Huntington 100 inductees embody Northeastern values from community to leadership
The Huntington 100 honors undergraduate students for achievements aligning with the university’s mission, ideals, values and academic plan.
The first student honoree answered: “community.” The second: “leadership.”
Honorees at tables three and four said the Northeastern University values they and their fellow Huntington 100 society inductees embodied most were “empowering others” and “passion.”
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun appeared impressed.
“Each one of you has a story, and while only four people spoke, we can spend the whole evening hearing your stories and what you have done,” Aoun told the 100 students who are the newest members of one of the university’s two societies of distinction.
He congratulated the recipients.
“You deserve every accolade you have been receiving,” Aoun said.
The Huntington 100 honors outstanding undergraduate students entering their final year of study for achievements aligning with the university’s mission, ideals, values and academic plan. Northeastern also has a graduate honor society known as the Laurel and Scroll 100, and the two are collectively known as Northeastern University Societies of Distinction.
An induction dinner for Huntington 100 honorees was held on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Wednesday.
This year, there were almost 900 nominations from faculty, staff, advisers, coaches, employers and fellow students.
“You are academically strong, intellectually impressive students,” said Shadeh Jaberi, who co-hosted the ceremony with Bryan Rivera. Jaberi is a senior majoring in business administration with a concentration in corporate innovation. Rivera is a senior studying ecology and evolutionary biology, following a pre-veterinary track. Both were inducted into the Huntington 100 society last year.
Jaberi and Rivera said this year’s inductees reflected the very best of Northeastern.
Northeastern Global News, in your inbox.
Sign up for NGN’s daily newsletter for news, discovery and analysis from around the world.
Jaberi noted this year’s inductees are “globally engaged” through international learning experiences and experiential learning opportunities, conduct groundbreaking research, and are entrepreneurs and athletes.
Rivera cited honorees who were winners of prestigious scholarships, residential advisers, and leaders of varied campus organizations.
“The talent in this group is absolutely absurd,” Jaberi said. “All of you have made a profound impact on our campus community and should be enormously proud of your achievements.”
Huntington 100 Honoree Rae Yan, who is pursuing a combined major in computer science and music with a concentration in music technology, demonstrated one aspect of that talent.
Yan performed “Chasing Kou” on piano, a song by Shuichi Sakamoto from the movie “Drowning Love.”
Keynote speaker Christopher Kelley, a “rockstar alumnus,” according to Rivera, and a member of the 2010 Huntington 100 cohort, advised students to seek continued growth as they entered their final year of college and beyond.
“The question shouldn’t be: ‘What am I doing? And is this impressive?’’’ Kelley, a major gift officer at Dartmouth College, said. “It should be: How am I going to get better?”
He added that Northeastern’s emphasis on lifelong and experiential learning has prepared the students well for this challenge.
“You’re stepping into a world that isn’t always predictable or clear, but you’ve already navigated new environments, you’ve taken on responsibility and you’ve adapted repeatedly,” Kelley said. “That ability to adapt is not accidental. There’s something about Northeastern that builds upon that, and you just need a willingness to keep moving and adjusting as you go.”
After dinner, incumbent Huntington 100 members lit ceremonial candles to represent Northeastern’s principles of excellence, distinctiveness and innovation as well as the university’s motto of Lux, Veritas, Virtus – light, truth and courage.
This year’s inductees then lined up to sign the membership book, and receive their bright red stole, pin and certificate.
The ceremony concluded as honorees recited a pledge “to maintain and uphold the ideals and principles of Northeastern University.”
“I’m really proud of myself and everybody else here,” said Isabella Conti, who is studying behavioral neuroscience and conducting research on a gene that is involved in opioid metabolism.
Daniel Shen, a pharmaceutical sciences major, similarly said, “It was a great honor” to be among such distinguished students.
Shen, who spent his first semester on Northeastern’s London campus, said that the university provided him with many opportunities through his involvement in global experiential learning, Chess Club and the university’s emergency medical service club … although he was an emergency medical technician at home in New Jersey rather than in Boston.
“They drive too crazy here,” Shen said, laughing.
The 2026 Huntington 100 inductees
- Ibrahim Ahmed, LON’27
- Mehr Singh Anand, Khoury’27
- Ananya Arvind, S’27
- Cheska Marasigan Bagalso, S’27
- Sydney Allison Bao, Khoury’27
- Alex Bell, DMSB’27
- Tristan Gerald Bernard, E’27
- Luis Alberto Berrios, S’27
- Brennan Se-Jin Bezdek, E’27
- Dhwani Bhatt, E’27
- Danielle Esther Birchett, S’27
- Margaret Graham Brandow, AMD’27
- Kaylee Burkett, LON’27
- Sneha Chakrabarty, E’27
- Ivy Chen, DMSB’27
- Tochi Chukwuemeka, S’27
- Isabella Conti, S’27
- Evan William Crow, Khoury’27
- Jahnave Dadi, S’27
- Dashiell Matthew Davis, SSH’27
- George Decker, DMSB’27
- Faith Satomi Degawa, E’27
- Sarah Ann Douglass, E’27
- Jasmin T. Duong, AMD’27
- Anna Kathleen Eaton, S’27
- Ami Veronica Farrell, SSH’27
- Megan Julia Farrington, E’27
- Alaina Lourdes Fernandes, S’27
- Janani Ganesh, S’27
- Elliot Meira Gatoff, S’27
- Mackenzie Sharai Gayle, DMSB’27
- Rowan Nicole Greenberg, DMSB’27
- Juliana Lucia Guarrera, Khoury’27
- Rebecca T. Haile, E’27
- Aashish Akbar Hassam, DMSB’27
- Douglas George Hassell, DMSB’27
- Beatrix Christina Kho Hermann, DMSB’27
- Tate David Hinkemeyer, SSH’27
- Sam Michael Iannone, DMSB’27
- Sophia Essofa Idrissou, SSH’27
- Aryan Jain, Khoury’27
- Katrina Janakos, BHS’27
- Kimberly Amanda Kanchan, BHS’27
- Lauren Isabella Kong, S’27
- Eshna Kulshreshtha, S’27
- Alice Katrina Lee, Khoury’27
- Daria Levy, DMSB’27
- Brady Li, Khoury’27
- Joshua Li, DMSB’27
- Ashley Marlen Lopez, Khoury’27
- Ziven Andrew Lopez, E’27
- Jennifer Kelly Lopez Velazquez, S’27
- Sini Luo, DMSB’27
- Miles-Kabilito Magoola, AMD’27
- Benjamin Alexander Marler, Khoury’27
- Lily Elizabeth McGoldrick, DMSB’27
- Sascha Mund de Laurens, DMSB’27
- Andrew Jack Murphy, DMSB’27
- Dario Nardini, SSH’27
- Sophia Minh Thy Nguyen, E’27
- Nicole Ni, Khoury’27
- Sari Alyssa Nostramo, DMSB’27
- Yaelle Asher Ortiz, SSH’27
- Rachel Claire Pao, Khoury’27
- Claire Eunhye Park, S’27
- Thomas Joel Popelka, SSH’27
- Liana Powley, BHS’27
- Hannah Grace Pretter, S’27
- Alexis Marie Prevette, S’27
- Aishani Raju, SSH’27
- Mateo Rementilla, BHS’27
- Haniya Rizwan, S’27
- Ben Rosenberg, DMSB’27
- Oliver Robert Roy, SSH’27
- Michael Ruderman, DMSB’27
- Sarah Nyarkoah Sackey, BHS’27
- Khushi Vaibhav Shah, DMSB’27
- Angelina Parisa Sharifi, AMD’27
- Holly Shaw, LON’27
- Daniel Ming Shen, BHS’27
- Raina Neil Shroff, AMD’27
- Natalie Claire Sieren, SSH’27
- Abraham Cordell Silvers, AMD’27
- Ruby Marlene Sulter, DMSB’27
- Mark Teh, S’27
- Gabriella Stephanie Thomas-Arbaje, E’27
- Anthony Trinidad, S’27
- Kiera Han Truong, BHS’27
- Sanketh Udupa, S’27
- Isabela Harue Uemura Miyaki, DMSB’27
- Adya Verma, Khoury’27
- Hailey Wang, SSH’27
- Lauren Marie Weichold, DMSB’27
- Ava Gracie Weinstein, AMD’27
- Eliana Sage Williamson, S’27
- Benedikt Winkler, Khoury’27
- Trevor John Wozny, E’27
- Rae (Rachel) Yan, Khoury, AMD’27
- Spring Yan, Khoury’27
- Olivia Yeung, DMSB’27
