News Category: General
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General News at Northeastern
Northeastern network scientist part of international research group selected for $75M One Brave Idea Research Award
- October 6, 2016
Network scientist Albert-László Barabási, Robert Gray Dodge Professor and University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern, is part of an interdisciplinary research team selected to receive the One Brave Idea Research Award, an unprecedented $75 million award to support the most innovative collaborative strategy for ending coronary heart disease. -
News at NortheasternTech enthusiast finds home at Northeastern’s College of Computer and Information Science
- September 27, 2016
As a kid, Andrew Colgin liked to tinker with technology. He fixed his family’s broken laptops and learned how to build servers from scratch. He designed custom-made computers for clients […] -
General HUBweekExplore and celebrate the future being built in Boston
- September 27, 2016
School of Journalism professor John Wihbey; College of Computer and Information Science professor Michelle Borkin; and College of Social Sciences and Humanities professor Dan O’Brien, who also is research director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, will join Boston Globe data journalist Todd Wallack in leading the event. -
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CCIS welcomes new faculty to campus
- September 26, 2016
By Shandana Mufti As the new school year begins and students settle into the rhythms of the fall semester, CCIS is welcoming eight new tenure and tenure track faculty members to […] -
Student discovers passion after attending sports analytics conference
- September 26, 2016
By Shandana Mufti CCIS students don’t spend their years of college staring at screens – they figure out how their personal interests intersect with computer science, then follow the path […] -
News at NortheasternDriving, autonomously, into the future
- September 21, 2016
Self-driving cars are on the way, and they’re the future of Lyft, according to the company’s chief technology officer and Northeastern alumnus Chris Lambert. Within five years, Lambert said, a […] -
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Media Coverage Roundup: Alessandro Vespignani works on modeling the spread of the Zika virus
- September 15, 2016
Professor Alessandro Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute, has been researching the spread of the Zika virus and projecting how it will spread. This work has been widely covered by […] -
General News at Northeastern
App vs. website: Which best protects your privacy? It depends
- September 12, 2016
Should you use the app—or a web browser—for that? That’s the question that Northeastern researchers, led by assistant professor David Choffnes, ask in new research that explores how free app– and web-based services on Android and iOS mobile devices compare with respect to protecting users’ privacy.