News & Announcements
December 2008
| 2008-12-01 | Northeastern Professor Studies Limited Literacy and Mental Health Outcomes Alisa Lincoln, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of health sciences and sociology at Northeastern, recently completed one of the first studies of its kind on the role of literacy and mental health. » |
| 2008-12-01 | Pharmacy, MBA alumnus offers view from a top office Northeastern alumnus Frank Condella traveled from London to his old campus last week to describe the professional doors that opened to him in international pharmaceuticals after he earned his pharmacy degree in 1977 and his master of business administration in 1984. » |
| 2008-12-01 | Physicist recognized for pioneering contributions to interdisciplinary science Northeastern University physicist Albert-László Barabási is one of two scientists celebrated this year by the NEC C&C (Computers & Communications) Foundation of Japan for contributions to R&D activities and pioneering works related to the integration of computers and communications technologies and the social impact of developments in these fields. » |
November 2008
| 2008-11-24 | Researcher finds first ever evidence of natural disease resistance in corals In a new study published recently, lead author Steven V. Vollmer, assistant professor of biology at the Marine Science Center at Northeastern University, finds that acroporid corals listed on the US Endangered Species List can recover, as up to six percent of the remaining corals are naturally resistant to the disease. "This is the first evidence of natural disease resistance in tropical reef corals." » |
| 2008-11-20 | Northeastern Law Dean Named to Obama Transition Team Spieler, dean of the School of Law since 2002, will serve on the team reviewing the Department of Labor, until shortly before the Jan. 20 inauguration. » |
| 2008-11-18 | Robotics projects for stroke rehab receive major federal grants “Robotics and mechatronics offer the promise of sensitive, objective measurements and mobility assistance by using wearable, portable, computer-controlled active devices,” said Mavroidis, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University. » |
| 2008-11-17 | Northeastern University’s Dominic Coryell Wins Top Prize at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards for Husky Express Coryell was chosen out of a group of 26 undergraduate entrepreneurs from across the globe, including students from the United Kingdom, Australia and Sweden. » |
| 2008-11-14 | Northeastern program to address Boston graduation concern The program, he said, “will bring them to a level of readiness” to complete their college careers. » |
| 2008-11-13 | CURP naming to honor work of Professor Dukakis and wife As the center enters its second decade, Bluestone hopes to build on its work with local economic development and housing issues, branching out into areas such as development in Massachusetts, as well as urban transportation and environmental sustainability, to name a few. » |
| 2008-11-12 | Northeastern University Scientist Publishes Findings on Marine Biodiversity “This study allowed us to explore the consequences of biodiversity change using seaweed species richness. The results are exciting because as our experiments became more realistic, and were conducted for a longer time, the effects of biodiversity on production were stronger.” » |
| 2008-11-10 | Fellowship focuses on fixing infrastructure Students selected for the IGERT Fellowship program are studying the technical and political aspects of decision-making as it relates to diagnostics of roads and bridges. » |
| 2008-11-07 | Aoun urges strengthening community connections in a time of economic crisis “It has to be scalable to Boston, to the nation, to the rest of the world. Our goal is to create a model throughout every urban environment.” » |
| 2008-11-07 | CCIS Welcomes Three New Outstanding Faculty Members Excellence in Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Recognized by Leading Industry Magazine » |
| 2008-11-07 | College of Criminal Justice trains Irish justice leaders After looking at numerous programs throughout the United States, the Ministry of Justice chose Northeastern to deliver this program, which trains mid-level managers to advance in the ministry once they return. » |
October 2008
| 2008-10-30 | U.S. diplomat recalls his Northeastern past “We must remember whom we serve and why we serve,” he said. » |
| 2008-10-29 | Northeastern University Physicists Create Assembly Technique for Carbon Nanotubes The challenge of utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNT) in the nanoscale is to assemble them into three-dimensional structures for large scale applications. » |
| 2008-10-27 | Northeastern University to Inaugurate New Federally-funded Explosives Research Center Ribbon-Cutting for the Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats on Thursday, October 30 » |
| 2008-10-23 | Northeastern University Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Exploration Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Professor Kim Lewis Dr. Lewis’ research proposes a straightforward method to make latent M. tuberculosis cells stand out from the rest of the population, which will enable their observation, capture and study. » |
| 2008-10-21 | Northeastern’s Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine Receives $1.5M NIH Grant to Examine Drug Delivery “The ultimate goal of this research is to solve the extremely important and challenging problem of intracellular organelle-specific drug delivery, which will dramatically increase the efficacy of many therapies,” said Torchilin. » |
| 2008-10-21 | Camp David: 30 Years Later - Northeastern Hosted Discussion as Part of Program on Middle East “There was almost not enough time,” he said. “Even after we formally broke up, there was a rush to the front because students wanted to ask more questions.” » |
| 2008-10-18 | Northeastern University School of Law 40th Anniversary Celebration Keynote Address by Anthony Lewis » |
| 2008-10-14 | Northeastern Professor Visits Liberia to Promote Awareness of Gender-Based Violence Her current research in Liberia will be featured as a chapter in a new book, which she is co-editing, entitled Women, War and Violence: Personnel Perspectives and Global Activism. » |
| 2008-10-07 | Scientists Discover Method to Produce Better Drugs for Parkinson's, Cancer, and Other Diseases Synthesis of 8-substituted xanthines via 5,6-diaminouracils: an efficient route to A2A adenosine receptor antagonists » |
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