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We pursue applied research with an interdisciplinary focus. Our faculty members make discoveries that translate into solutions. It's the Northeastern difference.

BUSINESS
Northeastern, Wharton School team up for emerging markets conference
people sitting at a conference table Scholars from as far as Brazil, Thailand, and France attended an international research conference at Northeastern on "Emerging Multinationals from Emerging Markets," a collaboration with the Wharton School of Business.
HUMANITIES
Architecture professor publishes new argument for Government Center
the Kremlin The future of Boston’s Government Center complex was the subject of a Boston Sunday Globe editorial by School of Architecture director George Thrush, in response to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s proposal to raze City Hall.
LAW & JUSTICE
Criminal Justice grant recipients present findings of research
photo of gavel College of Criminal Justice graduates Diana K. Peel and Lisa Gilliland presented the findings from their respective grant-funded research projects on prison inmate conditions to the larger criminal justice community.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Makriyannis honored by grant agency for quality, depth of research
a student looking through a microscope Professor Alexandros Makriyannis, the George D. Behrakis chair of pharmaceutical sciences and director of the Center for Drug Discovery, has been honored with the Merit Award from the Medication Development Division of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Northeastern University psychologists discover fundamental bias in moral judgment
an audience applauds a guest speaker Northeastern University psychologists Piercarlo Valdesolo and David DeSteno presented their study of moral hypocrisy and subjective bias in the August edition of Psychological Science.
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