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It’s graduation time!

Congrats to our graduates of 2012.  We were able to get a lovely spring campus photo of staff, faculty and a few of our EES seniors. Best of luck to everyone with jobs, grad school, and of course making this world a better place because you are all so awesome.  The senior luncheon last week [...]

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Congratulations to our Influential Seniors!

The Office of Student Affairs presented the annual class of Northeastern University’s “100 Most Influential Seniors.” Student who have been selected to this esteemed list exhibit the following qualities: Personal Commitment to enhancing student life; Self-Motivation to make the Northeastern experience the best it can be; Ability to influence peers and campus as a whole [...]

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NU Marine Science Center Open House 2012

Come to the Northeastern University Marine Science Center’s annual Open House! 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908 10am – 3pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012 Includes: -Guided Tidepool and Geology walks -Marine Research Exhibits -Marine Life Exhibits -Touch Tanks -Tours of the Vertebrate Studies Center, WWII Bunker, and Solar Observatory. -Children’s activities All ages welcome! [...]

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Becky Rosengaus quoted in Scientific American

From Infectious Selflessness: How an Ant Colony Becomes a Social Immune System. Rebeca Rosengaus of Northeastern University was impressed with the variety of experiments and analyses in the new study, which she says “provides further support that social immunity is a real phenomenon, not only in ants, but also in termites and probably eusocial wasps [...]

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Matthew Bracken: Loss of rare species can harm ecosystems

Here’s another reason to cheer for the little guy. A new study co-authored by Matthew Bracken, assistant professor of biology in Northeastern’s College of Science, has found that rare species from the bottom of the food chain can have a large impact on an ecosystem’s health. The findings were published in March in the online [...]

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2012 Muckenhoupt Awards

Jessica Feldish from Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Justin Roberts from Chemistry are winners of the 2012 Muckenhoupt Award. The award is for students who, “will use their training in science to benefit the environment of the earth and the life upon it.” Both Jess and Justin have exemplary records in areas of environmental sciences [...]

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PSM in Marine Biology

The Professional Science Masters Program (PSM) in Marine Biology provides the advanced skill set needed to pursue an entry–to mid-level career in marine research, or can serve as a springboard into the nation’s top Ph.D. programs in marine biology. This 15-month full-time program is offered in conjunction with Northeastern University’s Three Seas Program. In addition [...]

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Senior Appreciation Luncheon

Congratulations to all of our EES graduating seniors for a job well done! We welcome our graduation class to a lunch hosted by the Department as we take time out to relax before Spring finals. Come and celebrate your accomplishment. Food, beverages, and merriment will be provided. Please RSVP so that we know that you [...]

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MSC Graduate Student Blog Launched!

In this blog, you’ll hear from a team of five talented graduate students who are currently studying at the Marine Science Center. You’ll not only read about some of the exciting research they are involved in, but also find out about a little bit about their other interests along the way. To see the blog, [...]

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Valerie Perini discusses her experience at the Marine Science Center

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MSC merges with Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The College of Science is happy to announce the merging of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Marine Science Center (MSC). Northeastern University’s Board of Trustees recently approved the move – making the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences the new home department for MSC and related faculty members. (Marine Science and [...]

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MSC merges with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The College of Science is happy to announce the merging of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Marine Science Center (MSC). Northeastern University’s Board of Trustees recently approved the move – making the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences the new home department for MSC and related faculty members. (Marine Science and [...]

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College of Science Introduces New Marine Biology Major

Starting this fall, Northeastern University will be offering students a Marine Biology major through the College of Science. Northeastern University maintains the only major, year-round marine laboratory in the Greater Boston area. Its extensive rocky shoreline, flowing seawater system and central location within the Gulf of Maine all combine to provide outstanding resources for hands-on [...]

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For marine biology students, a sea change News@Northeastern

As part of the Three Seas program at Northeastern University, student Stephanie June partook in a diving expedition to examine coral reefs off the coast of Panama. But her fondest memory of the underwater excursion had nothing to do with exploring the so-called “rainforests of the sea.” That’s because midway through her deep-water dive, she [...]

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Marine Consortium Courses

The Marine Consortium Courses for Spring 2012 have been announced! The Marine Studies Consortium teaches evening undergraduate courses in marine/aquatic sciences and environmental management. The Consortium is an association of Massachusetts higher education and research institutions whose mission is to increase understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems, and to promote policies that protect aquatic resources. [...]

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Muckenhaupt Award

Applications for the Muckenhaupt Award are now being accepted! The award is for a student who, “will use their training in science to benefit the environment of the earth and the life upon it.” Undergraduate and Graduate students majoring in the sciences or math will be eligible. Please click the link below for more information. [...]

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Northeastern University Open Houses

Saturday, October 8, 2011 and Saturday, November 12, 2011 Spend a day on campus to learn more about what Northeastern has to offer you. This Open House program is designed to allow you flexibility to explore the many opportunities available for undergraduates. Pick and choose from the sessions below to design your schedule. Please note, [...]

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Emily Snead on Co-op News@Northeastern

On co-op with an environmental consulting firm in Vancouver, Canada, called ESSA Technologies, Northeastern University senior Emily Snead tested remote-sensing tools that will be used to pinpoint the impact of climate change on forest life. The experiential learning opportunity has convinced Snead to pursue a master’s degree in remote sensing. The technology allows researchers to [...]

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Steve Vollmer and Geoff Trussell: Snail travels unknown evolutionary path

Biology graduate student Meredith Doellman and faculty researchers from Northeastern’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Mass., have discovered that a specific species of snail has a much more complex evolutionary history than previously thought. Doellman worked with biology professors Geoff Trussell and Steve Vollmer and discovered that a marine periwinkle snail species, Littorina saxatillis, has [...]

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Annette Govindarajan: Featured in Journal of Plankton Research

Earth and Environmental Sciences would like to congratulate Annette Govindarajan on her article featured in the Journal of Plankton Research titled “A molecular phylogeny of the Thaliacea.” To read the full article, please visit this link.

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Congratulations to our EES 2011 Condit Award Winners!

Earth and Environmental Sciences would like to congratulate the following students: -Liam Holland (B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science) -Yanina Kupava (B.S. in Environmental Science) -Kelsey Boss (B.A. in Environmental Studies and International Affairs) The Condit Award was established in 1940 through the generosity of Sears B. Condit. The award is presented annually to [...]

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Monika LaPlante’s Film to be shown at the 2nd Annual Beneath the Waves Film Festival

EES would like to congratulate Monika LaPlante, an Environmental Science student currently in Panama with the Three Seas Program, on her film being accepted at the 2nd Annual Beneath the Waves Film Festival! The film is titled “How to Make a Marine Biologist.” The film will be shown at the festival on Friday, March 18th [...]

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NU Marine Science Center Open House

Come to the Northeastern University Marine Science Center’s annual Open House! 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908 10am – 3pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 Includes: -Guided Tidepool and Geology walks -Marine Research Exhibits -Marine Life Exhibits -Touch Tanks -Tours of the Vertebrate Studies Center, WWII Bunker, and Solar Observatory. -Children’s activities All ages welcome! [...]

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Annette Govindarajan: 3Qs: Lionfish roar into tropical waters

Invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems, like the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean. Researchers have struggled in recent years to combat the presence of lionfish — which are native to the Indo-Pacific waters. Annette Govindarajan, an instructor in Northeastern University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explores the dangers that [...]

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Dan Douglass: Brutal Boston winter? About average so far

Boston has been bludgeoned with wicked weather this winter, and after routinely shoveling driveways and trudging through snow banks, people wonder if there is an end in sight after the third-snowiest January ever and another storm to kick-start February. Dan Douglass, a lecturer in Northeastern University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, breaks down how [...]

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Co-op Experiences: Grace Hutton at NOAA

Grace Hutton, an Environmental Science major and a Marine Studies minor, spent her co-op working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Seattle. For two months she studied skate egg cases, then spent one month on a 135-foot commercial fishing trawler (the Vesteraalen) – surveying groundfish in the Bering Sea. According to Grace, [...]

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Gwilym Jones: An Interview

Biology Professor Gwilym S. Jones has won the Excellence in Teaching Award three times, in 1987, 1992, and 1994. Dr. Jones has taught at Northeastern for 25 years, and he is currently the director of the Center for Vertebrate Studies. Among other items, the research collection contains 453 species and 40,000 specimens of mammals. The [...]

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Wiliam Detrich: Warming seas may imperil Antarctic fish

William Detrich, professor of biochemistry and marine biology in the College of Science at Northeastern University, has been awarded $639,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research on the effects of global warming on Antarctic fish and the role of these fish in the Antarctic food chain. For roughly 8 million to [...]

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Rebeca Rosengaus: Ant Cclonies share disease resistance

A Northeastern University biology professor and her team of student researchers have discovered that the social feeding habits of carpenter ants reduce disease transmission and widespread infection within the colony, in much the same way that a mother’s milk helps her child boost his immune system against foreign organisms. The results of the study were [...]

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Jennifer Cole: The Science Behind Earthquakes

A series of major earthquakes have struck countries in the Caribbean, South America and Asia, causing catastrophic damage. Large-scale relief efforts are in place in the hardest-hit nations, including Haiti and Chile. Northeastern earth and environmental sciences professor Jennifer Cole discusses what causes earthquakes and how one natural disaster can lead to another. To read the [...]

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