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The nationally recognized a cappella group is staying upbeat with this virtual #HuskiesFromHome performance.

by Cam Sleeper May 13, 2020

‘Zoom fatigue’ is real. Here’s why you’re feeling it, and what you can do about it.

Video calls have become a crucial way to stay in touch from afar, but they can be exhausting. That’s because we're missing many of the nonverbal cues that we typically rely on during in-person conversations, says behavior analyst Laura Dudley.

by Molly Callahan May 11, 2020

Nursing student Sarah Calnan is working at the Boston Hope Medical Center, which is running a medical treatment facility out of the Boston Convention Center for homeless people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Homeless populations have been hit hard by COVID-19. She’s stepping in to help.

Four days a week, Sarah Calnan, a nursing student at Northeastern, works at the Boston Hope Medical Center, a shelter for people who are experiencing homelessness and recovering from COVID-19. Calnan says she finds a sense of humanity in the quiet moments of an otherwise bustling makeshift field hospital.

by Molly Callahan May 11, 2020

Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Northeastern intends to reopen all campuses in the fall. Research labs and offices will start opening sooner.

Following guidance from public health officials regarding COVID-19, the university is considering a number of safety measures, such as large-scale testing of students, faculty, and staff, as well as contact-tracing for those who test positive for the virus. The priority, said Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, is “maintaining the health and wellbeing of the Northeastern University community—and the world beyond our campuses.”

by Ian Thomsen May 10, 2020

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building, as seen reflected on an ambulance in Washington, D.C. AP Photo by Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA

What can we learn from past pandemics?

National leadership, a communication strategy supported by science, and consistent disease surveillance, helped previous administrations handle past global health crises, said Dr. Mark Dybul, a former U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, and Kathleen Sebelius, a former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, as part of a virtual Civic Experience event hosted by Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari May 7, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northeastern graduate Ben Morris temporarily turned his Bonner, Montana pedicab plant into a face shield manufacturing site. Photo by Erica Zurek

How one company shifted gears from pedicabs to personal protective equipment

COVID-19 forced Northeastern graduate Ben Morris to stop manufacturing three-wheeled cycles. But he has kept his company, Coaster Cycles, going, and brought his employees back to work, by making the protective face shields worn by healthcare workers.

by Jenna Pelletier - contributor May 7, 2020

Full Code, developed by Michael McLinn, a 2003 graduate of Northeastern, is an online application that gives medical professionals access to a simulated emergency room in a virtual hospital. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The patients are digital. The nursing students are real.

Nursing students had a problem: They needed experiential learning hours, but hospitals couldn’t take on students because of COVID-19. An app created by Northeastern graduate Mike McLinn simulates patient care so that students can stay on track despite the pandemic.

by Sean Deveney - contributor May 6, 2020

Students perform their final projects for Movement for the Actor, in which they interpret a dramatic piece of literature through a school of movement discussed in class. Clockwise from top left, Donovan Holt performs from <i>Lord of the Flies</i>, Sydney Love and Bianca Vranceanu perform <i>Antigone</i>, Devon Whitney performs <i>Sonnet 34</i>, and Erin Fitzpatrick performs <i>The Crucible</i>. Screenshot by Northeastern University

When theater moves online, actors get creative

Any other semester, students would wrap up their Movement for the Actor class by filming their performances in a studio on campus. This spring, the scenes were shot in backyards, empty living rooms, and wherever else they could find space.

by Kaitlyn Budion May 5, 2020

A nurse wore rubber gloves for the city's coronavirus testing site to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on March 20, 2020. Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP

Nurses are taking care of COVID-19 patients. Who’s taking care of the nurses?

Nurses often put their own health on the back burner to care for others, says Maria van Pelt, dean of the School of Nursing. But caring for COVID-19 patients could put them at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and increased substance use disorder, she says.

by Khalida Sarwari May 5, 2020

Nursing student Alyson Dahlberg works as an emergency department technician at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

To those on the front lines: Northeastern is with you

To the people on the front lines of this crisis, the Northeastern community is with you: Whether it’s providing housing for first responders; sharing cutting-edge…

by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer May 3, 2020

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