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Adaptive management of coastal ecosystems under climate change: A novel framework based on mathematical, computational, and network sciences Tarik Gouhier (Marine and Environmental Science), Auroop Ganguly (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Cyber-Physics Sensors for Affective Science Research Srinivas Sridhar (Physics), Lisa Barrett (Psychology) Exploring the Link between Bacterial DNA Damage Response and Biofilm Disassembly Yunrong Chai [...]

Purpose: The Graduate Dissertation Completion Fellowships provides Ph.D. candidates who are nearing completion of their dissertation the financial support to spend their final semester writing. The duration of the award is one semester. Eligibility: Currently enrolled Ph.D. students at Northeastern who have completed all course requirements including comprehensive exams and dissertation proposal defense (if required), [...]

DESCRIPTION Up to two Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Awards will be presented each year in honor of outstanding research and creative activity of national and international significance conducted by individual full-time faculty members at Northeastern University. The awards are given for excellent accomplishments in research or creative activities in the previous calendar year. [...]

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Graduate Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Congratulations to the awardees! Spring 2013 Andrea Appel, College of Science Parnian Boloori Zadeh, College of Engineering Jeffrey Breugelmans, College of Engineering Chris Chanyasulkit, College of Social Sciences & Humanities Burleigh Hendrickson, College of Social Sciences & Humanities Elizabeth  Markle, Bouve College [...]

Professors Lee Makowski and Dana Brooks, and associate professor Deniz Erdogmus, all in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have been funded by the National Science Foundation to advance imaging and signal processing for X-ray solution scattering from proteins, in order to better understand their conformational variety, which will improve functional understanding and potentially [...]

Fiscal year 2012 was a record-breaking year for Northeastern University research, as reflected in the following metrics of research growth and impact: External awards exceeded $100 million Invention disclosures exceeded 100 (1 per every $1 million) Portfolio of 13 university spun out ventures, five launched in FY12 Research Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) submissions up [...]

On July 4, 2012, scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland, announced the observation of a new, theoretically predicted particle, the Higgs boson, which has been called the ultimate building block for all matter. This particle was detected using a Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), developed by an international collaborative that includes Northeastern’s [...]

Northeastern healthcare systems engineering program receives major innovation award Healthcare reform has been the focus of intensive national debate, as policymakers work to control spiraling medical costs while extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. The recently upheld Affordable Care Act includes a wide variety of provisions designed to make medical care more accessible, affordable, [...]

In late February, something happened to the Italian government that had never happened before: a hung parliament. After 75 percent of the population turned out to vote, it took two days to tally the results. Now, almost three weeks later, the center right and center left parties remain in a steadfast gridlock. A third party–the [...]

Interactive health technologies are a hot topic these days. Between Nike’s FuelBand and mobile phone apps like LoseIt!, the world has come to realize that interactive computing has a lot to offer  the layperson in the way of managing her own health. These new platforms were just starting to emerge when professor Andrea Parker began [...]

Last week’s Webcrawl got stuck in a snowbank on Friday morning. It took me all weekend to dig it out. (Actually, that’s fiction, but the true story is much less exciting.) Here are a few of my favorite science stories from last week: I’m sure you didn’t miss it, but a baby born with AIDS [...]

When disaster strikes, we rely on our social networks for support. During hurricane Sandy, neighbors helped neighbors by sharing electrical power with those who’d lost it or removing tree limbs from each other’s rooftops. In many cases, the help we get during emergencies comes from whomever happens to be nearby, but more and more our [...]