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‘I fell in love with tech.’ Two Northeastern scholars win prestigious Knight-Hennessey fellowships

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Northeastern has launched two scholars, Emerson Johnston and Conor Messer, on their tech journey. Johnston fell in love with tech policy during her research work at the university and Messer stood out in his challenging classes. 

Johnston is graduating in May with a major in politics, philosophy, economics and history, culture and law—as one of the first to switch to the new combined major. 

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