The leadership team from WISE in Boston visited the U.K. capital during their annual Trek to meet inspiring entrepreneurs and market-leading businesses operating in Britain.
Innovator Awards recipient Samantha Asprelli, DMSB’26, gives ‘women in need the chance to feel confident, beautiful’ with beauty product kits on Valentine’s Day
Partnering with Northeastern’s Alliance of Civically Engaged Students, Asprelli organized the preparation of 1,000 beauty product kits valued in total at $200,000. These kits will be distributed to 10 organizations serving women in need across Boston and beyond.
Northeastern Huskies celebrate third straight Women’s Beanpot title, 20th overall before record TD Garden crowd
The Huskies won the women’s championship for the third straight year and 20th time overall, shutting out Boston University before 13,279 fans at TD Garden. The crowd was the largest to ever watch a women’s hockey game in New England—breaking last year’s Women’s Beanpot record of 10,633—and the fifth largest in women’s college hockey history.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Melissa LaCasse | Tanbark
Melissa LaCasse is taking aim at the problem of single-use plastic waste with her company, Tanbark, which fabricates packaging using molded fiber, a biodegradable wood-based material.
Northeastern’s Mai’a Cross receives Carnegie grant to explore political networks and global cooperation
Cross and the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will research and produce 8-10 case studies that illustrate transnational political networks at work in the world.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Michelle DeBlois | ReMo
Michelle DeBlois created ReMo, a web-based platform that puts students and their teachers behind the wheel when it comes to reading.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Rachel Cossar | Virtual Sapiens
Rachel Cossar created Virtual Sapiens, an AI tool that helps professionals and teams master their presence and communication at scale, to make people aware of their body language.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Mariana Charakopoulou Travlou | Nous Health
Mariana Charakopoulou Travlou is the founder of Nous Health, a digital platform that enables patients to connect with mental health professionals.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Debbie Madueke | Replast
Debbie Madueke founded Replast, a recycling company that aims to solve plastic pollution in Nigeria by refining and reforming single-use plastics while contributing to the socio-economic advancement of a low-income population.
2024 Innovator Award Winner Fatema Janahi | Palm
Fatema Janahi’s venture, Palm, is an e-commerce platform designed to empower women to express their identities through cultural fashion and uplift local designers across the MENA region.