Alumni Stories Archives

Alumnus runs across the Arctic to promote ecological resilience

Getting lost above the above Arctic Circle isn’t for the faint of heart. But for Pavel Cenkl, it was just one piece of an eight-day, 250-mile run across Scandinavia.

by Bill Ibelle February 21, 2018

In NBA front office, alumna connects players and fans

"Working for the NBA was always No. 1 on my radar," said Annabel Padilla. And she made it happen. As director of player engagement for the Atlanta Hawks, Padilla is one of the few women holding an executive position in professional basketball.

by Joan Lynch February 16, 2018

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Alum’s business captures memories—in 3-D

Yifei Zhang dreams that people will one day look at treasured photographs in 2-D and shake their heads at the quaintness of the technology. Zhang has married two of his passions-engineering and photography-to launch a startup that makes stunningly realistic 3-D-printed photo figurines.

by Joan Lynch February 16, 2018

Greg Tutunjian volunteered his time provide tech training to veterans at Northeastern. <i>Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University</i>

How one alum is helping veterans get ready for tech jobs

Alumnus Greg Tutunjian wanted to make military veterans competitive in the tech industry. He teamed up with Northeastern’s Dolce Center for the Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers to start a project management training program and offer it to veterans for free.

by Bill Ibelle February 15, 2018

For one alumna, obstacles provided a calling

Life has a way of derailing the best of plans. But for those who possess the right combination of persistence, vision, and hope—i.e., personal resilience—it’s…

by Bill Ibelle February 9, 2018

Marilynn Brass poses in her Cambridge home

Culinary alumna and sister defy age, charm audiences in PBS series

Cookbook authors and food experts Marilynn Brass and her sister, Sheila, have won hearts, minds, and taste buds with their PBS series, The Food Flirts. With national fame comes a constant demand for personal appearances—not a problem for these sassy workaholics.

by Joan Lynch February 8, 2018

As Patriots team reporter, alumna is Super Bowl-bound

Meredith Gorman gained extensive experience in sports journalism at Northeastern. She’s covering the Patriots this season and is reporting from Minnesota this week leading up to the 2018 Super Bowl.

by Greg St. Martin February 2, 2018

David Rothstein, L’97, works in the snow in South Hadley, Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Alumnus creates masterpieces in snow

It all started with an Alaskan outhouse race. David Rothstein, L’97, had just graduated from Northeastern law school and had accepted a clerkship with the…

by Bill Ibelle January 23, 2018

Taking the plunge(r): Young alum forges a creative path to business success

Here’s a job search strategy that you might not want to emulate: Chris Moss attached his resume to a bathroom plunger, got the job, and now is CEO of his own company—all within a year of graduation.

by Bill Ibelle January 22, 2018

Alumnus' company ferrets out drug abuse

Lawrence Andrade, UC’94, has to stay sharp to outpace street-drug kingpins. As the head of R&D at Dominion Diagnostics, a clinical toxicology lab and a…

by Magdalena Hernandez January 18, 2018