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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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Professor’s new books explore health care barriers for immigrants in Boston area
April 18, 2024
“Access to health coverage does not guarantee access to health care,” says Northeastern professor Tiffany Joseph, who spent eight years researching health care access in Boston’s immigrant communities.
Navigating a New Political Landscape: Frequently Asked Questions
April 14, 2025
Northeastern evaluates policy changes affecting research, teaching, and its community under the Trump administration.
How to turn ‘no-trespassing environments’ into environmentally and socially sustainable parks
April 16, 2025
Dan Adams, professor and director of the School of Architecture, views infrastructure not as something to work around, but as something to work with.
Honors & Awards
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Publications
Groundbreaking, inspiring research and scholarly work, including journal articles and books, published across disciplines.
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Academic conferences convened by Northeastern faculty, and academic conferences where Northeastern faculty play key roles.
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April 8, 2025
154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines
But public-health specialists worry that misinformation and funding cuts could affect vaccination rates.
March 21, 2025
Efforts to weed out fake users for online advertisers fall short
Companies that claim to help brands avoid serving digital ads to bots regularly miss nonhuman traffic.
March 26, 2025
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
March 23, 2025
Containing multitudes: Why feeling mixed emotions can actually be healthy
Simultaneous joy and rage aren’t contradictions — they’re part of a spectrum of emotional intelligence.
March 21, 2025
Background music, amplitude modulation improves focus for ADHD brains: New study
Background music and stimulating music with amplitude modulation may improve sustained attention for adults with ADHD symptoms, suggests two new studies.
March 21, 2025
No duh: Heavy social media use and irritability are correlated, new study says
Heavy social media use correlates to higher irritability, according to a study from Northeastern.
March 19, 2025
How tracking wastewater from airplanes could help detect the next pandemic
A team of Northeastern researchers say this tool could help detect the next pandemic if we start regularly testing wastewater from airplanes at a handful of airports around the globe.
March 18, 2025
Shell shock: Sea snail defence-mode may hinder its sex life
A groundbreaking study has found sea snails are evolving thicker shells to fend off invasive predators, but are losing their ‘on-demand defence mechanism’.
March 14, 2025
Neuroscience discovered a clever trick for squeezing more joy out of everyday pleasures
Entrepreneurs can’t make the world less crazy, but they can squeeze more joy out of everyday things with this simple trick.
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