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She dreamed of working at Google. Now she does.
After switching from finance to computer science, Songting Yang set her sights on the FAANG company. With a successful internship, she was able to land a full-time role.
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Anvitha Hiriadka, leadership award winner and honors graduate: “Do what scares you”
Anvitha Hiriadka was added to the Laurel & Scroll 100 Honor Society, earned the Legacy Leadership Award from the campus, and the MGEN TA Award from the College of Engineering.
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Student commencement speakers elevate the human in the loop
2026 student commencement speakers Aisha Abdur Rahim (Computer Science '26) and Ting Ashley Li (Computer Science '25) are each accomplished technologists, and they emphasized community and connection in their remarks.
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Commencement 2026 in Northeastern Global News
Graduates from Northeastern in Silicon Valley, Northeastern in Oakland, and Mills College celebrated together this weekend at the Oakland campus.
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Small Collab Leads to Big Win at 2026 OpenEnv Hackathon San Francisco
William Chen (Founder, Touchdown Labs), Yiying Xie (Northeastern University), Warren Low (National University of Singapore), and Farhan Navas (National University of Singapore) take home $10,000 Mercor prize.
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Students build Chrome extension to simplify pronunciation searches
Teaming up across programs, Aisha Abdur Rahim and Yi Zhang launched their product after a two-week intensive development cycle.
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Silicon Valley students get rare look at chip inspection technology in visit to KLA
Graduate students visited KLA's Milpitas headquarters for a behind-the-scenes look at chip inspection technology, clean room operations, and semiconductor career paths.
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Campus iftar event celebrates the meaning of Ramadan across cultures
At the campus Ramadan iftar, students broke fast together and shared their cultural traditions.
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One conversation at a time: Northeastern’s Silicon Valley speed mentoring event
Volunteers from the Silicon Valley professional community shared their life-won wisdom with students in this hugely popular event on campus.
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In grad school, Mandar Ambulkar cranked up the pressure — and thrived
Up through undergrad, Mandar stayed focus on academics because he understood that as the path to success. In grad school, he started adding more to his plate — and discovered new strengths.
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Cracking the interview code: students prepare at three-day bootcamp
The event covered everything from storytelling frameworks and elevator pitches to technical problem-solving and mock interview practice.
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Student researchers head to Las Vegas to attend CES 2026
Two of the winning teams from the last research showcase brought their projects to the Consumer Electronics Show to make connections and see some of the newest and most cutting edge technology.
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