@northeasterncos.bsky.socialNew to Boston? You might just find your new favorite club.
On Oct. 7, 596 students connected with 43 student organizations at the College of Science Student Organization Fair. 🧪
Read the story to learn more about some of the clubs at the fair: https://bit.ly/4ygT0BT
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat can a spider disguised as a wasp tell us about how wildlife moves?
Northeastern professor David Kimbro explains why species expand into new territory and what happens when they arrive. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4yxwVQp
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat happens when psychology, theater and social work come together?
Northeastern student Rachel Oppong brought both into her work supporting unhoused youth through theater workshops in San Francisco. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/3U9q0hu
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialHow many bird species can you spot without leaving campus?
From hummingbirds to hawks, listen to the songs that make up Oakland’s natural soundtrack. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4dlYAeT
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialHow do scientists identify a new species when it looks almost identical to its relatives?
Northeastern environmental scientist Stephanie Eby explains how genetics helped identify the Leopardus tilcayo, a newly recognized wild cat. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4hwBSBN
@oceangenomelegacy.bsky.socialScientists have made a ❄️brrr-illiant❄️ discovery!
Researchers discovered a new gentoo penguin species, Pygoscelis kerguelensis, living on the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean.
📸: Juan Barreto/AFP
📸: Mathilde Bellenger/AFP
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialOne Northeastern student’s co-op experience is giving her a closer look at prion disease research.
After watching her grandfather live with Parkinson’s, Sofi Gandsas pursued a clinical research co-op at Mass General Hospital. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4z7pEGY
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialMonarchs are on the move, but they’re still in trouble.
Northeastern professor Damon Hall says the population has increased this year, but habitat loss and pesticides continue to threaten their migration. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4xTkEF2
@oceangenomelegacy.bsky.socialTake a look at OGL's latest co-op spotlight! Up first: Caroline!
Caroline is a 3rd-year Biology major and our Don Comb Research Scholar Co-op! 🌊🧬🐟
#NUexperience #COSconnects #OceanGenomeLegacy #DNAPreservation #MarineBiorepository
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialCould a potato hold clues to a new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease?
Northeastern professor Emeka Okeke is studying a potato-derived peptide that could help reduce intestinal inflammation. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4yUHw7N
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat could “Super” El Niño mean for your winter?
Northeastern professor Samuel Munoz explains how it could bring droughts, floods, snow and other weather extremes around the world. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4cXP7tU
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialIs AI changing the way we talk and write?
Northeastern linguistics professor Heather Littlefield explores how AI is leaving its mark on everyday language. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4AgKYLA
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialHow does the brain decide what to do when we’re afraid?
Northeastern professor Rebecca Shansky is studying the brain mechanisms behind different responses to learned fear. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4h5uDlA
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat can happen when you take the time to truly listen?
Zora Hynnek spent four months in Uganda learning how community development starts with listening, trust and local knowledge. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4iFpmSU
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat if a material could heal itself and be fully recycled?
Northeastern researchers Diego Alzate-Sánchez and Jenna King developed a hydrogel that can repair itself in minutes. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4dtfeJi
@oceangenomelegacy.bsky.socialOn October 8, 2026, OGL Director @teredo.bsky.social will be speaking at the International Marine Wood Borer Network (IMWBN) Inaugural Symposium.
Click here to register via Zoom 👉 https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LsJ6yMw5TpKk_hXstGshyg#/registration
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat if learning about DNA felt more like solving a mystery?
Northeastern's Jen Cassano and Max Wolf are introducing bioinformatics through an escape room where players become genetic detectives. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/3TkQnkb
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialCould exercise help you hear better in a noisy room?
Northeastern researchers Jonathan Peelle and Bridget Carey are exploring how fitness may help the brain better understand speech in background noise. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/46NxDg8
@northeasterncos.bsky.socialWhat does it really mean to call someone a Luddite?
Northeastern linguistics professor Adam Cooper explains how the term became a loaded label in today's debates about AI and technology. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/3V0FLHD
@oceangenomelegacy.bsky.socialOGL is ✨ kinda chic ✨
As a biorepository, we collect, study, preserve, and make genetic material accessible to the public. We provide researchers with the resources they need to advance marine biodiversity conservation, all while being chic. 🤩
