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New student on the path to discovery

About 10 years ago, Jacqueline Ali was playing an adventure game for PlayStation 2 called Sly Cooper And The Thievius Raccoonus when she unlocked a secret behind-the-scenes movie about the game. The...

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Balloon Mapping!

Alright folks, today I debut my nascent video editing skilz and you all get to be my first viewers. On Monday, we got a last-minute heads up that assistant professor Ryan Cordell’s class was mapping...

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ECE Superstars win at supercomputers

The Open Compute team used the most unconventional hardware in their supercomputer, winning them first place at the recent cluster challenge. Photo via Dave Kaeli. When professor Dave Kaeli approached...

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On Spring Break, students spring into action

This week, 186 members of the Northeastern University community will travel to 15 communities across the U.S. and four other countries for Alternative Spring Break—a weeklong immersive living and...

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Grassroots experiences inspire political dreams

Leah Campbell, SSH’14, set high standards for her first co-op experience at Northeastern. Her ideal position, she decided, would help her develop grassroots organizational skills and overseas campaign...

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Next stop: space

When she was in middle school, Rachael Tompa turned down her first opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. At the time, Tompa wasn’t much interested in space travel. But...

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It’s center stage for student speaker

When Emily Izzo’s parents ask her where she will be sitting during Northeastern’s 112th commencement at the TD Garden on Friday morning, she’ll have a very special answer: the stage. That is from where...

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The picture-perfect co-op

Last January, Carlos Villalobos picked up and moved to San Francisco to work on co-op as a digital marketing specialist for Adobe Systems, the multinational computer software company. He loved the job,...

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Alumnus earns Fulbright for research in South Africa

When Dan Marsden, S’13, visited South Africa for a Dialogue of Civilizations program in the summer of 2012, it wasn’t the stunning views from Cape Town’s Table Mountain or the safari in Kruger National...

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The King of queen bees

In February, Lena King saw an open bee hive for the first time, and she was hooked. “There’s just something captivating about the way bees function, the way they move,” said King, S’15, a fourth-year...

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Guest Post: Inside the NASA Langley Research Center

This is a guest blog post by Craig Schmidt, a fourth-year undergraduate student in the College of Engineering and recipient of the prestigious Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship. This summer he’s...

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First Pages takes students to Katrina’s aftermath

With an award-winning author as their guide, Northeastern’s incoming first-year students this summer walked the halls of a New Orleans hospital immobilized by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. What...

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Honors student wins Marshall Scholarship

Julia Ebert, S’15, has won a Marshall Scholarship to pursue a one-year master’s of research in bioengineering at Imperial College London starting in the fall. Founded by the British government in 1953...

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Ask the entrepreneur: 3Qs with Chirag Kulkarni

Chirag Kulkarni, DMSB’18, accrued a wealth of entrepreneurial knowledge at a young age from having started a successful tennis racquet stringing business in high school and studying the successes and...

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Business student embraces the entrepreneurial spirit

Kate Murdock’s short-term professional goal is to work for a startup consulting firm, a position for which her qualifications run deep. Murdock, DMSB’18, is an investment analyst for IDEA:...

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Co-op illustrates Northeastern’s strong Silicon Valley presence

As Northeastern University grows its presence in Silicon Valley, co-op students such as Samantha Kim, DMSB’16, are already benefiting from experiential learning opportunities the university has...

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The lab whiz

Ellie Shin was determined to find a co-op working in a wet lab on campus. She enrolled at Northeastern as a history major but took science courses during her freshman year, setting her sights on a...

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Student’s materials research leads to Goldwater Scholarship

A self-described “ever learner,” second-year chemical engineering major Emma Kaeli has cultivated her passion for research while at Northeastern, which has helped her realize her dream of improving...

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Marine science student wins Hollings Scholarship

Benjamin Moran, S’18, a marine biology major, has been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The scholarship supports students interested in...

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Meet the graduates: Jordan Lieberman

Name: Jordan Lieberman College: D’Amore-McKim School of Business Campus activities: Co-founder and COO of the Center for Financial Independence, president of the Interfraternity Council, Student...

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Meet the graduates: Lindsay Weigel

Health sciences major Lindsay Weigel, BHS’15, has shined in the classroom, but her Northeastern experience has also been defined by community service, global outreach, and campus involvement. Together,...

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Meet the graduates: David Barra

David Barra is a natural-born leader and an insatiable learner, a selfless humanitarian and a member of Northeastern’s “Huntington 100.” His resumé reads like the curriculum vitae of the quintessential...

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Meet the graduates: Alexander Colville

Name: Alexander Colville Major: Chemical engineering Campus activities: Co-founder and inaugural president of the Northeastern Biomedical Engineering Society; undergraduate representative on the...

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Student uses theater to examine, inspire social change

Northeastern student Pablo Hernandez Basulto spent five months earlier this year working on theatre projects in Rio de Janeiro and London that engaged homeless people in the arts. The impactful...

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