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Jul 01, 2025
Shrivastava Receives DARPA Director’s Fellowship
ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava has been awarded the highly selective DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award.
Jul 01, 2025
Xu Honored with DAC Under-40 Innovators Award
ECE Assistant Professor Xiaolin Xu was named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award.
Jun 30, 2025
Flexible, Interdisciplinary, and Industry-Aligned Sustainable Building Systems Program
Jose Velazquez, MS’24, sustainable building systems, worked full time while completing his master’s degree at Northeastern. Velazquez applied the knowledge he gained in class directly to his position at C&W Services.
Jun 25, 2025
GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Prices Are Unlikely To Decrease in the Near Future
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji says people seeking weight loss drugs may be able to get help from patient financial assistance programs and alternative medications. Mounjaro weight loss drug’s active ingredient—semaglutide—is no longer in short supply, so less expensive GLP-1 compounded versions are no longer available.
Jun 25, 2025
Hajjar Receives 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award
CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar was selected to receive the 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award for his exceptional “leadership in advancing civil engineering education, computational analysis, experimental testing, field investigation, and design of resilient and sustainable steel and composite steel/concrete buildings, bridges, and infrastructure systems; regional simulation; structural stability; and earthquake engineering.”
Jun 24, 2025
Graduate Lands Full-Time Role at Arista Networks Following Successful Nokia Co-op
Marwin Victor Athyala, MS’25, telecommunication networks, credits Northeastern’s hands-on curriculum and industry connections for helping him transition from hardware-focused roles to landing his ideal position in core networking and automation.
Jun 24, 2025
Software Engineering Systems Program Facilitates Co-op Success
Sai Ram Sudheendra Sabnavisu, MS’25, software engineering systems, was driven by his desire for global education, broader exposure to the field, and the opportunity to enhance his technical skills to pursue studies at Northeastern.
Jun 24, 2025
Newly Founded Plastics Center Strives for Innovative Solutions to Plastic Waste
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins will co-direct the new Plastics Center at Northeastern University. The center’s goal is to bring together plastic researchers and expand knowledge about plastics and public policy.