Northeastern alum takes 4th in Olympics rowing final
Will Miller, E’07, and his teammates placed fourth in the men’s eight rowing final on Wednesday morning at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, narrowly missing out on a medal in the 2000-meter...
View ArticleOff The Grid and into adventure
There’s vacation, and then there’s travel.People take vacations to common hotspots, often laying by the pool and thumbing through brochures plotting the next day’s diversion. Vacationers wait in lines...
View ArticleCross-country cycling with a focus on service
A group of Northeastern students and alumni spent the summer cycling across the United States for Bike & Build, a nonprofit organization in which teams of more than two dozen bikers build homes...
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Have Wi-Fi, will travel
In an emergency, first responders need to be able to communicate. But with infrastructure damaged by a disaster, the cellular and wireless networks they depend on may be damaged or destroyed, crippling...
View ArticleYoung graduates share advice at ‘5 Under 25’
Candid advice flowed freely at the Student Alumni Association’s first 5 Under 25 event of the year, in which recent graduates answered questions posed by current students.Last Thursday evening’s event...
View ArticleNortheastern preps for Parent and Family Weekend
Northeastern students and their families will celebrate university traditions and experience the campus’ vibrant atmosphere at the annual Parent and Family Weekend, which runs from Friday to Sunday....
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School of Pharmacy celebrates 50 years of excellence
Over the weekend, Northeastern celebrated the School of Pharmacy’s 50th anniversary, bringing together generations of graduates, faculty, staff, university leaders, along with current students, to...
View ArticleFor startup, the sky’s the limit
For alumnus Dan Belcher, Ray Kinnunen’s classroom is familiar turf. As a student, Belcher helped the associate professor of international business and strategy develop a course called “Sustaining...
View Article3Qs: The building of a ‘fitness tribe’
The November Project began last fall as a pact between friends who wanted to stay in shape, but has evolved into what co-founders Brogan Graham, AS’06, and Bojan Mandaric, AS’06, call a “fitness...
View ArticleLaw school alumnus selected as interim U.S. senator
William “Mo” Cowan, a 1994 graduate of Northeastern University’s School of Law, has been appointed by Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts to serve as the state’s interim U.S. senator.Cowan will...
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Young scientists in training
Last weekend, 350 critical-thinkers-in-training flooded Cabot Cage for the 67th annual Boston Science Fair, where middle– and high-school students from around the city presented their research on...
View ArticleSports talk in the Hub
For most Boston sports fans, the big game is a diversion, a time out from the daily grind. When a winner is crowned, they pull off replica jerseys bearing names like Ortiz, Brady, and Garnett, and then...
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Alumni answer the Mission: MacWade Challenge
Northeastern alumnus Mike MacWade urged his fellow Huskies this Spring to participate in the Mission: MacWade Challenge—and alumni enthusiastically answered the call in resounding numbers. The...
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Startups, meet your best untapped resource
A partnership between the Center for Research Innovation and the alumni-founded startup VentureCrowd is connecting Northeastern-based ventures with entrepreneurially minded talent to turn innovative...
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Alumni capture the heartbeat of American music
With graduation fast approaching last fall, Eric Santagada and Marie Sullivan asked an age-old question: “What’s next?” They set guidelines for their future plans, agreeing to pursue a fun-filled...
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Alumnus named a top Boston innovator
Northeastern alumnus Marquis Cabrera deferred enrollment at an Ivy League graduate school after graduating in 2011 with a degree in criminal justice. Instead, he chose to continue developing Foster...
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Unique degree program fills void in biotech industry
While investigating drug-protein interactions at the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jay Duffner realized he would need advanced training in his...
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Real life is not a clinical trial
All clinical drugs are intended to go through lengthy and thorough trials before reaching a pharmacist’s shelves. These tests are designed in part to catch any adverse effects of the drug on the...
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Innovation key to improving patient care, access
Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, said on Tuesday morning at Northeastern’s CEO Breakfast Forum that the challenges presented by America’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape will...
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Tech innovator supports program for engineers to become entrepreneurs
College of Engineering alumnus and tech innovator Michael Sherman is the man behind Northeastern University’s Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education. Scheduled to...
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