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March 7, 2024
Breathe and Release: Maalavika Manjunatha Brings a Lifetime of Yoga to Campus
by Marcelle Santos Maalavika Manjunatha was only twelve years old when she found herself surrounded by strangers, struggling to hold a tree pose. She didn’t know whether to try to keep up with the chanting or the Asanas (yoga poses),...
moreFebruary 28, 2024
Networking on the Green: Bay Area Golf Club Builds Career Connections
Align students Aaron Chen and Gio Ong started a golf club to help Northeastern Silicon Valley campus students network by Marcelle Santos One of the first things Aaron Chen was invited to do when he arrived in the Bay...
moreFebruary 12, 2024
Caroline Simard Appointed Regional Dean of Silicon Valley Campus
On February 12, 2024, the Silicon Valley campus of Northeastern University welcomes Caroline Simard to the role of Regional Dean. Dr. Simard brings an outstanding portfolio of academic and non-profit leadership experience to the role, as well as significant tech...
moreFebruary 5, 2024
Richard Yue's Quest to Advance Machine Translation
The Align student developed a system that’s 36% better at translating acronyms than Google Translate By Marcelle Santos | Photo by Adam Glanzman for Northeastern Richard Yue compares his work as a researcher in the fields of natural language processing...
moreJanuary 11, 2024
How Hackathons Helped Raj Sudharshan Level Up His Skills
by Marcelle Santos When Raj Sudharshan, 26, entered the Master of Science in Information Systems — Bridge, a technical program at Northeastern University for students without a computer science background, he was impressed by some of his classmates’ skills. “I...
moreDecember 14, 2023
Student Spotlight: Purvish Thakkar is Reaching New Heights
by Marcelle Santos Purvish Thakkar is beaming as he talks about everything he’s learning, all the people he’s meeting, the events he’s participating in, and the opportunities he’s tapping into during his time in the MS in Project Management program....
moreNovember 20, 2023
Student Spotlight: Isha Thakkar on Pursuing an MS in Project Management
Profile by Marcelle Santos | Header photo by Ruby Wallau When Isha Thakkar tells people that she’s pursuing a Master’s in Project Management, the first thing they tell her is that they didn’t know one existed. Isha didn’t know,...
moreAugust 18, 2023
Allen Sebastian on the Magic of Bringing Curious People Together
by Marcelle Santos Allen Sebastian was a few minutes late for our meeting. He got held up by a call with a recruiter at Nvidia, where he interned last summer. She wanted to know if he'd be willing to come...
moreJuly 26, 2023
Kristine Umeh on Doing It All
by Marcelle Santos Kristine Umeh (Khoury College of Computer Sciences '23) may be a software engineer now, but that’s not going to stop her from playing music or breaking into Nollywood. “I have multiple interests, and I don’t feel like...
moreJune 12, 2023
Armen's Turn from Classical Pianist to Software Developer
by Marcelle Santos The videos you find of Armen Sarkisian on YouTube start with him walking onstage toward a piano, wearing a suit and tie. Before he sits down, he bows to the audience, who applauds and then listens in...
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