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Students testing a toy built by an engineering student.
Science & Technology

Buttons, pizza trucks and robot cars. Northeastern engineering students design and build toys that teach STEM to school children in Oakland

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by Vickie Jean DeHamer - Contributor
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World & National News

How did a container ship collision cause a Baltimore bridge to collapse? Structural engineer details possible design factors

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by Tanner Stening
Finnair plane on the tarmac in Poland.
World & National News

Why is Finnish airline Finnair weighing passengers? A mechanical engineer explains.

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by Tanner Stening
A fake plant on a black background.
Science & Technology

Fake plants could be the next source of clean energy, researchers say

by Cody Mello-Klein
Students working with robots at a table.
University News

First-year engineering students showcase cutting-edge robotics projects on Northeastern’s Oakland campus

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by Isabel Sami - Contributor
Rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel.
World & National News

Tunnel collapse in India: How are rescuers going to get 40 construction workers out safely?

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by Tanner Stening
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University News

‘You have the power to make change.’ Sustainability trips to Brazil earn professor Northeastern’s first global educator award

by Ian Thomsen
Nick Scaperdas working on a lab on a deaf blind accessible doorbell
Science & Technology

‘The DeafBlind community is an underserved community.’ Northeastern engineering students are designing more accessible doorbells

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Business

Is Miami’s tech scene the new Silicon Valley? A Northeastern grad and entrepreneur thinks so

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Science & Technology

Engineers are ‘unsung heroes’ and Northeastern students ‘have the courage to push boundaries and be visionary’

by Cody Mello-Klein
People examine the wreckage of a collapsed building in Turkey
World & National News

Earthquakes in Turkey, Syria underscore need to overhaul old infrastructure everywhere, Northeastern experts say

by Alena Kuzub
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Northeastern first-year female engineering students outnumber men for the first time. Two alumnae share their experiences

by Alena Kuzub