Khalida Sarwari

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A new way to keep track of all those job applications

Harmandeep Sidhu was having trouble keeping track of his numerous co-op and internship applications. So, the Northeastern student built an app to do it for him.

by Khalida Sarwari June 23, 2020

Will we see a cashless society emerge from the pandemic?

Bill Winters, chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank, believes that, not long from now, banknotes and coins will be obsolete. And it couldn’t happen quickly enough, he told Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern.

by Khalida Sarwari June 22, 2020

Juan Peña, a Northeastern graduate, plays a high-stakes version of whack-a-mole every day with a series of unpredictable obstacles manufacturing and distributing food products in Venezuela.
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Inside the high-stakes game of whack-a-mole at a food business in the COVID-19 era

MUMBAI, India—When the COVID-19 pandemic stranded Juan Peña, a Northeastern graduate, he had to improvise to ensure the food products his family business manufactures and distributes would still reach the people who need them most.

by Namrata Kolachalam - contributor June 19, 2020

The City of Rio de Janeiro started a test of five thousand taxi drivers in the city on June 15, 2020. The intention is to verify that drivers are not infected with the coronavirus. PHOTO: WILTON JUNIOR/ESTADAO CONTEUDO (Agencia Estado via AP Images)

Brazil is emerging as an epicenter of COVID-19. How does the country rebound?

With nearly 1 million cases and 45,000 deaths, Brazil is now second only to the U.S. in coronavirus fatalities. Much like the U.S., South America’s largest country is contending with a tense political climate that has left Brazil vulnerable to social unrest.

by Khalida Sarwari June 17, 2020

People gather at the Robert E. Lee Monument, now covered by protest graffiti, in Richmond, Virginia on June 7, 2020, following a week of unrest in the U.S. against police brutality and racism in policing. The statue of the Confederate Civil War general is slated for removal at the order of Gov. Ralph Northam. (AP Photo by J. Scott Applewhite

Why is there a renewed push to bring down Confederate monuments after George Floyd’s death?

The discourse around public symbols of the Confederacy has traditionally revolved around the perspectives of white people, says Patricia Davis, an associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern. The Black Lives Matter protests seek to change that, she says.

by Khalida Sarwari June 11, 2020

Here’s how policing in the US could be reformed

Police departments need to increase diversity, create a system that allows officers to report racist behavior, and allow the public to have a voice in police oversight to prevent the unprovoked killing of Black people, says Jack McDevitt, the director of Northeastern’s Institute on Race and Justice who studies hate crime and racial profiling.

by Khalida Sarwari June 2, 2020

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University (lower left), takes part in the inaugural session of Global Perspectives, a virtual speaker series designed by Northeastern’s Young Global Leaders. Composite photo by Northeastern University.

Amid the oil price collapse and COVID-19, what’s in store for Africa’s economy? 

Global Perspectives, a new virtual speaker series designed by Northeastern’s Young Global Leaders, launched on Thursday with a focus on how the combination of the oil price collapse and the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unforeseen challenges among Africa’s oil-exporting countries.

by Khalida Sarwari May 28, 2020

If it’s trending on social media, he’s probably heard about it

Northeastern graduate Terrence Johnson is co-host of a new YouTube show produced by WGBH, a public media broadcaster in Boston, that features analysis and insights about how social media users are engaging with the social, economic, and cultural issues of the day.

by Khalida Sarwari May 22, 2020

People react during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man on May 8, 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia. Two men have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Arbery, whom they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. AP Photo/John Bazemore

A Black man was killed in Georgia. Should the case be tried as a hate crime?

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that labels conspiracies to commit hate crimes as lynchings, which would make them a federal crime if the measure is signed into law. Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law, says the people charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery should be brought to justice accordingly.

by Khalida Sarwari May 21, 2020

Maura Eaton, a physical therapy student at Northeastern, is the recipient of an Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Leadership. Photo courtesy of Maura Eaton.

‘This was a unique time to use my passion’

Maura Eaton, a doctoral student of physical therapy, and her classmates took wheelchairs and ankle and foot braces, among other supplies, to one orphanage in Ecuador. They provided physical therapy at another, where they also evaluated and treated pediatric patients. Eaton’s achievements have earned her an Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Leadership.

by Khalida Sarwari May 20, 2020

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