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iva halacheva writing on whiteboard as part of her postdoctoral program studies

Knots in the fourth dimension, and other brain-twisters from 10 years of Northeastern’s postdoctoral math program

Since the organization began a decade ago, Northeastern’s Zelevinsky Postdoctoral Fellow program has grown to attract an international audience and compete with top-ranking math departments at universities across the globe. “The program has become the jewel of our department,” says Egon Schulte, chair of the math department.

by Emily Arntsen October 5, 2021

When her clothes went missing, she started a clothing line

JET NOIRE, a startup that fuses identity with fashion, began when Mya Brown’s clothes were lost by a shipping company during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown, a Northeastern international business graduate, began sewing new clothes for herself—and then for customers.

by Ian Thomsen September 29, 2021

An innovative cosmetics idea turned her into an entrepreneur ahead of schedule

Aniyah Smith’s career timeline underwent a radical adjustment last year when the MBA student placed second among Northeastern entrepreneurs based on her idea to create inclusive and accessible cosmetics for a diverse population. “I did not expect to be building a company at 22 years old,” says Smith, winner of an inaugural $2,500 Innovator Award from Northeastern’s Women Who Empower inclusion and entrepreneurship initiative.

by Ian Thomsen September 24, 2021

Mills College students and faculty were optimistic that the merger with Northeastern will allow Mills's focus on women's leadership and racial and gender equality to continue. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Mills College

At Mills College, excitement and relief over merger with Northeastern

Annalise Totten, a second-year biochemistry and molecular biology major at Mills, is looking forward to tapping into Northeastern’s global co-op network. A Mills dean added: The merger “breathed new life” into the college.

by Peter Ramjug and Tanner Stening September 15, 2021

Students stroll on the Mills College campus. Photo by Ruby Wallau for Mills College

‘Together we have an opportunity to create something truly unique in higher education’

Message from President Joseph E. Aoun: "We aspire to build a comprehensive, bicoastal university that leverages the complementary strengths of Mills and Northeastern for the benefit of students and society."

by President Joseph E. Aoun September 14, 2021

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Northeastern University and Mills College finalize historic merger

The merger will bring Mills College and its distinctive mission focused on access, equity, social justice, and women’s leadership into Northeastern’s global network, which includes campuses across North America and in London, England.

by Molly Callahan September 14, 2021

Roux Institute teams up with Techstars to help incubate startups in Maine

Ten startup companies have moved into the headquarters of the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, where they are engaging in an intensive 13-week partnership with Techstars that is designed to grow high-tech businesses that will attract investors and strengthen the regional economy.

by Ian Thomsen September 14, 2021

A portrait of Northeastern student Khailah Nichole-Robin Griffin.

Her family history inspires her to help aspiring doctors from nontraditional backgrounds

Khailah Nichole-Robin Griffin, a fifth-year business student and captain of Northeastern’s track and field team, drew from her own experiences while creating a nonprofit organization to help nontraditional pre-medical students. She’s been inspired by her late grandmother, a Georgia sharecropper who enabled Griffin to succeed “because of the sacrifices she made.”

by Ian Thomsen September 10, 2021

Northeastern law scholar with a focus on data justice appointed to White House post

Rashida Richardson, a 2011 law school graduate who joined the Northeastern faculty as assistant professor of law and political science on July 1, was tapped to join the Office of Science and Technology Policy—a role in which she’ll help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to government data collection, and data security and civil rights.

by Molly Callahan August 18, 2021

Bouvé College of Health Sciences’ new School of Pharmacy Dean Tatiana Bronich. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

She was grading college-level chemistry homework when she was a little girl. Now she’s the dean of the School of Pharmacy.

“One opportunity we have is to help students find their purpose, their ‘why.’ As the dean, my ‘why’ is to give students a chance to discover and pursue their passions,” says Tatiana Bronich, the new dean of Northeastern’s School of Pharmacy.

by Emily Arntsen - contributor August 17, 2021

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