Hongli Zhu wearing a lab coat and black gloves connects wired battery cells at a workbench beside shelves of battery testing equipment lined with clips and cables.

Northeastern professor builds a better battery, wins acclaim.

Northeastern University Professor Hongli Zhu is developing the cutting-edge solid state batteries of the future to power our modern society.
A pipette tip releases a single droplet into a small sample tube, shot from above in pink and blue lab lighting.

PFAS may raise blood pressure during pregnancy. Who is at risk?

Actress Sydney Sweeney poses in front of a red background.

How sports betting app Novig trolls us with its Sydney Sweeney ads

A view through the witness window into the execution chamber, showing a gurney with leather restraint straps and an adjacent room with folding chairs.

Death Penalty laws put the US in a small club of nations who execute

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Martin Luther King Jr. raises his right hand while speaking from a podium crowded with microphones, addressing a dense crowd that stretches back toward the Washington Monument.

Northeastern professor weighs in on why marching still matters

Northeastern professor Ted Landsmark marched on Washington in 1963. He returns now for a new march for same civil rights cause.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to an audience.

Is India shifting from a secular state to a Hindu homeland?

As India marks independence, Northeastern expert Luna Sabastian explains how Hindu nationalist ideas changed the world’s largest democracy.
A student and professor sit in armchairs mid-conversation, laptop open, in a room with a wall of framed student artwork behind them.

Program an ‘equalizer’ for students seeking a career in psychology

Students get research experience and learn about graduate school in an effort to diversify the field of applied psychology.
Marine Le Pen speaking into a microphone at an outdoor event.

‘Strongwomen’ lead Europe’s far right. A political scientist explores

Macho men usually lead far-right parties. So why is Europe’s radical right turning to ‘feminine, nurturing’ leaders?
Shashi Murthy wearing a black top, seen inside of a building with warm lighting through the glass of a window.

She is building belonging one Cambodian student at a time

A Northeastern University student is creating space for her and other Cambodians on campus to connect and share their culture.
A person wearing a VR headset demonstrates a game design.

Rekindle ignites player emotions for next-level VR immersion

Northeastern Ph.D. student designs new VR game that tracks player emotions in hopes of fostering empathy for marginalized communities.<br>

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