Category: Student Spotlight
In grad school, Mandar Ambulkar cranked up the pressure — and thrived
As the Class of 2025 lined up to receive their diplomas, Mandar Ambulkar (MS in Computer Science ’26) watched a monitor, waiting for his cue....
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Students reimagine nurse education using immersive tech: “AI-powered training can fill critical gaps”
For Qiwen (Fiona) Xiong, working on Nurse Town has always been personal. “My mother has been a nurse for over 30 years; during the COVID-19...
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Fiona Xiong’s ‘Ordinary’ Guide to an Extraordinary Life
Qiwen (Fiona) Xiong’s dream is to work with the brightest minds in tech to solve the world’s biggest problems—and it isn’t as far-fetched as it...
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How Yating Zhuang, MS in Project Management ’24, Found Home in the U.S.
Change is never easy, but for Yating Zhuang, a student in the Master of Science in Project Management program at Northeastern in Silicon Valley, moving from...
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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...
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Kaustubha Eluri, Aspiring Product Manager
by Marcelle Santos Growing up, Kaustubha Eluri, 26, never wanted to be any particular thing, but he always knew what he wanted to do. “I...
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Venni Yu is Building Towards Something Greater
Profile by Marcelle Santos. Header photo by Ruby Wallau for Northeastern University. Venni Yu always knew that there was more to life than her immediate...
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Trupal Chaudhari Thinks You Should Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
by Marcelle Santos Trupal Jeevan Chaudhari was only ten when he chose to go to boarding school two hundred miles from home. There, away from...
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Cybersecurity and Jason Zhang’s Passion for Keeping People Safe in an Insecure World
by Marcelle Santos Five minutes into our Zoom call, a tiny human climbed onto Jason Zhang’s lap and waved at the screen. “This is Avery,”...
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