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Mona Minkara

Mar 12, 2024

NSF CAREER Award To Improve Immune Response With AI

BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was awarded a $827,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Decoding the Code of Glycan-Collectin Interactions: Computational Engineering of Surfactant Proteins for Tailored Glycan Recognition.” The focus will be to better understand and improve the immune system response to pathogens.

Bioengineering

Mar 04, 2024

Boston Students Show Off Their STEM Skills at Annual BPS Fair

Jennifer Love, associate teaching professor and associate director of the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education, was featured in the WBZ News Radio article “Boston […]

Jan 10, 2024

Pop-Up STEAM Museum With First-Year Students a Success

A STEAM club partnership between Northeastern University and a Beachmont elementary school brings elementary kids and college students together to explore STEM through hands-on engineering activities.

Aug 07, 2023

Young Scholars Program for Local High School Students Finishes Strong

High school seniors engage in diverse engineering research during Northeastern’s Young Scholars Program, mentored by COE faculty and students.

Aug 07, 2023

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Pathways) Completes 10-Week Boston Program

MIE Professor Ibrahim Zeid and STEM Executive Director Claire Duggan led a 10-week NSF-funded REU program called “REU Pathways,” which mentors community college students in engineering research.

Aug 01, 2023

2023 Summer Bridge Scholars Program for First-Year Undergrads

Northeastern’s Summer Bridge program, which started in the College of Engineering and is now university-wide, is a week-long program designed to help historically underrepresented accepted students prepare for their first year of college with mentoring, teambuilding, academic previews, and more.

Mar 17, 2023

Boston Public Schools Students in the Spotlight During Annual Science Fair at Northeastern University

The Center for STEM Education assisted with the coordination of the 77th Boston STEM Fair, which gives students from grades 6-12 a chance to showcase their science and engineering projects.

Oct 18, 2022

Celebrating Massachusetts STEM Week

In celebration of Massachusetts STEM Week, Governor Charlie Baker spoke at the kickoff event held at Northeastern on Monday, about the importance of increasing awareness of STEM education and employment opportunities.