Category: Alumni

September 12, 2024

Heejae (Jay) Roh, MPS in Analytics '24, on Reaching Goals: “Find People To Do Things With”

by Marcelle Santos When Heejae (Jay) Roh walked into a Santa Cruz beach with a surfboard under his arm in February last year, he had no surfing experience, and he couldn’t swim, either. But there were people willing to help....

April 7, 2023

Recent alumni on interviewing, job hunting, and why we shouldn't be afraid of AI (yet)

In a wild job market, what’s it really like to be taking early career positions in tech? This March, two recent alumni from Northeastern in Silicon Valley reconnected with the campus to share their insight with current students. Akanksha Singh...

November 10, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Asha Kiran Makwana

Asha isn't going to stop now by Marcelle Santos While speaking on a panel a few days before our interview in the spring of 2022, Asha Makwana had a realization: it would be her last time representing Northeastern University as...

November 3, 2022

Rachael Grudt (Khoury College '21) is putting data science to work towards a net zero power grid

“We call ourselves scientists turned data scientists,” Khoury College of Computer Sciences ‘21 alumna Rachael Grudt said of her team at work. “We get really excited about the science.” This October, Rachael came to the Silicon Valley campus to speak...

October 26, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Kicho Yu

Kicho Wants to Build Bridges by Marcelle Santos “Did you go camping?” I asked. He had mentioned going to the Sierra Nevada, and I was just making small talk before our interview. He looked up, scratched his chin,...

May 5, 2022

"People, given the opportunity, want to be great": Marquis Cabrera and Alysson Do on Leadership

by Meredith Hutcheson On the patio at the Northeastern — Silicon Valley campus, Marquis Cabrera was listening carefully as student Shital Waters explained the environmental impact of algae blooms. Waters, who is pursuing her Master’s in Computer Science at the...