Global co-op

She dug deeper, and found her career path

During Zipporah Osei’s five months at the Chronicle of Higher Education, she tackled big topics, such as the tense relations between police and residents in Baltimore, and what happens to students when universities shut down.

by Irvin Zhang November 4, 2019

When you can’t imagine living in a city again

Jessica Slevin pushes a wheelbarrow full of farming equipment along a muddy jungle trail. She is among a half-dozen Northeastern students doing co-ops at a farm nestled in the mountainous rainforest 25 miles southwest of San Jose.

by Alexander Villegas - contributor October 31, 2019

It’s always a beautiful day to be a custom staircase builder in Australia

Northeastern student Chase Bivona has traveled to the other side of the world to learn production and management techniques he hopes can take his father’s 35-year-old custom stair building business, Hardwood Design Inc., to the next level.

by Andrew Fenton - contributor October 16, 2019

He found an electric blue, iridescent fish—and became a Knight

Ben Moran’s research on the rare Maya hamlet fish species off the coast of Belize quickly evolved into a marine conservation effort. Now, the Northeastern alumnus has earned a prestigious scholarship to continue his studies at Stanford.

by Greg St. Martin March 12, 2019

Three seniors receive prestigious honors

Claire Celestin, Minhal Ahmed, and Erin Bourque have received prestigious scholarships or fellowships that will support their graduate studies and advance their professional careers in the fields of women’s health, bioengineering, and diplomacy.

by Greg St. Martin December 10, 2018

Want to find out what lizards have to say about climate change? First you have to catch them.

Northeastern student Madeline DuBois is catching lizards on co-op in Panama to study how the reptiles are adapting to climate change. “With some practice you know what shape to look for and you can see their heads peeking out of a branch,” she says.

by Debora Almeida November 5, 2018

Five things people get wrong about Antarctica

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Gusts of wind blowing across a vast, empty tundra? Droves of penguins dancing and sliding across the ice like the ones in Disney’s Happy Feet? Well, all of that is wrong, according to Jake Grondin, a third-year Northeastern biology student who has been working on the vastly misunderstood continent since May.

by Sophia Fox-Sowell September 25, 2018

She got over her culture shock and helped bring solar power to Tanzania

Northeastern student Erin Burba developed an inventory tracking system during her co-op at Sikubora Limited, which provides a range of solar-powered home systems to help Tanzanians overcome the shortage of electricity in their country. “This experience has shown me that I don’t have to be nervous about being daring and trying new things,” she said.

by Greg St. Martin August 6, 2018

Students experience international law, witness history on global co-op

Colleen Luibrand and Rodas Beyene couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed. It was late November, and a sentencing hearing was underway in the final…

by Greg St. Martin January 26, 2018

Fung Scholar’s research co-op shines light on global opportunities

Chemical engineering major Taylor Wilde came to Northeastern, in part, for the university’s renowned co-op program, looking to gain real-world work experience in materials science.

by Greg St. Martin November 2, 2017