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Apr 28, 2025
London’s First-Year Engineering Cornerstone Design Expo
Culminating their year-long Cornerstone of Engineering coursework, first-year engineering students at the London campus presented their innovative engineering team projects at the 2025 First-Year Engineering Cornerstone Design Expo.

Apr 24, 2025
Researchers Observe Axion Quasiparticles for the First Time
COS/ECE Associate Professor Kin Chung Fong and more than a dozen researchers from across the globe published “Observation of the Axion Quasiparticle in 2D MnBi2Te4 ” in Nature, revealing how they were able to observe axion quasiparticles for the first time, adding to their understanding of dark matter.

Apr 23, 2025
Zheng Selected as 2025 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was selected as a 2025 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow, a 10-week residential research program, to work on advanced energy and power systems for space applications.
Apr 23, 2025
Bioengineering Student Receives 2025 Compass Award
Gabrielle Rose Bailey, E’25, bioengineering and biochemistry, is a recipient of the 2025 Compass Award, which recognize exemplary students from the senior class who have demonstrated a true dedication to the core values of leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and a commitment to Northeastern.

Apr 22, 2025
Rinaldi Receives 2025 IFCS Walter G. Cady Award
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi received the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) 2025 Walter G. Cady Award for his technical contributions in the area of piezoelectric frequency control devices.

Apr 22, 2025
Dehghani Receives DAIS Data Analytics Teaching Award
MIE Associate Teaching Professor Mohammad Dehghani received the Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Data Analytics Teaching Award from the DAIS division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the prime national society for industrial engineering.
Apr 22, 2025
2025 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2025 were awarded to more than 40 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.

Apr 22, 2025
Once Extinct Plant Gene Could Impact New Drug Discovery
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Wen applied a new method called molecular gene resurrection to repair a defunct gene found in the coyote tobacco plant that encodes cyclic peptide nanamin. This peptide could be used in new cancer treatments, antibiotics development, and insect protection for crops. The research was published in PNAS.