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Maren Robinson ’87 Legal Fellowship Established at The Roux Institute
Michael Robinson has established the Maren Robinson ’87 Legal Fellowship at Northeastern's Roux Institute, honoring the memory of his mother, a 1987 graduate of the School of Law and a lifelong advocate for the underserved.
London Campus Ecosystem Build Creates ‘Most Employable’ Grads
Entrepreneurship booms on London campus. From work experience placements in cutting-edge fields to real-world consultancy, the college’s U.K. campus prepares students for life after graduating.
Rain is a real turnoff for these smart sprinklers
Northeastern student Khushi Shah, Khoury'27, DMSB'27, turned a middle school science project into Drizzl, a smart irrigation startup fighting water waste.
Schools in India don’t teach soft skills. This entrepreneur does
Anjali Laddha, a Northeastern international business student and a 2025 Women Who Empower Innovator Award recipient, launched Degree2Destiny, an AI-driven career readiness platform, to help Indian students unlock their potential
Grant from Pivotal Ventures allows Northeastern’s CIC to expand AI and computing education nationally
Northeastern University’s Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC) is part of a $150 million commitment from Pivotal, Melinda French Gates’ organization. The funding is aimed at addressing the workforce demand for more technical talent in artificial intelligence. Specifically, the investment will expand the CIC’s capacity to work with partner schools on the development of AI tracks within undergraduate computing degrees, and create pathways for non-computing majors to pursue master’s degrees in AI.
Northeastern professor uses entrepreneurship to bring Israelis and Palestinians together
50:50 Startups, co-founded by Northeastern’s Amir Grinstein, fosters connection in the midst of conflict by partnering Israelis and Palestinians on equally owned venture development.
The NExT big thing: Khoury students build software solutions in new co-op model
NExT is Khoury College’s new experiential learning program, one in which teams of six to 10 students work for Khoury College building custom solutions for an industry partner. The NExT model gives students the independence to lead the design and development of solutions for clients—and the faculty and peer support to tackle technical complexity—all while offering employers an innovative way to engage with new talent.