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Kritika Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, was one of 32 students selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year. She will attend Oxford University to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences after graduating in the spring. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar

Kritika Singh has been selected for a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences at Oxford University. Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, has dedicated herself to researching treatments and educating at-risk communities about diseases, such as malaria, that have cures but still kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.

by Laura Castañón and Emily Arntsen November 24, 2019

Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘What happens on the molecular level to make us sick?’

Northeastern student Isaac Kresse will explore this question as a Fulbright Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany.

by Khalida Sarwari April 22, 2019

A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality. Composite image by News@Northeastern.

Northeastern students awarded two Truman, nine Fulbright scholarships

The university boasts two Truman Scholars in a year when more students than ever before were nominated in the U.S. It’s also home to nine Fulbright Scholars, the most ever in a single year for the university. The honorees will be celebrated by President Joseph E. Aoun at the Academic Honors Convocation on Thursday.

by Molly Callahan April 16, 2019

President Aoun presented Roger Marino, E’61, H’96, with the Presidential Medallion. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Northeastern celebrates community’s highest achievements

The university recognized the outstanding accomplishments of a select group of students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the seventh-annual Academic Honors Convocation on Thursday afternoon in East Village. “What we are celebrating today is the excellence of this place, the innovation of this place, the creativity of this place, and the boundless energy of this place,” Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun said.

by Jason Kornwitz April 21, 2017

Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar

‘What happens on the molecular level to make us sick?’

Northeastern students awarded two Truman, nine Fulbright scholarships

Northeastern celebrates community’s highest achievements

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