraged them to lead with imagination, data-savvy skills and compassion
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More than 900 master’s degrees awarded at Northeastern’s Toronto campus

Student speaker Sujata Chandrashekhar Gaimar said Northeastern “empowered, motivated and sometimes pushed me to go beyond my fears.”
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Global University System

Warming Antarctic waters come with a cost for the ‘robust’ rockcod

Black rockcod embryos raised in warmer waters hatched with birth defects that could broadly impact the Antarctic ecosystem.
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How artists transform data into art

The Data at Hand, is the first curatorial collaboration between Center for the Arts and Mills College Art Museum.

New London tech hub at Northeastern wants to make AI technology faster, more reliable

After the Boston hub’s success, the new London arm of the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems opens the door to Europe and boosts AI research with new partnerships, according to director Tommaso Melodia of Northeastern University.

How Northeastern is expanding Massachusetts' life sciences industry

Northeastern trains students for entry level jobs through the Pathmaker program.
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Starfish are dying from a mysterious disease. She hunts for answers

Northeastern's Angela Jones is leading efforts to research an animal that we shockingly know very little about: sea stars.

World & National News

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In Mideast, attacks on desalination plants are an existential threat

Black bear, brown bear: bears are everywhere now. Why?

With war in Iran, experts predict higher gas prices and inflation

Society and Culture

An immigration officer wearing a vest that says 'POLICE' on it in yellow on the back stands in a cloud of tear gas outside in Minneapolis.

National survey finds massive ‘partisan chasm’ on immigration

Police learn a lot from field training officers, including use of force

California’s emissions battle depends on cooperation, research shows

Health

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Why 37 million pounds of frozen food are subject of recall

Mitochondria is all the rage. But can it really help you live longer?

Disordered eating, its causes and why we won't talk about it

Business

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Apologies are not always the best policy in customer service

Tax season: Here’s what you need to know before you file this year

After 50,000 milestone, how quickly can the Dow reach 100,000?

Lifestyle

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Cuisines can be broken down into simple 'culinary fingerprints,' research finds

How a Victorian-era marketing ploy made chocolate the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift

Feel like your brain is a little sluggish? Try 10 minutes of exercise

Law

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Is former Prince Andrew the first domino to fall in the Epstein probe?

What is the problem with an Olympic figure skater’s ‘Minions’ routine?

Why bitcoin would have allure for Nancy Guthrie’s abductors

Arts and Entertainment

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After 50 seasons, how is 'Survivor' still the king of reality TV?

Why American Girl is releasing its first novel for adults

With 'Shrinking,' therapy is mainstream. Is that a good thing?

Science and Technology

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Feeling stressed? These immune cells might be key to understanding why

Potomac spill cleanup relies on natural more than manmade processes

New data reveals how Americans move and mingle post-COVID

Sports

A baseball pitcher in a gray uniform with the number 18 on his back delivers a pitch from the mound with “jetBlue Park” signage visible behind him and spectators watching from the stands.

Aggressive Huskies challenge Red Sox in traditional spring training opener

It’s a Husky fight for the Hockey East Championship

Double-overtime heartbreak for Northeastern women in Hockey East final

Israel-Hamas War

A group of people observing from a distance destroyed buildings in Gaza.

‘Legitimate questions’ loom over Trump’s international stabilization plan in Gaza

President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan stipulates that the international stabilization force will comprise Arab and international partners.

Trump peace plan greeted with ‘optimism’ in Israel, but leaves out a ‘vision for Palestinians,’ experts say

Pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok continue to vastly outnumber pro-Israel posts, research shows

BBC under fire after livestreamed IDF chants by Bob Vylan. Experts weigh in on the broadcasting ‘mistakes’

Northeastern professor uses entrepreneurship to bring Israelis and Palestinians together

In the Press

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Nurse practitioners are rushing in to fill the gaps in US health care

“We see big increases in prescribing behavior in the states where [NPs] can participate in the market compared to states where they can’t, which we interpret as an increase in market access and lower costs,” Mindy Marks, a health economist at Northeastern University and co-author on that study, told
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Nine tips to help you cope during turbulent times

“You can think of the words and the concepts they are associated with as tools for living,” said neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett at Northeastern University in Boston.

Mass. lawmakers advance bill to make sweeping changes to sports betting. Here’s what to know

Mark Gottlieb, executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University, supported the bill in November. He said sports betting inundates people with notification messages and advertisements.
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War in Iran is increasing prices for more than just gas and oil

Steve Flynn, an expert on national security at Northeastern University, said oil is just the first domino to drop. “There’s a lot more at stake than just oil and gas,” he said.

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