https://www.scmp.com/rss/522109/feed The latest news and top stories on Northeastern University. A prominent Boston, Massachusetts-based private research university, Northeastern University is dedicated to educating students for lives of fulfilment and accomplishment, and engaging in world-improving research. Recognised for its pioneering cooperative education programme, established in 1909, the university integrates real-world experience with academic study. Its main areas of activity include high-impact research across STEM,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ling Xin Ling Xin A US judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit accusing Northwestern University of mistreating Chinese-American neuroscientist Jane Wu before her suicide, allowing the case to move ahead. The ruling on Tuesday rejected the university’s request for dismissal and means one of the most consequential cases related to the now-defunct “China Initiative” will proceed into a more substantive phase, with the next hearing set for mid-May. Wu’s family alleges the former Dr Charles L. Mix research professor... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3344623/suicide-lawsuit-against-china-born-scientist-jane-wus-us-university-proceed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3344623/suicide-lawsuit-against-china-born-scientist-jane-wus-us-university-proceed?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation early on Saturday morning, ‌culminating in a months-long pressure campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration that drew condemnation from some international leaders. Hours later on Saturday evening, Maduro was in a New York jail after American special forces flew him out of his country. A US government plane carrying Maduro landed at a military base shortly after nightfall, and he was transported by helicopter... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3338646/was-us-capture-venezuelas-president-maduro-legal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3338646/was-us-capture-venezuelas-president-maduro-legal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:22:36 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo In the early 2000s, the news media were full of stories about the near completion of the human genome project, which promised scientific and medical wonders to come. Back then, I even wrote a story or two about the mainland Chinese contributions to the groundbreaking international project. The memory came back to me more than a week ago when a press release landed in my inbox, announcing the human genome imaged in 4D. The latest project shows how genes interact, fold and reposition themselves.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3338412/we-can-now-watch-our-own-genes-dance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3338412/we-can-now-watch-our-own-genes-dance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:30:18 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin The legal battle over the death of Chinese-American neuroscientist Jane Wu officially began in a Chicago courtroom this week – a case that has shaken the research community and focused intense scrutiny on Northwestern University’s conduct. A civil lawsuit filed by Wu’s family in June centres on how the university handled one of its most accomplished professors during the controversial “China Initiative”, alleging her suicide in July 2024 was a direct result of the school’s treatment amid the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335096/jane-wu-lawsuit-us-university-seeks-dismiss-case-china-born-neuroscientist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335096/jane-wu-lawsuit-us-university-seeks-dismiss-case-china-born-neuroscientist?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:59:50 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Lin Wenbin, one of the founders and leading lights in the cutting edge field of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) – an area of chemistry recognised this year with a Nobel Prize – has left the United States for China. The internationally renowned molecular materials chemist and chemical biologist confirmed on Friday that he had retired early from the University of Chicago and joined Westlake University in Hangzhou, eastern China. Westlake University said earlier that Lin was now a full-time chair... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3332162/world-leading-cancer-drug-scientist-lin-wenbin-joins-chinas-westlake-university?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3332162/world-leading-cancer-drug-scientist-lin-wenbin-joins-chinas-westlake-university?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:18 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The fight against a Florida law restricting property purchases by Chinese citizens may hinge on finding new challengers – and on persuading a conservative judiciary unlikely to reverse course, legal experts say. In a 2-1 decision on Tuesday, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld two provisions of the 2023 law – requiring buyers to register their property and attest to their eligibility by affidavit, and ruled that the plaintiffs lacked the right to challenge the main purchasing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332012/courts-turn-slam-dunk-case-uphill-battle-floridas-chinese-property-ban-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332012/courts-turn-slam-dunk-case-uphill-battle-floridas-chinese-property-ban-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:58:09 +0000 Andrew Sheng Andrew Sheng Last week, two economists and one economic historian were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven economic growth. Northwestern University professor Joel Mokyr was commended “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and French economist Philippe Aghion and Brown University’s Peter Howitt were jointly honoured “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”. It was noble (no pun intended) of the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3330102/amid-us-china-rivalry-nobel-prize-winners-oeuvre-offers-food-thought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3330102/amid-us-china-rivalry-nobel-prize-winners-oeuvre-offers-food-thought?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words As a Yuen Long resident, I regularly travel to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. Like many in the northwest New Territories, I often face severe congestion on Tuen Mun Highway/New Territories Circular Road, especially during peak hours. For people in Tuen Mun, the situation is even... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3329094/quick-fix-traffic-congestion-hong-kong-smarter-tolls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3329094/quick-fix-traffic-congestion-hong-kong-smarter-tolls?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:30:10 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Charlie Hall, the youngest son of actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall, is starring in the third instalment of Netflix’s crime drama anthology series Monster. Monster: The Ed Gein Story, which premiered on the streaming platform on October 3, centres on American serial killer Ed Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul. Gein’s crimes reportedly inspired several thriller and horror films such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Psycho (1960) and The Silence of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3328189/meet-charlie-hall-whos-acting-ryan-murphys-new-season-monster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3328189/meet-charlie-hall-whos-acting-ryan-murphys-new-season-monster?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:11 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan China’s next generation have an “incredible platform” to pursue their dreams, former NBA executive Greg Stolt has said as a basketball scholarship was hailed for allowing children to target academic and sporting goals simultaneously. Stolt, who also played professionally in France, Japan and Australia, on Thursday praised the opportunities offered by the Joe Tsai Basketball Scholarship (JTBS) at a training session for local pupils in the mainland Chinese city of Hangzhou. Officials running the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3322668/basketball-or-study-chinese-children-can-pursue-both-incredible-platform?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3322668/basketball-or-study-chinese-children-can-pursue-both-incredible-platform?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:44:46 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until they run out of fuel. The most massive ones go out with a bang in an explosion called a supernova. Using telescopes that peer deep into space, researchers have observed many such explosions. The cosmic outbursts tend to jumble up a dying star’s layers, making it hard for scientists to observe the inner... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322567/exploding-star-reveals-its-stripped-down-layers-first-time-shocking-scientists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322567/exploding-star-reveals-its-stripped-down-layers-first-time-shocking-scientists?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump’s sudden concern about starving Palestinians was a major shift for the US president, who had previously ignored the endless cries for help from aid groups. So what changed? In his words, it was images of emaciated children in Gaza that Trump saw on television – his main window into the world that has long shaped his political and diplomatic decision-making. Trump made clear his affection for the small screen in late July when asked if he agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320995/how-trumps-love-tv-shapes-us-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320995/how-trumps-love-tv-shapes-us-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:00:09 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang Calls have been growing in Chinese state media and from the public for stricter safety measures and a thorough investigation into the deaths of six university students who fell into an industrial flotation tank on Wednesday. The students, from Northeastern University in Liaoning province, were on a field trip to the China National Gold Group’s Wunugetushan copper-molybdenum mine in Inner Mongolia when the incident happened. A teacher was also injured. According to state news agency Xinhua, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3319536/questions-grow-china-mourns-6-engineering-students-lost-mine-accident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3319536/questions-grow-china-mourns-6-engineering-students-lost-mine-accident?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 04:00:27 +0000