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Jul 02, 2025
Academic City, Northeastern University To Boost Local Medical Device Innovation
The new Bioinnovation Centre, a collaboration between Academic City University and Northeastern University, aims to address Ghana’s medical equipment challenges by developing and manufacturing cost-effective, durable devices for local healthcare […]
Jul 02, 2025
A Student’s Impactful Journey Connects Technology With Community
Driven by a deep desire to help others and shaped by his Rwandan upbringing, Germain Mucyo, MS’26, electrical and computer engineering, continuously seeks out and builds communities while applying his engineering skills to address real-world problems.
Jul 02, 2025
Student’s Co-op Journey Culminates in Assembling World’s Largest 3D Printers
Through three impactful co-ops, Fernando Escobar, E’26, mechanical engineering and history, engaged with advanced technologies, from surgical robots and hydrogen energy to assisting with the assembly of the world’s largest 3D construction printers.
Jul 01, 2025
Shrivastava Receives DARPA Director’s Fellowship
ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava has been awarded the highly selective DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award.
Jul 01, 2025
Xu Honored with DAC Under-40 Innovators Award
ECE Assistant Professor Xiaolin Xu was named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award.
Jun 30, 2025
Flexible, Interdisciplinary, and Industry-Aligned Sustainable Building Systems Program
Jose Velazquez, MS’24, sustainable building systems, worked full time while completing his master’s degree at Northeastern. Velazquez applied the knowledge he gained in class directly to his position at C&W Services.
Jun 25, 2025
GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Prices Are Unlikely To Decrease in the Near Future
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji says people seeking weight loss drugs may be able to get help from patient financial assistance programs and alternative medications. Mounjaro weight loss drug’s active ingredient—semaglutide—is no longer in short supply, so less expensive GLP-1 compounded versions are no longer available.
Jun 25, 2025
Hajjar Receives 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award
CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar was selected to receive the 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award for his exceptional “leadership in advancing civil engineering education, computational analysis, experimental testing, field investigation, and design of resilient and sustainable steel and composite steel/concrete buildings, bridges, and infrastructure systems; regional simulation; structural stability; and earthquake engineering.”