A labor of love, Northeastern international business major Sailaja Joshi founded her children’s book publishing company in 2014 to introduce more stories about children of color. Then the COVID-19 pandemic limited paper supplies and shut down bookstores, forcing Joshi...
Broader Latino Prosperity Among Goals Of Philanthropic Fund Led By Northeastern Graduate
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...
‘I’ve Spent My Whole Career Figuring Out How To Do Things, Then Doing Them’
Northeastern alum Wendy Zinn is the senior vice president of the YMCA of Greater Boston on Huntington Avenue. The YMCA’s grab-and-go meal program has served more than three million meals to families during the pandemic.
Northeastern Is Prioritizing Minority-Owned Businesses During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Lindsay Dahlberg, associate director for procurement services at Northeastern, will be honored by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council. On behalf of Northeastern, she will accept the “Institution of Higher Learning” award for continuous...
Revisit this Amazing Event: Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship During Covid-19
At this virtual event held in London, the Women Who Empower Ambassadors discussed tech, innovation and entrepreneurship during COVID. This conversation featured a panel of dynamic female speakers that shared their experiences leading in their companies in these sectors.
She’s Helping The Hearing-Impaired Overcome Barriers During The Covid-19 Pandemic
“If patients lose the ability to communicate, they lose the ability to participate in life,” says Dr. Nicole Laffan, an audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and assistant clinical professor in the Bouve College of Health Sciences.
Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship During Covid-19
Join the Women Who Empower Ambassadors for a discussion on tech, innovation and entrepreneurship during COVID. This conversation will feature a panel of dynamic female speakers, that will share their experiences leading in their companies in these sectors. The virtual discussion is co-hosted with the New College of the Humanities, London.
They Couldn’t Hit the Gym Together, So They Hit the Roof
Reese Bauer, a psychology and linguistics student, is the first to admit that if it weren’t for Northeastern’s Chaarg fitness club for women, she wouldn’t have a set workout routine.
Kids Have Been Cooped Up Because Of COVID-19. Youth Soccer Is An Excuse To Get Outside.
Health science student Tess Willinger has been a volunteer coach with the local non-profit youth soccer program, South End Soccer, for two years. She coaches kids ages 6 and 7.
Amid The Pandemic, She Found A Window Of Opportunity–In Her Basement
Vallabhi Singh graduated from Northeastern with a degree in finance and entrepreneurship. She started her own company earlier this year, Creatives Around the World, a digital medium through which she wants to tell the stories of the people behind creative...