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Looking for answers? Ask My Husky.

A new application called My Husky, which is accessible through Amazon’s Alexa app, gives Northeastern students the ability to access their personal university information on their smartphone in mere seconds.

by Laura Castañón April 18, 2019

A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality. Composite image by News@Northeastern.

Northeastern students awarded two Truman, nine Fulbright scholarships

The university boasts two Truman Scholars in a year when more students than ever before were nominated in the U.S. It’s also home to nine Fulbright Scholars, the most ever in a single year for the university. The honorees will be celebrated by President Joseph E. Aoun at the Academic Honors Convocation on Thursday.

by Molly Callahan April 16, 2019

A student walks by the Knowles Center at the School of Law on March 6, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Setting the record straight

It is an extreme and rare occasion when a news outlet publishes an article with such disregard for facts and important context that it effectively…

by Renata Nyul April 8, 2019

‘A critical part of building our global university system’

On Saturday night in Shanghai, a giant Northeastern “N” glowed on the roof of the Fairmont Peace Hotel, a symbol accentuated by a…

by Greg St. Martin April 3, 2019

Faculty and staff across Northeastern’s global network joined Chancellor Ken Henderson, left, and Provost James C. Bean, right, in conversations to discuss the university’s reorganization this month. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

‘We accelerated to the top gear, and we had to shift to speed up’

Northeastern provides an integrated, holistic approach to learning that happens anywhere, at any time, throughout students’ lives. And now it’s pushing that mission into the next gear with a new organizational structure. That’s what Provost James C. Bean and Chancellor Ken Henderson told faculty and staff at a town hall-style meeting on Friday.

by Greg St. Martin March 23, 2019

Alyssa Peckham specializes in helping individuals who suffer from opioid-use disorder. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

‘It’s a chronic illness, rather than a moral failure’

In 2017 alone, 47,600 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Alyssa Peckham, a clinical assistant professor in Northeastern’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences, says Americans need to change the way we think about, and address, the opioid crisis.

by Laura Castañón March 21, 2019

Researchers in the Philippines pulled 88 pounds of plastic out of the stomach of a dead Cuvier’s beaked whale.
Photo courtesy of D’ Bone Collector Museum

The whale with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach is getting all the attention, but microplastics in the ocean are a threat to all of us

Despite the potential hazards to everyone on the food chain—including us—scientists have a limited knowledge about the distribution of microplastics in the ocean. Northeastern researcher Ethan Edson has developed a sensor that could solve the problem.

by Laura Castañón March 19, 2019

Bridget van Kralingen, a senior vice president at IBM, delivers the keynote address at the Women Who Empower symposium in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on March 1, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

‘Get on that field and play’

The glass ceiling has started to crack, but there is still a lot of chipping away that needs to be done. That was the overarching message delivered by speakers at the Women Who Empower symposium at Northeastern’s Boston campus on Friday.

by Khalida Sarwari March 2, 2019

SAIL student advisory board members Colin Mullaney, Erykah Kangbeya, and Miracle Olatunji. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

This new learning tool helps students get the most out of their experiences at Northeastern and beyond

SAIL, a new tool developed by Northeastern educators, is designed to help students make sense of their learning experiences in class, on co-op, and in their everyday lives.

by Khalida Sarwari February 28, 2019

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, left, and NCH Founder and Master Anthony Grayling talk to students on the campus in London on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2018. Photo by Suzanne Plunkett for Northeastern University

Northeastern finalizes partnership agreement with New College of the Humanities in London

Northeastern University last week finalized a partnership with New College of the Humanities, a private college in central London, formalizing an agreement that will expand Northeastern’s global network of campuses and create new academic and research opportunities at both institutions.

by Greg St. Martin February 26, 2019