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Noteworthy at Northeastern: A partnership with Amundsen
Did you know about the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education’s partnership with a local high school? Read about why it’s been such a boon for the high school and for Northeastern, plus plans for a high-profile speaker and a busy week in the news media.
A Breakout Star in Biology
Phu Duong’s career in biology is well underway.
After successfully defending his master’s thesis at 鶹 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.
A Little Empathy Goes A Long Way
Every morning after breakfast, Chielezona Eze, associate professor of English at 鶹, spends three hours reading and writing. “Those are holy hours,” Eze said.
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 鶹. 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.