News and Events
LATEST NEWS
How Cape Town’s minstrel carnival challenges racial narratives
Northeastern professor Francesca Inglese did fieldwork in South Africa, meeting members of a Cape Town social music club and participating in parades, rehearsals and community music classes the club taught.
How rehabilitation robotics is improving Physical Therapy
Julia Manczurowsky, a doctoral candidate in human movement and rehabilitation, integrates physical therapy with social psychology to improve rehabilitation outcomes using robotics.
African Graduate Students Association celebrates Africa Union Day
The African Graduate Students Association hosted a vibrant celebration of Africa Union Day under the theme "Connectivity, Networking, and Celebration of African Culture," bringing together over 150 participants from from Northeastern, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and UMass Amherst.
How four award-winning Northeastern students researched ways to cut food waste in campus dining halls
On average, college students waste 142 pounds of food each year — amounting to 22 million pounds nationwide. Their project, called Sustainabite, proposes a series of simple steps to cut food waste in dining halls by 25% to 30%.
Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa
The student-designed app AgriQ-Connect will serve as a marketplace for transactions between manufacturers and farmers.
Northeastern Unites Around Sustainability Innovation Week
From student-driven innovation to a tiny-home entirely built out of repurposed materials, Northeastern University’s inaugural Sustainable Innovation Week brought together students, faculty, alumni, industry and community partners alike for a weeklong celebration of cutting-edge environmental solutions. Held both online and in person across the global network, the event showcased the university’s ability to drive change and create a more sustainable future.
The Center for Emerging Markets recognizes Fall 2024 recipients of the Srinivasan Family Awards
These students, representing three different schools and colleges at Northeastern University, will all pursue innovative research and field projects over the next year to solve pressing social, environmental, economic, and health-related problems around the world, from India, to Kenya, to Mexico, to Nigeria.
Northeastern’s Bioinnovation Center is developing low-cost biomedical devices to transform health care in West Africa
The new Bioinnovation Center, housed at Academic City University College in Ghana and in partnership with Northeastern, will develop novel solutions to complex problems in West African health clinics.
Malaria and maternity wards: This Northeastern student balances medical research and hospital work during Ghana co-op
Enam Fiattor, a first-generation Ghanaian-American, wanted a co-op experience to connect her to her roots and decide what path to take in the world of public health. These co-ops helped her with both.
Co-op student works to eradicate Leishmaniasis disease in Kenya
With a passion for advocacy work and helping others, Leah Oruko, a third-year health sciences major at Northeastern University, plans to become an otolaryngologist who travels around the world helping those in impoverished communities.