Corliss Thompson, dean of the College of Professional Studies and professor on the Charlotte campus, was recognized for her work creating stronger learning opportunities for adult learners. Away from Northeastern, she is involved in a number of community efforts to...
Ademidun Ajibade, a second-year international affairs grad student, says her co-op in Greece handling human rights cases helped her separate emotion from the law. But it also taught her about the power of compassion when dealing with people’s lives.
Khailah Nichole-Robin Griffin realized last year that preparing for and applying to medical school was more difficult and expensive than she had imagined—and that the admission system was tilted against people from unusual backgrounds. She responded to those challenges by creating UnorthoDOCx, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for nontraditional pre-medical students.
We profile Olowoyeye as the new leader of the Husky Ambassadors and co-president of Afrospectrum, two groups committed to welcoming new and diverse students at Northeastern.
Lucie Gulino is collaborating with Equal Justice Works, a not-for-profit provider of legal services, to offer a first-of-its-kind clemency and family support project in Boston for people who earn lower incomes who are Black, indigenous, and people of color; and queer...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted ongoing disparities in health care, education and the economy for Massachusetts’ rapidly growing Latino community. Northeastern graduate Evelyn Barahona, who earned her international business degree in 1999, heads up a new...
A documentary detailing one Hiroshima survivor’s quest to recognize U.S. prisoners of war killed by the atomic blast in World War II focuses on connection, said the movie’s producers at a Northeastern event honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage...
Third-year student Malathi Reddy found her passion in a communications class. Now, she’s taking her advocacy to the next level at the Human Rights Campaign, an organization fighting for LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S., and the largest to do so.
In this time of enormous social change, women journalists are pushing for equity and inclusion for everyone in the industry, including nonbinary people. A resolution of those issues is by no means assured, says Meg Heckman, an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern.
Not another attack on our community, thought law professor and former trustee of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Margaret Woo, after reading a text from her brother last week. The message said something about a shooting near Atlanta that killed...