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And the winners are…

The breadth and depth of Northeastern’s research and entrepreneurial spirit was on full display Thursday at RISE:2016, the university’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo. Industry…

by Matthew McDonald April 7, 2016

If you’re reading this on your smartphone…

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Almost everywhere you look nowadays, you’re likely to find someone staring down at a smartphone. At…

by Greg St. Martin April 7, 2016

RISE, in their own words

More than 900 innovative and entrepreneurial Northeastern students and faculty took part in RISE:2016. Here, in their own words, a few of these…

by News@Northeastern April 7, 2016

The mindfulness meditation app

Student-athletes face a unique set of stressors that can work to compromise their overall well-being, according to Peter Ward, PhD’19. After conducting a comprehensive literature…

by Jason Kornwitz April 7, 2016

Before and after disaster

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University For their senior capstone project, four mechanical engineering students—Brian Bernstein, Jonathan Brown, Dale Jordan, and Max Sobel, all…

by Greg St. Martin April 7, 2016

Soul of a new machine

Thomas Reilly, BHS’16, is designing a sensitive robotic arm that can help people who have suffered medical casualties learn to…

by Thea Singer April 7, 2016

The sights and sounds of RISE:2016

Video by Benjamin Bertsch/Northeastern University…

by News@Northeastern April 7, 2016

It’s a bug’s life

Doctoral student Erin Cole researches how termite eggs cope with bacteria to understand the role of parenting in early development.

by Thea Singer April 7, 2016

The perfect pacifier

Graduate student Jaclene Forlano sought to find the perfect pacifier. Not just one with a stuffed animal hanging from it to entertain infants, but…

by Joe O'Connell April 7, 2016

The gamification of rehabilitation

Three student engineers explain how they’re applying the principles of gaming to the process of stroke rehabilitation. Photo by Matthew Modoono. Peter Scannell,…

by Jason Kornwitz April 7, 2016