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You’ve grown up. Now chocolate milk has, too.

Manny Lubin and Josh Belinsky launched their company, Slate, to modernize the classic beverage and make it more appealing to adults. The Northeastern graduates said…

by Greg St. Martin February 12, 2019

Move over, Shark Tank. Here’s where the next great entrepreneurs rub elbows.

A card game that teaches you how to freestyle rap. A shoe insert that prevents blisters from forming on your feet. A web platform that…

by Greg St. Martin November 15, 2018

Women face enough challenges in the workplace. These graduates won’t let blisters be another.

Two Northeastern graduates have designed a product to help prevent people from getting blisters on their feet. “Coming up with a product that allows me…

by Debora Almeida October 23, 2018

Does your dog have a bacterial infection? This test could tell you in two minutes.

Want to know which bacteria are making your pet sick? Northeastern professor Edgar Goluch has started a company to get that answer in minutes, instead…

by Laura Castañón October 19, 2018

How an idea from a lab may change cancer treatments

Quad Technologies started in a Northeastern lab with an idea of how to improve cancer treatments. Now the researchers who created the startup are joining…

by Laura Castañón and Greg St. Martin October 17, 2018

How well do you know Northeastern trivia game

Play this new Northeastern trivia game

Who’s Northeastern’s seventh president? What’s Northeastern’s motto? Where are Northeastern’s regional campuses located? Test your knowledge of Northeastern with this trivia game.

by Hannah Moore September 12, 2018

Urban farming right in your backyard. No, really.

A lot of local businesses will say their products are made “right in your own backyard!” as a euphemism for the relative proximity. For Urban…

by Molly Callahan September 7, 2018

Cultivating cannabis is complex and expensive. This engineer has a solution—get higher.

Northeastern graduate Chris Denaro studied engineering, not botany. But now he’s creating high-tech, data-driven cannabis farms. “Going to Northeastern for engineering made me a good…

by Emily Arntsen August 27, 2018

Will fake social media followers derail the booming influencer marketing business?

Celebrities, social media stars, and other online personalities have taken a hit to their credibility in recent months, as millions of their followers have been…

by Christine Regan Davi - contributor August 22, 2018

Former EMT launches company to improve student first aid

When Cord Meyer returned to Northeastern from his first co-op as an emergency medical technician, he was stunned by how little his fellow students knew…

by Bill Ibelle August 8, 2018