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Since 2006, Northeastern University has dramatically expanded its research enterprise, with particular emphasis on three global imperatives: health, security and sustainability. Working intentionally across disciplines, Northeastern faculty members are focused on solving real problems in the world. NGN Research tells the stories of these important accomplishments.
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How an inmate’s insight inspired Northeastern professor’s modern take on ‘Paradise Lost’
January 24, 2024
Assistant professor Orlando Reade’s “What In Me Is Dark” has won plaudits for the way it has shone a light on John Milton’s epic and its attractiveness to history’s freedom fighters.
Northeastern’s Bioinnovation Center is developing low-cost biomedical devices to transform health care in West Africa
January 22, 2024
The new Bioinnovation Center, housed at Academic City University College in Ghana and in partnership with Northeastern, will develop novel solutions to complex problems in West African health clinics.
Systemic solutions urged to counter spread of science misinformation in new report co-authored by Northeastern professor
January 17, 2025
Misinformation about science skews decisions, weakens trust and harms health, according to a National Academies report.
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How Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ is helping redefine dupe culture
According to research from Northeastern University, 71% of Gen Zers and 67% of millennials “sometimes” or “always” buy dupes, and are transparent about the fact that those products are replicas.
January 16, 2024
Meet the brothers who built NYC’s favorite congestion pricing tracking tool
He roped in his brother Joshua, who was about to start his freshman year at Northeastern University. Together, they got started outlining the tool.
January 16, 2025
How computing can be inclusive
The Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University is focused on reducing these barriers. According to Dean of Inclusive Computing Carla Brodley, through the Center for Inclusive Computing, the university has identified 10 research-based interventions that help colleges and universities to remove the barriers that prevent students from “discovering and thriving in computing programs.”
January 16, 2025
Saving eelgrass, the most important plant you’ve likely never heard of
Northeastern University marine science professor Randall Hughes stood nearby, answering questions. She’s pushing an effort to get eelgrass named the official marine flora of Massachusetts.
January 14, 2024
Make Better Strategic Decisions Around Slow-Developing Technology
Article by Tucker J. Marion, an associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering.
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