With the beginning of the spring semester, Northeastern announced the appointment of Laura Wankel as the first Chief Integrated Student Engagement Officer. This new position is meant to facilitate a new<echo education model through focusing on students.
The world’s leading academic women’s journal, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, has found a new home at Northeastern under editor-in-chief Suzanna Walters,a professor of sociology and the director of Northeastern’s women’s, gender and sexuality studies program.
Whether students are earning a degree in sociology or engineering, a new summer-long program called Studio Art or Art Minor, History and Culture in Ireland offers a chance for them to express their artistic side and earn a minor in art.
For 50 million Americans suffering from an autoimmune disease, day-to-day life can be a struggle in and of itself, but Northeastern senior Lilly Stairs turned that hardship into an opportunity to help others.
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) recently recognized Simon Pitts, a professor of practice in engineering leadership and the director of the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership, and Michael Silevitch, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Robert D. Black distinguished professor, for their role and influence within Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL).
Susan Gold, professor of the practice of game design at Northeastern, founded Global Game Jam (GGJ) in 2009 after returning from a game conference in Sweden. The 48-hour event welcomes students and professionals interested in game design in over 520 locations in 78 countries to create video games in the limited time available.
Lars King, a third-year entrepreneurship and marketing major, is helping people ring in the New Year with less stress, improved memory and increased happiness.
