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She wants to help create the next Venmo

Julia McCarthy, who co-founded Disrupt - The FinTech Initiative, is hoping that the group will serve as a collaborative space for students to investigate and…

by Ian Thomsen May 13, 2019

‘There isn't a one-size-fits-all strategy’

Working mothers need to chart their own paths, says Northeastern professor Jamie Ladge. There can be no perfect model for working motherhood, Ladge points out…

by Ian Thomsen May 10, 2019

‘It’s been exciting to see how students lead the way’

Northeastern is leading the way in the type of learning and knowledge that separates humans from machines. Uta Poiger, dean of the College of Social…

by Ian Thomsen May 7, 2019

Tara Westover urges graduates to embrace their ‘un-Instagrammable’ selves

The Commencement address by the author of the best-selling memoir Educated cautioned Northeastern graduates against defining themselves by the happy, perfect images they post online.

by Ian Thomsen May 3, 2019

‘Don’t ever forget that a life must have joy’

The first class of Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences was honored on Monday by accomplished entrepreneur Amin Khoury, who urged the students to marry…

by Ian Thomsen April 29, 2019

‘We are in a war for this planet’

Northeastern professor Alfred Brownell has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s most prestigious honor for grassroots environmental activists. Brownell has been working at…

by Ian Thomsen April 29, 2019

‘I want to make sure whatever I'm doing is benefiting people’

Rebecca Leeper will be the student speaker at Northeastern’s 2019 Commencement at TD Garden on Friday. It will be a poignant, turning-of-the-page moment for her…

by Ian Thomsen April 29, 2019

Shining a light on bias against women in the 2020 presidential campaign

Alex Frandsen, a Northeastern University senior, is gratified by the attention to his research, which suggests men running for president are covered more favorably than…

by Ian Thomsen and Tyler Machado April 23, 2019

Northeastern’s highest achievements on display at the Academic Honors Convocation

Northeastern University on Thursday celebrated the achievements of more than 60 students, faculty, and alumni at the Academic Honors Convocation in East Village.

by Ian Thomsen April 18, 2019

Her dream didn’t come true and she couldn’t be happier about that

Zoe Bishop, who will receive a degree in biochemistry at Commencement, is among nine Fulbright scholars who will be celebrated by President Joseph E. Aoun…

by Ian Thomsen April 17, 2019

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