Diversity News and Experiences

Apr 28, 2017
Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Community Service
Congratulations to computer engineering PhD student William Tomlinson Jr. for receiving the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Community Service by the Graduate Student Council (GSG) and the Office of the Provost. William, a Draper Lab Fellow, has made significant contributions to Northeastern and surrounding communities. As Collegiate Initiative Chair of the Boston chapter of the […]


Oct 14, 2016
S-POWER Program to Increase STEM and Energy fields
ECE Professor Bradley Lehman, MIE Associate Professor Marilyn Minus, Assistant Dean Richard Harris, and STEM Director Claire Duggan were awarded a 5-year $5M NSF grant to develop a "Student Pathways Opening World Energy Resources (S-POWER)" program.

Oct 06, 2016
Call Me Curious: Exploring Electrochemistry and Water Remediation
Written by David Berroa, fourth year Industrial Engineering student. About Me David Berroa is a fourth year, Industrial Engineering student. He is currently a Torch 8 scholar, ROUTES scholar, and a member of the Huntington 100 class of 2015. While at Northeastern, David has interned in various engineering fields, including, construction at Consigli, water remediation […]

Aug 24, 2016
Using Research Opportunities to Give Back
David Berroa, IE’18, used his opportunities in the new Research Opportunities for Undergraduates: Training in Environmental Health Sciences (ROUTES) program to help clean up contaminated groundwater in Puerto Rico. Source: Northeastern Magazine David Berroa, E’18, spent his early childhood in the Dominican Republic, far from the popular resorts and pristine beaches of Punta Cana. His […]

May 09, 2016
SWE Selected as Outstanding Collegiate Section Silver Tier Award Recipients
The Society of Women Engineer's student group was selected as an Outstanding Collegiate Section Silver Tier Award Recipient.

Jan 30, 2016
First Rhodes Scholarship Winner
Logan Jackson, BS Civil Engineering, 2016, is the first Northeastern University student to win the Rhodes Scholarship, which is one of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate in the country can receive. Jackson has served in several roles with Northeastern’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, including president. She is also a violinist […]

Mar 31, 2015
BESS Awarded for Work
The Black Engineering Student Society received several awards at the NSBE Annual Convention