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Philosophy Professor Installed as Inaugural Rossetti Professor

Philosophy Professor Installed as Inaugural Rossetti Professor

Associate professor of philosophy Rory Smead delivered an engaging lecture Thursday night on his work at the intersection of philosophy and science, at an event where he was formally installed as the inaugural Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities.

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At Home on Shifting Ground

At Home on Shifting Ground

“I start every day with no idea what I’m going to do next. But that’s the way it is for all entrepreneurs,” she says. “You have to be comfortable on shifting ground because that’s part of building your own product.”

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The World is My Lab

The World is My Lab

Denise Garcia is one of those special professors who can build an international reputation for her work while inspiring platoons of undergraduates in her classroom.

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“It Was Like Someone Finally Saw the Potential in Me”

“It Was Like Someone Finally Saw the Potential in Me”

For Chantel Riendeau, DMSB’21, winning a Torch Scholarship to attend Northeastern meant that she could finally “excel, rather than just slide by,” she says. “It meant that I could go somewhere and be something instead of just trying to survive.”

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