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.
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.
Recommendations ahead on smoke-free campus initiative
At a town-hall meeting Tuesday night, a committee charged with exploring a campus-wide smoking policy fielded questions and provided important information ahead of its final recommendations expected later this semester.
How the Holocaust shaped one author’s life and literary career
“The Holocaust is woven into my understanding of the world,” says Nathan Englander, an internationally bestselling author who delivered the second annual Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture on Monday evening.
Will these aspiring filmmakers make it to Hollywood?
Student filmmakers participating in the 12th annual Campus MovieFest are hoping that their films are good enough to get the red carpet treatment in Tinseltown.
Why reverse innovation will change the world
Global business strategist Vijay Govindarajan said on Monday at Northeastern’s Presidential Speaker Series “Profiles in Innovation” that reverse innovation represents one of the biggest opportunities for corporate growth in America.
Young scientists in training
Northeastern’s Center for STEM education hosted the 67th annual Boston Science Fair over the weekend, where middle– and high-school students presented research on topics ranging from basketball bouncing to cellular signaling.
The secrets to success in urban design
Experts from academia and the public and private sectors converged at Northeastern for a daylong symposium focused on how to design sustainable cities for the future.
Northeastern reflects on conflict, civility, and respect
In the first event in a yearlong educational series on “civic sustainability,” Northeastern faculty and administrators encouraged students to embrace their diversity across culture, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Researchers transcend boundaries for science
At the world’s largest science conference, Northeastern scholars urged interdisciplinary communication to develop solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
Aoun: ‘We need to be a model for society’
In a speech on Monday afternoon in the Fenway Center, President Joseph E. Aoun urged Northeastern students, faculty, and staff to embrace their diversity.
Campus community remembers former president Kenneth G. Ryder
In a touching ceremony on Thursday afternoon in the Curry Student Center Ballroom, the former Northeastern president was remembered as a transformative leader, gifted speaker, and devoted father.
