Spotlight Stories

Jan 14, 2020
From Saudi Arabia to Boston and Two Degrees in Between
Amal Bukhari traveled from Saudi Arabia to Boston to pursue an MS in information systems. While at Northeastern she realized her passion for learning, and the importance of furthering her […]

Nov 19, 2019
Opening Doors Through Open Source Projects
Professor Tejas Tarikh (left) with his team of students, Krish Jain, Neha Jain, Dhanisha Phadate, and Renu Hadke. The team developed Ansible Podman during their open source project with Red […]

Nov 19, 2019
From the Classroom to the CEO’s Office
When Hardik Mody came to Northeastern University in the fall of 2018 he thought he would mostly be studying cloud domain and would hopefully finish with the ability to code […]

Jan 17, 2019
The Long Road to Happiness
Seattle—The journey of 6,000 miles began in Taiwan where Ching-Chi “Amanda” Chang, MS information systems 2018, was launching her career as a TV reporter. She realized, with discouraging alacrity, that […]

Jan 09, 2019
Journey Leads to Facebook
Qifei “Rose” Lu, MS’18, information systems, was leading her guests on a tour of Facebook. The cafeteria and its neighboring amphitheater. The snack stand. The espresso bar. The common work […]

Oct 05, 2018
MSIS Is the BEST
Enthusiastic and ambitious individual Soumiya Roy, MS’18, information systems, already had decent experience in information technology when she first came to Northeastern all the way from New Delhi, India, to […]

Oct 05, 2018
Opportunity Strikes
Northeastern’s co-op opportunity and the cultural diversity on campus were two factors that motivated Jerin Rajan, MS’19, information systems, to apply for the information systems master’s program and eventually move […]

Oct 05, 2018
Building Skill and Confidence
Northeastern’s co-op experience was not just one of the best memories of Deekshitha Venkateshaiah’s, MS’19, information systems, life. It made her realize that Ernst & Young is the company that […]