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Since 2006, Northeastern University has dramatically expanded its research enterprise, with particular emphasis on three global imperatives: health, security and sustainability. Working intentionally across disciplines, Northeastern faculty members are focused on solving real problems in the world. NGN Research tells the stories of these important accomplishments.

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A woman in a striped top works on a computer, with projections of light shooting artfully across a reflective glass. — 12/09/25 – BOSTON, MA – Sarah Connell, associate director for the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science, does research in Snell Library on Margaret Cavendish on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows

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December 19, 2025

The cross-campus Northeastern project found that scientific truths would have been uncovered faster if female research had been considered.

11/19/25 – BOSTON, MA – Foliage frames the Northeastern University sign on Ell Hall on Nov. 19, 2025. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Twelve Northeastern scholars make ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ list

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December 17, 2025

The faculty members were included in this year’s “Highly Cited Researchers” list, an annual compilation by the data analytics company Clarivate that recognizes scholars who rank among the top 1% of their field.

A man with glasses dressed in a blue lab coat tinkers with an electric panel in a lab. — 09/25/25 – BOSTON, MA. – Nikolai Slavov, Northeastern professor of bioengineering, works on single-cell proteomics in his lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Discovery in early human cell differences could rewrite stem cell therapy

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December 15, 2025

Once thought to be a blank slate, early human embryo cells show abundant differences and potential for success, Northeastern researchers find.

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US mass killings drop to 20-year low. Some policy shifts might be helping.

There have been 17 mass killings, 14 of which involved guns, recorded this year, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University, in partnership with the Associated Press and USA Today

Mass killings fall to lowest level in nearly two decades, national database shows

The database, maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, defines a mass killing as an incident in which four or more people are intentionally killed within a 24-hour period, excluding the perpetrator.

This book chronicles the British aristocrat who dedicated her life to social justice

I chatted with Kaplan, who is the Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, about Mitford and her legacy.

The secret life of Decca, the most rebellious Mitford sister

Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford by Carla Kaplan is published on Dec 4.

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One of the six famous Mitford sisters, Jessica — known as Decca, a childhood nickname — was a left-wing activist first and muckraking journalist second, best known for “The American Way of Death,” her scathing 1963 exposé of the funeral industry.

Days of Decca

Now Carla Kaplan brings us Troublemaker, the first biography of Jessica, the runaway Mitford who decamped to America, joined the Communist Party, and became a successful author, named by Time magazine as “Queen of the Muckrakers.”

Jessica was the only Mitford worth taking seriously

In the wake of all this, Carla Kaplan’s exhaustively researched and thorough account of Jessica (or Decca, as everyone knew her and Kaplan calls her throughout) comes as a welcome relief.

Reintroducing Jessica Mitford, the Activist With a ‘Concrete Upper Lip’

Carla Kaplan’s biography “Troublemaker” focuses on the fierce political commitments of the journalist best known for “The American Way of Death.”

New books this week: A tome on capitalism, a deep dive on crosswords and more

Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan.

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