Psychology major Kate Pellegrino worked on co-op with a Cape Town nonprofit that fosters fledgling entrepreneurs.
3Qs: WikiLeaks founder Assange in legal limbo
Valentine Moghadam, director of the international affairs program, discusses the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now seeking refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy.
Preserving human rights
Junior John Hubbard completed a co-op in Greece with the European Public Law Organization in which he learned how to proactively address human-rights issues worldwide.
Building social businesses in Bali
Students who completed a Dialogue of Civilizations program in Bali focused on using social entrepreneurship to improve community life.
3Qs: Analyzing the cybersecurity threat posed by hackers
Themis Papageorge, an associate clinical professor of computer and information science, examines the cybersecurity threat posed by al-Qaida and Anonymous, a global group of hackers.
3Qs: Evaluating U.S.-Afghanistan relations
Kimberly Jones, a faculty associate in Northeastern University’s Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development, analyzes President Barack Obama’s visit to Afghanistan on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Teaching the language of baseball
Northeastern University junior Roberto Lavin tutored prospects in the Dominican Baseball Academy run by the Boston Red Sox, which will host their Opening Day at Fenway Park today.
Supporting democracy in South Africa
International affairs and criminal justice dual major Audra Richards is on co-op in South Africa, where she is working to promote open, democratic governments.
An observer of the global scene
A Northeastern student authors published papers on the Arab Spring while on co-op at the NATO Defense College — and finds his career calling.
Human trafficking in Thailand
Alexandra Wolf International Relations, 12’ Global co-op in Mae Sai, Thailand For the last five months I have been working at the Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities … read more »
From undergraduate paper to global policy document
Co-op with security think tank in Switzerland enables international affairs major to take her climate-change research to another level
Health care lessons, from inside a new culture
Dialogue of Civilizations experience in Israel teaches Bouvé students to focus on the commonalities, acknowledge the differences