Diversity News and Experiences
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Mar 08, 2023
A Path Combining Chemical Engineering and Communications
Andrea Griffin, BS chemical engineering and minor in marketing, combines her interest in chemical engineering and communications through co-ops and a variety of activities, paving the way for pursuing an MBA in the future.
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Mar 01, 2023
Celebrating National Engineers Week 2023
The College of Engineering celebrated National Engineers Week with events including a ‘Break the Mold’ Fireside Chat with award-winning engineer and commentator Dr. Shini Somara and Dean Gregory Abowd; Cookies with the Dean event, which included snacks, photo and video booths, COE swag and a lot of COE pride; Breakout sessions with Shini Somara with select students and faculty showing our progressive engineering program, research, and community; and an Engineering for Everyone Expo hosted by the Center for STEM Education.
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Feb 09, 2023
Riley Receives Black Heritage Award
CEE Operations Manager Rozanna Riley was selected to receive the Black Heritage Award, which is given to those Northeastern staff and administrators in recognition of their dedicated service to Northeastern, to the students, and/or to the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. She will be presented the award on February 22, 2023 at the Black […]
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Feb 06, 2023
Celebrating Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, we share highlights of African American Scientists and Engineers who made important contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). 35 Scientists and Engineers In addition, learn about events happening this month at Northeastern University celebrating Black History Month. Black History Month 2023
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Nov 22, 2022
PhD Student Wins SIGHPC Computational and Data Science Fellowship
Computer engineering student Ana Veroneze Solórzano, PhD’26, won a prestigious 2022 ACM Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing (SIGHPC) Computational and Data Science Fellowship.
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Nov 16, 2022
For the First Time, New First-Year Females Outnumber Males Admitted to Engineering
The College of Engineering has broken a new record and admitted more female students than male first-year students.
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Nov 04, 2022
Featured Galante Fellow: Marlena Stanton
Growing up, Marlena Stanton, BS chemical engineering, and MS in engineering management, 2023, always had an affinity for math and chemistry. Coupled with her interest in healthcare and cosmetic chemistry, chemical engineering was the perfect fit. At Northeastern, however, Stanton realized that another passion of hers lies in understanding processes as a whole and being […]
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Oct 27, 2022
Northeastern NACME Hackathon Team Wins 2nd Place
Northeastern NACME students placed second in a 30-hour Hackathon to design, develop, and market a solution to a real-world problem at the annual NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) Conference for 2022.