What 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

#COSConnects #MES

What 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

#COSConnects #Psychology

How 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

#COSConnects #Biology

How 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

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Scientists 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

#NUexperience #COSconnects #Penguins #MarineBiodiversi

One 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

#COSConnects #Neuroscience

Monarchs 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

#COSConnects #EnvironmentalScience

Take 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

Could 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

#COSConnects #Biology

What 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

#COSConnects

Is 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

#COSConnects #Linguistics

How 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

#COSConnects #Psychology

What 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

#COSConnects #EnvironmentalScience

What 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

#COSConnects #Chemistry

On 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

#COSconnects #NUexperience

What 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

#COSConnects #Bioinformatics

Could 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

#COSConnects #Psychology

What 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

#COSConnects #Linguistics

OGL 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. 🤩

#COSconnects #NUexperience

What does it feel like to watch a spacecraft launch knowing you’ll study its data?

Northeastern professors Jacqueline McCleary and Jonathan Blazek witnessed NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launch. 🧪

Read more: https://bit.ly/4gQCHoP

#COSConnects #Astrophysics