Linguistics

Northeastern celebrates several College of Science faculty and students for scholarly achievements

Fall Foliage

Psychology and math professors named Uni­ver­sity Dis­tin­guished Pro­fessors, and undergraduate and graduate College of Science students honored for their work.

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Congratulations to Seniors & Juniors Named To “Huntington 100″

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Several College of Science Seniors and Juniors have been honored.

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Two College of Science Students Named Fulbright Scholars

Fulbright Scholars 2013

Lauren Byrnes and Hollis Thomann have received Ful­bright Schol­ar­ships for 2013–2014.

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What makes human language special?

Iris Berent

Many species on the planet employ a unique form of com­mu­ni­ca­tion.

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Meet Dan Blustein, A College of Science Twitter Ambassador

Dan Blustein is a marine biologist working on his PhD at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center in Nahant. He is also a College of Science Twitter Ambassador.

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Meet Emily Blackwell, a College of Science Twitter Ambassador

Emily Blackwell is a freshman psychology major, who plans to minor in art or American Sign Language. She is also a College of Science Twitter Ambassador.

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Meet Joey Ostreicher, a College of Science Twitter Ambassador

Joey Ostreicher is a junior biology major on the pre-veterinary track. She is also a College of Science Twitter Ambassador.

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Virtual Welcome Day

The College of Science would like to invite you to take part in a “virtual welcome day” Saturday, February 16, 2013. The event kicks off at 12 p.m., and will continue throughout the day, highlighting each of our programs. The

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The building blocks of dyslexia

Iris Berent

While dyslexia is most often clas­si­fied as a reading dis­order, it is also well known to affect how indi­vid­uals process spoken lan­guage.

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3Qs: Not your mother’s neologisms

Heather Littlefield

Oxford Dic­tio­naries Online, the online-​​only sub­sidiary of the Oxford Eng­lish Dic­tio­nary, recently added sev­eral words to its data­base that high­light our wide­spread usage of dig­ital lan­guage in everyday con­ver­sa­tion.

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