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Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Local teens get hands-on learning at Marine Science Center

Northeastern’s Marine Science Center kicked off its outreach field season on Tuesday by hosting teenagers from a school in Lynn, who spent the morning exploring marine life along the center’s rocky shores, learning about biodiversity at the center’s touch tanks, and engaging with Northeastern researchers who are studying everything from salt marshes to the physiology and health of corals.

by Greg St. Martin April 4, 2018

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun leads a ribbon cutting on Monday morning at an event to officially open the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. <i>Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University</i>

Opening ISEC: The dawn of a new era of discovery

This week, Northeastern officially opened the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, a facility that President Joseph E. Aoun declared “a piece of art” that will…

by News@Northeastern April 7, 2017

ISEC opening ushers in new era of discovery at Northeastern

Northeastern celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, as university leaders and elected officials marveled at the facility designed to spur scientific breakthroughs.

by Greg St. Martin April 4, 2017

Boundless: Northeastern's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex

On Monday, Northeastern officially opened the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, a facility that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called "a true temple of science" and that President Joseph E. Aoun declared "a piece of art" that will allow researchers, students, staff, and the community "to be at their best."

by News@Northeastern April 3, 2017

Northeastern researchers, led by Tommaso Melodia, associate professor, will determine the best practices that researchers will follow in developing projects for a new NSF program on advanced wireless communications. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern

Northeastern researcher to co-lead groundbreaking NSF initiative to advance wireless communications

Northeastern professor Tommaso Melodia has been named director of research of the Project Office for the National Science Foundation-sponsored Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research. The program will foster fundamental research and development of multiple community-scale platforms supporting next-generation wireless communications networks across the U.S.

by Thea Singer March 8, 2017

09/25/15 - BOSTON, MA. - Biology students in the College of Science work on research projects in lab space at the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Sept. 25, 2015. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern achieves highest classification for research activity

In the new Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education released Tuesday, Northeastern is one of only 115 higher education institutions nationwide in the top tier for research activity. The classification signals the impact of the university’s strategic vision and investments over the past 10 years that have elevated Northeastern into a powerhouse on par with the nation’s elite research colleges and universities.

by Greg St. Martin February 2, 2016

Infographic: Basic research sparks economic growth

On Tuesday The Science Coalition, a non-profit, non-partisan organization of the nation’s leading research universities, issued a report on university spin-off ventures and…

by Angela Herring October 30, 2013