Alena Kuzub

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

The Northeastern University community celebrated Juneteenth with a multigenerational discussion at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute on the Boston campus. The event on Wednesday explored the modern-day meaning of the holiday and reflected on freedom, justice and what it means to move forward in unity.

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

When Emmanuella Wiafe lost her aunt to breast cancer, it ignited in her a need to understand the disease and “do something.”“That pain turned to passion and purpose, what I personally call ‘PPA’ — ‘Pain turned into Passion and Ambition,’” said Wiafe, the student speaker at Northeastern University’s Portland campus commencement on Friday.

2 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

Soumya Hukkeri developed an automated solution that reduced her team’s manual work by 50% while doing an internship at Amazon Web Services. A recent graduate from Northeastern University’s Arlington campus, Hukkeri handled the entire lifecycle of her project — from development and testing to deployment. “For them to have that much trust in an intern gave me confidence,” says Hukkeri, who earned her master’s degree in information systems.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

While attending Northeastern University, Matthew Coughlin made the most of every opportunity. The 2025 graduate studied mechanical engineering with a minor in math, completed two co-ops and conducted research at Northeastern, MIT, the University of Delaware and Stanford University. He also joined the student government in his first year and eventually became its president, working to improve the student experience at Northeastern. Those efforts paid off.

1 month ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

When Alejandro Díez was a computer science student at Northeastern University, he got burned a few times trying to sell or buy items through such online platforms as Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist. “I got scammed a few times,” says Díez, who graduated from Northeastern in 2023. “[These] platforms don’t really do anything to protect you.” That experience sparked an idea.