Dialogue of Civlizations

Northeastern Students in Chile during a Dialogue of Civilizations program

Students hunt for bacteria—and amazing photos—in Chilean desert

This summer, a group of Northeastern students explored Chile’s Atacama Desert on scales large and small—from photographing the picturesque landscapes, to searching for tiny bacteria to aid the discovery of new antibiotics—as part of a pioneering Dialogue of Civilizations program.

by Greg St. Martin August 28, 2017

Students report from ‘eye-opening and heart-filling’ dialogue in Greece

This summer, a group of 18 journalism students became an international press corps, reporting from Greece on the country’s economic disaster, the Syrian refugee crisis, and everything in between.

by Molly Callahan July 11, 2017

Northeastern senior named Schwarzman Scholar

In her senior year at Northeastern Madeline Seibert did a co-op in China, where she led an independent study documenting food losses and waste through Chinese supply chains. Now, with the support of her Schwarzman Scholarship, Seibert will continue this work through a yearlong master’s program at the Tsinghua University in Beijing.

by Greg St. Martin December 6, 2016

Students, faculty praise global experience at Dialogue of Civilizations Fair

“The most amazing thing I have ever done.” That’s how senior Christa Blomquist described her Dialogue of Civilizations program in Iceland. At Thursday’s annual dialogue fair, she was among the students and faculty who extolled the virtues of living, working, and studying in an unfamiliar country.

by Jason Kornwitz October 28, 2016

With Fulbright, Northeastern student wants to fuse education and violence prevention

Graduating senior Esther Laaninen has received a Fulbright fellowship to teach English in Colombia. She says her global experiences and teaching opportunities in communities around the world have prepared her well.

by Greg St. Martin May 4, 2016

Alumna’s startup brings educational opportunities to at-risk youth in Zambia

Social entrepreneur Anna Butler’s inspiration to found modzi began while on a Dialogue of Civilizations program in Zambia and continued during a self-developed co-op there.

by Greg St. Martin November 18, 2015

The impact of climate change beyond the weather

On a Dialogue of Civilizations program to India this summer, Northeastern students saw firsthand how the nation of more than 1.2 billion people is preparing for climate change.

by Joe O'Connell July 17, 2015

Eminent historian talks Israel’s founding father

Israel Prize winner Anita Shapira explored the life and political career of David Ben-Gurion in a keynote address inaugurating the new Israel Studies Lecture series.

by Greg St. Martin January 27, 2015

No bull: students excel on journalism Dialogue in Spain

As part of a Dialogue of Civilizations program this summer, Northeastern students served as a traveling press corps in Spain where they reported on an epic soccer match, the country’s time-honored tradition of bullfighting, and a range of other stories.

by Greg St. Martin August 7, 2014

Cultural immersion through marketing

Northeastern students who participated in a summer Dialogue of Civilizations program in India learned how to promote brands in an international market.

by Joe O'Connell August 5, 2014