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Psyche Loui, an assistant professor of creativity and creative practice at Northeastern, is studying how music could be used to help people focus better or recover certain faculties that were compromised by memory loss. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

So you love music. It cares for you, too.

Psyche Loui, an assistant professor at Northeastern who studies how music affects the brain and the body, knows some people need help focusing and others are struggling with the precursors of dementia. A possible solution for both? The right type of song.

by Aria Bracci June 12, 2019

Eighteen years after its debut, Apple is retiring iTunes in favor of three separate apps for music, video, and podcasts—a change that represents a paradigm shift in the music and recording industries, say two Northeastern music professors. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How iTunes changed music

iTunes proved that digital music could be profitable, and its retirement, announced by Apple this week, represents a paradigm shift in the music industry, say two Northeastern music professors.

by Molly Callahan June 5, 2019

Architecture Professors Peter Wiederspahn, Michelle Laboy, and David Fannon pose for a portrait in Ryder Hall on Dec. 11, 2018. Their work will be on exhibit at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How to build a better building

Peter Wiederspahn, Michelle Laboy, and David Fannon, faculty in Northeastern’s School of Architecture, have focused their recent research on “future-use architecture,” the practice of designing buildings that can house any number of uses beyond their original intent.

by Molly Callahan December 13, 2018

10/15/18 - BOSTON, MA. - A student scrolls through the New York Times app on her iPhone on October 15, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Faced with a daily barrage of news, college students find it hard to tell what's real and what's 'fake news'

College students turn to their peers and online versions of trusted newspapers for news at least twice as often as they do to print publications,…

by Molly Callahan October 16, 2018

The Academy Awards’ allure: Fame, Best Film, and that prom-like feeling

The 90th Academy Awards, on Sunday, are shaping up to be one of the most hotly-contested Oscars in recent memory. Films like Shape of…

by Danny Hajjar February 28, 2018

Patrick O'Donnel, AMD'17, installs his thesis project in Gallery 360. The Information Design and Visualization exhibit will be on display till June 17. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Design, global perspectives drive student thesis show at Gallery 360

How easy is it to talk online with artificially intelligent “chatbots”? What’s the human toll of Syria’s Civil War? Can we track climate change through the health of soil? The answers to these questions, and more, can be found in Gallery 360 at the Information Design and Visualization program’s student thesis exhibit.

by Molly Callahan May 2, 2017

With her food truck rolling, Northeastern alumna now eyes Miss Universe pageant

Kinesha Goldson, AMD’11, recently burst onto the Boston food truck scene with her French macrons served from an eye-catching pink van. Later this week, she’ll compete for a spot on a more global scale: Jamaica’s representative in the 2015 Miss Universe pageant.

by Joe O'Connell August 24, 2015

A showcase of student art

The annual Department of Art + Design senior exhibit is now on display in Gallery 360. Curated by the department’s faculty, this show includes work by undergraduate seniors, as well as graduate students in the Information Design and Visualization program.

by Joe O'Connell May 6, 2015

Social networks’ hidden resources

Assistant professor Brooke Foucault Welles is studying how people can better understand and leverage their social networks to identify valuable and previously unnoticed connections or resources. She says this work could be particularly valuable for the military.

by Joe O'Connell December 11, 2014

In the newsroom, witnessing history

Two Northeastern journalism students on co-op with NBC News this spring had the opportunity to work on some of the year's most important telecasts, including President Obama's State of the Union address and the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

by Joe O'Connell October 2, 2014