She had been raised in Hong Kong to listen quietly, to show respect by deference. Then Amy Wong Mok came to Boston. Mok was taking an introductory course in human services, her undergraduate major at Northeastern, when her professor, Barbara Schram, urged her in a private meeting to participate in class discussions. For many students this may…
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Four months after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Caribbean, 15 teams from islands across the region gathered in Antigua to develop high-tech solutions to help victims cope with future disasters. “Most of the room had survived an earthquake, a hurricane, or is facing changing climate,” said Daisy Kendrick, a Northeastern graduate whose nonprofit organized…
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Yousef Bashir, an alum of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, is an unlikely peace-builder at one of the darkest times in the elusive effort to end the conflict in the Middle East. He was eleven when the second intifada erupted, in 2000, and the Israel Defense Forces took over the family farm in…
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Dennis Cokely, director of Northeastern’s American Sign Language program, whose varied and tireless work for the Deaf community has opened access among the hearing-impaired, will be remembered for his generosity, depth of knowledge, and sense of caring. He died this month, just shy of his 72ndbirthday. “He was a wonderful man, said Alma Bournazian, who is Deaf…
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Gasshuku means “lodging together” in Japanese. The Budo tradition immerses students in a lifestyle of living and learning together for several hours each day. Karin Kobayashi’s gasshuku moment came during a class where Northeastern students in Boston were quick to raise their hands and actively participate. “Japanese people hesitate to say their opinion or ask questions…
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Twenty Northeastern students have been named recipients of a global fellowship program through which they and hundreds of other students worldwide will develop leadership skills while tackling projects focused on addressing society’s greatest challenges, including climate change, poverty, and education. The 2018 Millennium Fellows were announced Wednesday. The fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that is…
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Northeastern rower Peter Arata won a gold medal for the United States and Madison Mailey took the top prize for Canada at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships last weekend. Arata, rowing on a team of four with a coxswain, helped the U.S. team snag gold in a race that came down to mere seconds. Mailey, rowing for the…
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When Jessica Ofurie came to the United States from Nigeria five years ago, she already knew she wanted to be a lawyer and dedicate herself to public service. She did not yet know that homelessness in America was the issue she would take on, because she had no idea of how widespread the problem is….
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Roy Coates, who has coached the women’s swimming and diving team at Northeastern for more than two decades, said rising senior Carly Schnabel is “the best competitor and most driven person” he’s ever instructed. “She strives to be excellent, but without being demonstrative about it,” Coates said of Schnabel, the co-captain of the team. “From the second practice begins,…
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As they enter the final lap of their undergraduate education, we asked four students what advice they would give to freshmen who are about to begin the race. What do they wish they knew when they were at the starting line that would have helped them pace themselves better during that important first lap? …
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