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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Musical teamwork
When one of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s faculty members needed cover art for his band’s new album, he turned to the Department of Art. Read about a Graphic Design student’s artistic efforts, an initiative to help undocumented students, a new graduate program in the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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Northeastern community raises money for DACA renewal assistance
The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï community has raised nearly $8,000 to assist undocumented students with the cost of renewing their status in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Northeastern’s MARC U-STAR program renewed for another 5 years
The National Institutes of Health MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Training Program, which launched at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï in 2014 with a five-year, $1.5 million grant, has been awarded another five-year, $1.5 million grant.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Education honors
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education has had an exciting week! Read about this year’s Lincoln Laureate scholar, a state honor for a Counseling Education faculty member and a new dual-enrollment teaching program with a suburban high school. All that news and more appears in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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Northeastern partners with Ridgewood High School for dual-enrollment program
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has welcomed five high school students this fall as part of a dual-enrollment program with Ridgewood High School (RHS) in Norridge, Ill.
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Physical Education major Miriam Varela named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has selected Physical Education (K-12) major Miriam Varela as its 2019 Lincoln Academy Student Laureate.
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Graphic Design student creates ‘Product Placement’ album cover
When English Instructor Larry O. Dean’s band, The Injured Parties, dropped a new album in September, the achievement was made all the more special by a collaboration with a student from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Graphic Design program.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: SACNAS awards
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï students have a history of coming home from the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference with awards, and this year was no different. Find out who earned honors, which faculty members were featured in the news media and more in this week’s Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: A home for Dreamers
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has graduated 10 scholars in TheDream.US program since beginning a partnership in 2015. This fall, 10 more have arrived. Read more about the program for undocumented students, newly published research from the Department of Biology, and a grant that will bring teachers into Computer Science classes as students. It’s all in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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Northeastern researchers publish study on a new model for Werner syndrome
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï students and faculty members have published an article describing a new way to study Werner syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by the early onset of aging, increased risk of cancer and other age-related conditions such as diabetes.