News Category: Current Students

Capture the Flag cybersecurity competitions offer unique learning opportunities – and for some, job opportunities

• By Madelaine Millar
• January 25, 2021

Photo (2016): Guevara Noubir by Adam Glanzman/NU The students on Northeastern University’s NUSec competitive cybersecurity team are very, very good at what they do. Just how good? At this year’s […]

Message from the Dean

• By Carla E. Brodley
• January 22, 2021

Photo of Dean Carla Brodley (2020) by Ruby Wallau Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, and Aumni/ae, Happy New Year! And to students, a warm welcome back to campus, be it […]

Research fellowship in biomedicine inspires Hoyin Chu to serve greater good

• By Kelly Chan
• January 21, 2021

Photo provided by Hoyin Chu. Hoyin Chu found his love for computer science and machine learning by accident. But now, he wants nothing more than to apply artificial intelligence and […]

In the Align program, a dream job comes true for April Gustafson

• By Aditi Peyush
• December 17, 2020

After teaching high school chemistry for six years, April Gustafson (Align MSCS ’20) realized a teaching career wasn’t sustainable for her. She had a dream of being a software engineer, […]

Panelists share identity, advice, and community with first-generation Khoury students

• By Valeria Vazquez
• November 23, 2020

Top row (L to R): Anis Abdulle, Jackie Saarenas, Pete Manolios Bottom (L to R): Ben Hescott, Bethany Edmunds, Connor Guerin, Maria Jump “There were things I wish I knew […]

Undergrad Jason Louro turns Campfire into million-dollar company

• By Ysabelle Kempe
• November 18, 2020

Top row: Levi Johnson, Jason Louro, Jackson Dickert, Lauren Vogeli Bottom row: Hannah Jones, Bryce DeWitt, Cole Field, Adam Bassett Image of the Campfire team provided by Jason Louro. A […]

Securing Our Elections with Technology

• By Milton Posner
• November 16, 2020

Photos provided by Will Crumbley (left) and Kira Traynor (right) This year’s elections posed unprecedented challenges, as states postponed primaries and shifted their voting methods on short notice. With the […]

Opportunities in FinTech draw students to computer and data science

• By Aditi Peyush
• October 30, 2020

Low vision is motivating this Northeastern freshman in his computer science studies

• September 29, 2020

Jessica Massie engineers a career change and finds her place in Align

• By Hannah Bernstein
• August 31, 2020

Photo by Liz Linder In the summer of 2018, Jessica Massie was attending a friend’s wedding in Thailand. A recent grad in political science from San Jose State University, she […]