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University News

His brother had ADHD and an idea. He turned it into a Superpower

Bradley Lehman

Evan Smith using CareWallet on his Apple watch.
Business

Entrepreneur works to improve US health care system with a mobile solution and empathy

Indian woman receiving a vaccination shot

These students wanted to help people back home. So they sprang into action.

Society & Culture

She was Northeastern’s first ‘Woman of the Year’

Weiling Liu, a new assistant professor of finance, studies how business decisions made at some of the largest financial institutions in the world affect the people who depend upon those institutions for their banking, insurance, and more. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Business

Consumers don’t always have the tools to understand what’s in their best financial interest. She wants to help.

Empowdered Sugar celebrates the accomplishments of famous women in pop culture, politics, and history. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Society & Culture

What do Beyoncé, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Sandra Day O’Connor have in common? Empowdered Sugar, a cookbook celebrating famous women in pop culture, politics, and history.

Northeastern graduates Tyler and Tori Farley have created a line of suspenders that, they say, are playful enough to wear with T-shirts and tasteful enough to wear with tuxedos. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Business

Can these siblings make suspenders fashionable again?

Northeastern graduate Annika Morgan sells fresh produce at discount prices to Boston residents who live in neighborhoods that don’t have grocery stores nearby. “We’ve always been married to our mission: how can we improve health outcomes by increasing food access,” says Morgan. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Business

About Fresh gives Boston residents easy access to healthy food to help reduce prevalence of diseases such as diabetes

A new study co-authored by Yakov Bart, an associate professor of marketing at Northeastern, finds that first-time investors are failing to diversify their assets, and thus putting themselves at greater financial risk. These investors may be better off, he says, picking stocks at random instead. Photo by iStock

New study led by Northeastern University researcher finds first-time investors are better off picking stocks at random

Go the extra mile to help family, friends, and colleagues, Bob Davis, a venture capitalist who co-founded one of the internet’s first search engines, told graduates of Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business on Wednesday. “You will be amazed at how your career will fly as people take notice,” he said. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Bob Davis, a venture capitalist who co-founded search engine Lycos, urged D’Amore-McKim School of Business graduates to go the extra mile

Northeastern graduates Kenzie Swanhart and Julien Levesquev say that their culinary partnership was built in the kitchen of a small apartment in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. Now the duo is about to release The New Newlywed Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Every Couple to Cook Together to unite people through the joys of cooking and eating. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Arts & Entertainment

Northeastern University graduate Kenzie Swanhart, who promotes her recipes on QVC, has co-authored The New Newlywed Cookbook to ‘celebrate the partnership of cooking’