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A Breakout Star in Biology

Phu Duong’s career in biology is well underway.

After successfully defending his master’s thesis at ݮƵ over the summer, he has begun a Ph.D. program in Cell and Molecular Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There, he hopes to become involved in the field of epigenetics, which is the study of changes in gene activity that are not caused by changes in the DNA sequence. Translation: The guy is smart.

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A Little Empathy Goes A Long Way

Every morning after breakfast, Chielezona Eze, associate professor of English at ݮƵ, spends three hours reading and writing. “Those are holy hours,” Eze said.

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When Research Grabs International Headlines

Mass shootings are contagious.

That was the headline-grabbing conclusion of a research project that Maryam Khan began working on when she was a senior at ݮƵ. Almost as soon as the paper was published by journal in July 2015, lead researcher ’ phone began to ring with calls from news outlets such as NBC, NPR and The Washington Post.

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Psychology major Bianca “Mykee” Vives named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate

Northeastern has selected Psychology major and Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Complex Systems minor Bianca “Mykee” Vives as its 2023 Lincoln Academy Student Laureate.