Articles by Marcelle Santos

Marcelle Santos is a writer, translator, and interpreter in Portuguese and English. She has a degree in Communications and a postgraduate diploma in Conference Interpreting. Born in Brazil and raised in the US, she now lives in Rio de Janeiro.

Entrepreneurship
May 1, 2026

Students build Chrome extension to simplify pronunciation searches

Aisha Abdur Rahim and Yi Zhang built PronunciAid, a Chrome extension that streamlines pronunciation searches on YouGlish Many language learners look up words on YouGlish...

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Experiential Learning
April 16, 2026

Silicon Valley students get rare look at chip inspection technology in visit to KLA 

A group of students from the Silicon Valley campus got an inside look at process control — the science of ensuring production standards for microchips...

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Experiential Learning
March 13, 2026

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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Campus Life
January 20, 2026

Students share their tips for work/life balance in the new year

Coming back to campus in January means reuniting with friends, making new ones, and having new experiences. But the excitement about the semester ahead is...

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Alumni
October 29, 2025

Why Jussara Barbosa Does Everything Wholeheartedly

Northeastern graduate (‘25) Jussara Barbosa's first assignment as a Student Ambassador in the Office of the Dean was to compile information from all of Northeastern's...

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Alumni
August 28, 2025

The grad school experience that made Preeti Jain feel complete

When Preeti Jain (‘25) arrived at Northeastern, she brought a decade of experience spanning consumer goods and tech. She began her career as a key...

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Experiential Learning
June 5, 2025

Shreevidhya Shambanna on choosing to ask, at Amazon and beyond

When Shreevidhya Shambanna, 24, entered the Doppler—Amazon’s office building just north of downtown Seattle—and took the elevator to the 35th floor, she wasn’t just starting...

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Alumni
May 7, 2025

How Kewal Gokuldas Brought XR Development to Northeastern in Silicon Valley

Kewal Gokuldas (‘24) was sixteen when he built his first game for a high school programming class. The game, inspired by Dragon Ball Z, was...

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Experiential Learning
April 1, 2025

Himalaya Dua’s 2nd place NVIDIA hackathon win with a last-minute team

Hours after the Wi-Fi went down at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Himalaya Dua sat amid hundreds of animated voices at the only empty...

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