Greece Alumni Chapter Reception - 6/25/2009 - President Joseph E. Aoun spoke to event attendees at the InterContinental in Athens, Greece. Alumni, students, and guests enjoyed an evening of networking and sharing memorable Northeastern experiences.
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PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE VA HEALTH CARE PROCESSES AT ONE OF SIX NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS AT NORTHEASTERN
Northeastern University has partnered with the New England Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, establishing a new systems engineering center to significantly improve quality and performance throughout VA hospitals.
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PRESIDENT AOUN DELIVERS THREE INTERNATIONAL COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES
President Joseph E. Aoun addressed the graduating classes of American College of Thessaloniki, Greece; Bahcesehir University in Istanbul, Turkey; and Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Beirut, Lebanon.
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THE NEW FACE OF STUDY ABROAD
With three academic trips to Egypt, one to Geneva, and a co-op in Portugal under his belt, Northeastern graduate Edwin Figueroa is ready to take on the world.
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FORMER SENATOR URGES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Florida’s former Democratic senator and governor Bob Graham, a guest lecturer for the College of Professional Studies law and policy program, bemoaned the lack of understanding among Americans of the importance of civic engagement.
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PLAY’S THE THING
Open Gym, a free play program for children and their families run by trained Northeastern students, serves children enrolled in Head Start programs in the Lower Roxbury, Mission Hill, Fenway, and South End communities.
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NEW DEVICE MEASURES HEART HEALTH WITH DROP OF BLOOD
Chemical Engineering Professor Shashi Murthy and his team of researchers have developed a device that can monitor cardiovascular health by using just 200 microliters of blood.
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NEW PROFESSIONAL MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENERGY SYSTEMS ANNOUNCED
This fall, the College of Engineering will launch a new Master of Science in Energy Systems (MSES) program that gives students cross-disciplinary grounding in an arena in increasingly high demand.
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INVESTIGATING TV PERSONALITY’S INVESTMENT ADVICE AND MARKET IMPACT
Two Northeastern University professors recently completed a study on the investment advice of Jim Cramer, host of one of CNBC’s most-watched programs, “Mad Money.”
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SPORT IN SOCIETY HOSTS SUMMIT, HAILS OBAMA PLAN
On the heels of President Barack Obama’s formation of the White House Office of Olympic, Paralympic, and Youth Sport, the mood was celebratory at the Power of Sport Summit 2009, hosted by the Center for the Study of Sport in Society.
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ALUMNI DIRECTORY 2010 PROJECT
The University publishes an alumni directory every five years and has contracted with Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) to produce the next directory. The 2010 directory project launched June 5, 2009.
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MGH ALUMNI EVENT AT THE LIBERTY HOTEL
Gather with Northeastern alumni and friends who work at Massachusetts General Hospital for an evening of fun and relaxation. Don’t miss this excellent networking opportunity, which kicks off our Lead Dog program in the fall. Stay tuned for more information.
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NORTHEASTERN CAREER NETWORKING NIGHT
Join the Washington DC Alumni Chapter on July 22 to hear about the paths that led several alumni from Northeastern to the nation's capital. This is a great opportunity to network with successful alumni in the D.C. area.
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HUSKIES LEND A HAND
The Northern California and Hartford alumni chapters will be lending a hand to local community service efforts this summer. Visit your chapter Web page (linked above) for more information about how to get involved. |
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BOSTON POPS AT TANGLEWOOD
Join the Western Massachusetts Alumni Chapter for an exciting night at Tanglewood as trumpeter Chris Botti joins the Boston Pops in a can't-miss collaboration on Friday, August 7, 2009 in Lenox, MA.
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY BIG DOG 5K
The 2nd annual Northeastern Big Dog 5K will be held on September 26, 2009. All Huskies are encouraged to take part in this spirited Fun Run along the Charles River – an event that drew over 400 runners and walkers in its debut last year!
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MEN'S BASKETBALL INVITED TO DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC
Your Huskies will be representing Northeastern in Honolulu, Hawaii, from December 22-25. Let us know if you're interested in traveling to cheer on the team! |
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Greg Tracy, CS’95
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It can be a daunting task to form a company and have no idea what function that company will serve.
Such was the situation Greg Tracy, CS’95, found himself in when he and three former co-workers at a medical imaging software company decided to stay in the Madison, WI, area rather than relocate when their employer moved out of town.
“We sat around the conference table for five or six months just prototyping ideas,” Tracy said. “We are all computer science guys, and we were searching for something that would allow us to be creative.”
“We were all developing different applications in the beginning. One of us was doing some work on software to help their daughter learn algebra a little bit better, and somebody else was working on a project to put coupons on a cell phone and make that process a little bit easier. We also experimented with building a collective intelligence game where groups of people would compete against each other in games like chess. We were toying and kicking around a lot of ideas.
“We were playing a lot of online games at the time as well, and started to think about how nice it would be to reuse bits and pieces of a game, and perhaps even add them to the algebra application. We knew there was a need to make sharing software components easier, even for non-programmers. That’s sort of how Sharendipity was born.”
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