international co-op

Students make history with Cuba co-ops

Caroline Bynum and Madeline Drake made higher education history last week, becoming the first two students in the world to do co-op in Cuba.

by Jason Kornwitz January 25, 2017

#iheartcoop: Co-op students reflect, rejoice on social media

As one co-op cycle winds down and another is about to begin, students both returning from and heading off to co-op took to social media to share why they “heart co-op.”

by Molly Callahan December 22, 2016

Energy co-ops power student’s passion for the industry

Here’s a look at how Northeastern senior Nicholas Dowmon’s three co-ops in the energy sector—including an international co-op in Brazil—“became increasingly more interesting, more challenging, and more impactful.”

by Greg St. Martin December 7, 2015

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

Northeastern alumna, a pioneering neuroscientist, named MacArthur Fellow

Beth Stevens, BPH’93, discovered a key function of microglia, a lesser-known type of brain cell, that is prompting a shift in thinking about brain development in healthy states as well as in neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

by Greg St. Martin November 13, 2015

Thailand co-op reinforces student’s drive to improve public health

Jonathan Sirisuth’s international co-op story began in an unlikely place and in an unlikely way: in Snell Library, browsing Facebook.

by Greg St. Martin October 26, 2015

Take 5: What students need to know about new media, political campaigns, and global co-op

Jonathan Kaufman, the new director of the School of Journalism in the College of Arts, Media and Design, shares how he follows the news, what journalism students should know before going on global co-op, and about the 2016 campaign course he’s teaching in the spring.

by Greg St. Martin August 12, 2015

Nursing student treks Himalayas to provide care to villages

For her third co-op, senior Ashley Cavignano packed a stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and flashlight and joined a team of healthcare professionals to deliver care and health education to people in remote villages in Nepal.

by Greg St. Martin August 3, 2015