Northeastern University will make its presence known in the art
community on October 9, with the debut of the University's exciting new
art gallery, Gallery 360. The gallery will complement the University's
“Northeastern Creates” initiative, which celebrates and promotes
creative expression throughout the campus.
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Northeastern University Career Services has been awarded this year’s
General Electric (GE) Partnership Award. The award recognizes
Northeastern University as an ongoing and significant resource for
professional talent at GE. The University has also been distinguished
as one of GE’s top 40 Executive schools because of Northeastern’s
crucial role in the success of its mission and leadership in the global
marketplace. GE has greatly benefited from Northeastern University
co-op students and graduates alike, and on October 2, the University
held its fall Mega Career Fair.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has just extended funding for the national human trafficking reporting system (HTRS), an initiative led by Amy Farrell, Ph.D. and Jack McDevitt, Ph.D., both from Northeastern University’s Institute on Race & Justice. The funding, a $300,000 grant, will allow for the continuation and expansion of the HTRS, established in January 2008 by researchers at both Northeastern and the Urban Institute as a way to centrally and uniformly collect data on human trafficking investigations.
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Researchers Graham Jones, Michail Sitkovsky, Amy Kallmerten and Ma Dong created a rapid method to produce an important faculty of drugs, including drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease and cancer. The efficient and versatile process gives access to new medicinal agents by combining molecules that are important building blocks in creating unique compounds. The paper describing the breakthrough method of synthesis of the new drugs, which are designed to be combined with the traditionally used Parkinson’s disease treatment drug Levodopa, appeared in the latest issue of Tetrahedron Letters.
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Northeastern University’s School of Law today was named the top law school in the country in the area of public interest law by two publications in the legal field. The law school was selected for the first place ranking by two sister publications, The National Jurist and preLaw Magazine, a national magazine targeted to prospective law school students. The story will appear in the fall issues of the two publications. Northeastern was the only law school in New England to make the top 10 list.
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The Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis has received a generous leadership gift from Louis Barnett B’44, H’77, and his family. The $3 million donation includes a $1 million challenge grant from the family whose 1983 endowment gift is responsible for the name of the internationally recognized research Institute. The gift will help launch the new Center for Advanced Regulatory Analysis (CARA), including the GMP/GLP (Good Manufacturing Practices/Good Laboratory Practices) Regulatory Laboratory.
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Northeastern University has appointed two senior executives who will build on the university’s strong momentum as a national research university. Carol Scheman will be the university’s new senior vice president for external affairs, and Michael Armini will be vice president for marketing and communications.
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Northeastern University, in partnership with journalists and public policy advocates throughout New England, has announced the establishment of the New England First Amendment Center to focus public attention on a worrisome increase in efforts to restrict access to public records and meetings.
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NU students are invited to play the popular Nintendo® Wii™ game as part of a two-day (9/23 and 9/25) event sponsored by IBM, maker of the chip inside the video game console. The IBM Wii Campus Event’s goal is to allow Northeastern students to better understand some of the innovative and creative aspects of IBM. As part of each event, sports-themed games displayed on a large screen will be available to play at the Library Quad on campus. The second day of the event will conclude with a raffle where a lucky student will have an opportunity to win a Nintendo® Wii™ video game console.
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When Dominic Coryell began driving a delivery truck for Husky Express to make some extra cash his freshman year, little did he know how that job would impact his future and lead him to becoming a young, successful entrepreneur. Coryell was selected as one of 30 students worldwide for his work with Husky Express by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. In November, Coryell will be in Chicago with other student entrepreneurs for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards with the chance to win more than $100,000 in cash and prizes.
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