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May 05, 2022
Research Experiences Lead to Fulbright-Canada Globalink Mitacs Award
Aditi Purandare, E‘23, electrical and computer engineering, had three reasons for deciding to attend Northeastern. “I chose Northeastern because of the co-op program, the location, and the opportunities available to […]
Feb 24, 2022
Global Co-op Program Selected by NASFA for Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization
Northeastern University’s global cooperative education program has been selected by NASFA: Association of International Educators to receive a 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Northeastern is one of […]
Sep 17, 2021
A Dialogue of Civilizations Led to Friendship and Joint Research
After a Dialogue of Civilizations course with ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio, a group of students teamed up to research a better method of visualizing collagen monomer orientations, and their research has been published in The Journal of Biomedical Optics.
May 04, 2021
One Program, Two PhDs, Two Continents
Northeastern’s new international doctorate program—the Global Experiential PhD—provides students with an opportunity to earn separate PhDs from two universities in two continents while dramatically expanding the breadth of their research. As an added benefit, the program also expands the international job opportunities for graduates.
Mar 29, 2021
Eller Receives Prestigious Hodgkinson Award
Kerry Eller, E’21, bioengineering, received the Harold D. Hodgkinson Achievement Award for her distinguished scholastic achievement as well as character, personality, qualities of leadership, cooperative work experience, and service in […]
Jul 21, 2020
The 2020 Virtual Dialogue of Civilizations Program on Climate Change Science and Policy
While CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was unable to travel with his Dialogue of Civilizations students to Tanzania, he was able to provide a unique and interdisciplinary experience for his students, one quite unlike a typical virtual course.
Jun 25, 2020
Bioengineers Develop Innovative Respiratory-Assist Device as Alternative to Ventilator
BioE alumnus Craig Smallwood, PhD’18, invented a respiratory-assist device as an alternative to a ventilator for low-resource environments. BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski, in collaboration with physicians at Korle Bu Hospital in Ghana, has made the first few of these devices available for use on patients suffering from respiratory distress.
May 21, 2020
Students Traveled to Ethiopia to Design Low-Cost Medical Equipment
Students from the Innovators for Global Health student group spent their spring break in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia helping the second largest hospital in the country design low-cost medical devices that could be made and maintained with locally sources parts.