Hundreds of students participate in Northeastern’s chapter of Circle K International, a collegiate organization that promotes service and leadership.
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Student dishes out science, with a spatula
Christina Ferrara, a chemical engineering major who has her own food blog, ran a cooking demo recently as part of Food Justice Week.
Design thinking and higher education
President Joseph E. Aoun discussed higher education’s ongoing transformation las a guest lecturer in the architecture course “Understanding Design.”
Why the innocent plead guilty
“Barriers to information and the prospect of a harsher sentence can lead the innocent to plead guilty,” according to law professor Daniel Medwed, who delivered the 49th annual Robert D. Klein Lecture.
A first foray into entrepreneurship
The semester-long Husky Startup Challenge concludes on Monday with Demo Day, which will provide budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase the big ideas they hope turn into thriving businesses.
Ambitious filmmakers punch their tickets to national festival
Three short films created by Northeastern students will be screened in Tinseltown as part of the 12th annual Campus MovieFest.
Education as a basic human right
Daphne Koller, the co-founder of Coursera, a leading platform for Massive Open Online Courses, says free online education has the potential to promote world peace and solve global challenges.
Northeastern invests more than $200 million in financial aid
The university will provide an unprecedented $204 million in institutional grant aid for 2013–2014, which represents a 9 percent increase from the previous academic year.
Free business consulting? Students are on the case
Members of the student organization Huntington Management Consulting work with real alumni ventures to prepare for business case competitions.
Alumnus writes the book on how to run a successful student group
Greg Skloot, former president of the Entrepreneurs Club, has published an e-book to help student groups engage and grow their membership.
Apps, co-ops, startups, and global solutions: It’s RISE:2013
Students and faculty showcased a range of impressive research projects across many disciplines at the university’s annual innovation, scholarship, and research expo on Friday.
Students build community and peace through co-op
Five accomplished students reflected on the value of experiential learning on Wednesday evening in the second event in a yearlong educational series on civic sustainability.
