The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted ongoing disparities in health care, education and the economy for Massachusetts’ rapidly growing Latino community. Northeastern graduate Evelyn Barahona, who earned her international business degree in 1999, heads up a new...
Chong Kim-Wong, the newly appointed vice chancellor and dean of students, has been helping students since 2007, when she first arrived at Northeastern as a residence director. “I want students to just see me as a person that’s here to help and make their experience...
A documentary detailing one Hiroshima survivor’s quest to recognize U.S. prisoners of war killed by the atomic blast in World War II focuses on connection, said the movie’s producers at a Northeastern event honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage...
French, owner and chef at a critically acclaimed 40-seat restaurant called the Lost Kitchen, spoke about her path to success through a series of failures, at a virtual event organized by Northeastern’s Women Who...
Northeastern’s Morgan Pfaff’s work is focused on creating a synthetic material for bone graft applications. She’s also passionate about the representation of women in science.
Amanda Vasconcelos considers herself “one of the lucky people” to have always known she wanted to be an engineer. Now, she’s building animatronic toys as a co-op at the multinational toy-making company Hasbro.
On co-op at L’Oréal, Kristine Aleksandrovica relies on her positive mindset to help her through stressful moments, such as the recent grounding of a cargo ship in the Suez Canal that was carrying millions of dollars worth of cosmetics. That’s when her supply-chain...
Third-year student Malathi Reddy found her passion in a communications class. Now, she’s taking her advocacy to the next level at the Human Rights Campaign, an organization fighting for LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S., and the largest to do...
Laney Strange, associate teaching professor of computer science, and Missy McElligott, associate teaching professor of biology, were nominated by their students to receive the Excellence in Teaching Award for their outstanding dedication to diversity and...