Murray Gibson

At a sym­po­sium hosted by North­eastern on Tuesday, a pio­neering chemist mar­veled at the human body’s ability to flourish in the face of expo­sure to thou­sands of harmful pathogens.

This summer, North­eastern opened a high-​​tech vis­itor center that cap­tures the expe­ri­ence of a North­eastern edu­ca­tion through a new approach to the col­lege visit.

Geoff Trussell, Chair of the Depart­ment of Earth and Envi­ron­mental Sci­ences and Director of Northeastern’s Marine Sci­ence Center, pre­sented the Urban Coastal Sus­tain­ability Ini­tia­tive at the Col­lege of Sci­ence Col­lo­quium on Wednesday.

Last week, North­eastern hosted a con­fer­ence at which experts from around the world sought to more accu­rately define humic sub­stances, which help main­tain fer­tile farmland.

Today is Feb. 29, the extra day we add to the cal­endar in leap years. But why do we need this extra day, and what is the sci­ence behind it? And what about the lesser-​​known leap second – which del­e­gates from more than 70 nations recently debated whether to abolish? We asked Murray Gibson, dean of the Col­lege of Sci­ence, to answer these ques­tions – as well as how early sci­en­tists dis­cov­ered the need to adjust the calendar.

Col­lege of Sci­ence Dean Murray Gibson tickles the ivories to illus­trate the physics behind music and how it gave us the blues.

Murray Gibson, founding dean of the Col­lege of Sci­ence, exam­ines the his­tory of nanoscience — and what studying nature means for its future.

J. Murray Gibson, the founding dean of Northeastern’s new Col­lege of Sci­ence, dis­cusses his goals for research and teaching, and how North­eastern should be the best in the world in cer­tain areas of science.

Dr. J. Murray Gibson will lead the new Col­lege of Sci­ence, one of three new, dis­tinct col­leges being launched by the uni­ver­sity this fall.