Khalida Sarwari - News @ Northeastern

How you store your guns matters. It could save lives.

A modest increase in the number of people who store firearms in their homes safely could help to save the lives of hundreds of children each year, according to a new study conducted by Northeastern professor Matthew Miller. “What we don’t know,” he says, “is how to appeal to parents’ desire to protect their children in a way that gets them to store guns more safely.”

by Khalida Sarwari May 13, 2019

Eating healthy can be a challenge. She just made it a little easier.

Faced with unhealthy snack options everywhere she went, Northeastern graduate student Yasmina Khashoggi took matters into her own hands, creating her own vending machine company that offers healthy alternatives. Think: kombucha instead of soda, and coconut chips instead of potato chips.

by Khalida Sarwari May 9, 2019

He wants you to know the pros and cons of hacking your life

Life hacks can help us simplify our lives, stay organized, and maximize our diet, finances, sleep, and work. But Northeastern professor Joseph Reagle says that people who try to hack their lives at every turn risk going too far in an effort to master their chaotic schedules.

by Khalida Sarwari May 8, 2019

They are working to cure cancer, treat back pain, and restore biodiversity

Northeastern students Gina Duronio, Erica Wagner, and Claire Williams have worked at some of the most prestigious research centers around the world. Now they have been rewarded with Goldwater Scholarships to support their pursuit of careers in oncology, drug development, and climate science.

by Khalida Sarwari May 7, 2019

‘Life goes by so quickly’

Not long from now, life will take them in different directions. They’ll go to dental and medical schools, they’ll become doctors, psychologists, teachers,…

by Khalida Sarwari May 3, 2019

He wants to address the plight of the Hispanic community in Massachusetts

Facing the threat of persecution from paramilitary groups in his native Colombia, Juan Gallego fled with his family and obtained asylum in Massachusetts. Now the Northeastern student and Fulbright Scholar is working to advocate for disenfranchised communities in Massachusetts.

by Khalida Sarwari May 2, 2019

Finding inspiration in a Dominican shanty town

A volunteering experience inside a Dominican batey helped recent Northeastern graduate Eleanor Patten realize she wanted to become a bilingual educator and help immigrant students in the United States.

by Khalida Sarwari April 30, 2019

Northeastern to award five honorary degrees at 2019 Commencement

An accomplished entrepreneur, the president of Miami Dade College, a pioneering researcher in neurobiology, a New York Times best-selling author, and a U. S. Army major general will receive honorary degrees at Northeastern’s 117th Commencement on May 3 at TD Garden in Boston.

by Khalida Sarwari April 26, 2019

She wants to build a malaria-free world

In parallel with her research on the malaria epidemic, Kritika Singh, a Northeastern student who has been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship, directs Malaria Free World, a nonprofit she founded that engages in peer-to-peer education, fundraising, and political lobbying.

by Khalida Sarwari April 24, 2019

She’s studying the experiences of disability in the early United States

Northeastern professor Sari Altschuler, supported by a fellowship from Wellesley College’s Newhouse Center for the Humanities, will conduct research for her new book, which will examine how people with disabilities came to understand the world through their impairment.

by Khalida Sarwari April 23, 2019

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