2024 Innovator Award Winner Kerrian Johnson | Fruit Juice Studio
Kerrian Johnson is boosting small businesses through the creative design and consulting firm Fruit Juice Studio, which she co-founded with a longtime friend.
Sep 11, 2024
News and Stories
Inspired by her brother, this Northeastern engineering student is trying to invent a device that can predict seizures
Muskaan “Mukki” Gill has seen her brother injured many times when his epileptic seizures strike without warning. So she’s trying to see if there’s a way to predict when a seizure is coming.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Violetta Skittidi | Formulaw
As a paralegal intern, Violetta Skittidi saw firsthand how legal documents can pile up. So, she created Formulaw, an AI-driven platform to help companies make sense of their documents.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Hayley Oleksiak | Open Space Sandbox
With Open Space Sandbox, Hayley Oleksiak is empowering citizens to build out their own vision for green spaces in their communities.
Double Husky Kadesh Simms Conroy Innovates with Wishing Well, a Community-Centric Finance App for Social Empowerment
Wishing Well is a peer-to-peer payment digital wallet that allows users to hold and save their money together as a group in individual “wells” and to use that money to support community goals, individual expenses and...
Northeastern Graduate Becky Mashàido is Revolutionizing the Beauty Industry with AI-Powered Solutions for Women of Color
Mashàido’s business venture, KiAsili Naturals, is using science and artificial intelligence to reimagine the future of an inclusive beauty industry.
This Northeastern Graduate is Using Her Music Industry Experience to Encourage Young People to Vote
2021 Innovator Awards recipient Emily White started #iVoted to increase young voter turnout. The venture, which grants concert access to fans that show a selfie demonstrating their civic engagement, raised the 2020 election turnout an estimated 7.2% relative to...
What Is It Like Starting Your Own Publication? Northeastern Graduate Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Fashion Wellness Magazine Terms and Conditions
Kat Tse (Cheuk Yan) and her editorial team recently celebrated the first anniversary of her magazine Terms and Conditions. She credits her team with a lot of her success, as well as the guidance she received at...
Award-Winning Northeastern Graduate and Entrepreneur is Transforming Business Storytelling with Art and Technology
Calypso Newman, who founded the art communications agency Rock Badger, was recognized as part of Northeastern’s 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards.