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Tunesday: Introducing guest DJ Joshua Hertz

We handed the turntables over to Joshua Hertz, assistant teaching professor in the College of Engineering, who plays music for his students as they’re entering…

by Molly Callahan April 10, 2018

Commentary: After Orlando shooting, ‘compassion’ conquers hate

In this guest post, Joseph Lagalla, student president of NU Pride, talks about the impact Sunday morning’s mass shooting has had on the LGBTQA+ community.

by News@Northeastern June 15, 2016

Guest post: A Facebook apologia

Northeastern post-doctoral researcher Brian Keegan explains the science, the debate, and the implications of a recent Facebook study on the spread of emotion through the…

by Angela Herring July 3, 2014

Guest post: The a-capella-singing salamander scientist

Today’s guest post comes to you from the capable hands of blossoming science writer Gwen Schanker, AMD’18. Schanker just completed her first year at Northeastern,…

by Angela Herring May 29, 2014

Guest post: RoboLobster goes to India

This post was written by one of my favorite Northeastern grad students, Dan Blustein, who studies biomimetic robots in biology professor Joe Ayers’ lab. Read…

by Angela Herring March 20, 2014

Guest post: The security of every day things

Assistant professor Wil Robertson studies systems security research. Photo by Brooks Canaday. This post was written by assistant professor…

by Angela Herring June 25, 2013

Guest post: An underwater science ‘Mission’

This guest post is written by Lori Lennon, communications coordinator and senior writer in the College of Science. You could say I am…

by Greg St. Martin June 20, 2013

In the lab: Mike Pollastri

Chemistry and chemical biology associate professor Michael Pollastri has several undergraduate and graduate students working in his lab. They mix and create compounds, test whether…

by Angela Herring June 20, 2013

Guest post: Opening up drug discovery for neglected diseases

Chemsitry and chemical biology associate professor Michael Pollastri uses a drug repurposing approach to identify new treatments for neglected tropical…