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2024 Innovator Award Winner Naomi Rajput | CareWallet
After several stints working in healthcare settings, Naomi Rajput, a pre-med student at Northeastern, created CareWallet, a digital health solution that connects patients with providers—and connects providers with the health information of their patients.
womenwhoempower.advancement.northeastern.edu/2024-innovator-award-winner-naomi-rajput-carewallet
Building a space satellite isn’t cheap. These Northeastern students are researching ways to bring the cost way down.
Project Horizon, Northeastern’s satellite club, plans to launch a satellite built with cost-effective components within the next year.
news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/16/satellite-development-cost-project-horizon
Inspired by her brother, this Northeastern engineering student is trying to invent a device that can predict seizures
Muskaan “Mukki” Gill is developing a noninvasive device to predict seizures, inspired by her brother who suffers from Dravet syndrome.
news.northeastern.edu/2024/08/29/seizure-prediction-device
D'Amore-McKim's entrepreneurial student-led initiatives garner recognition at Triple E Awards - D'Amore-McKim School of Business
Thanks to trailblazing organizations like the IDEA student-led venture accelerator, Northeastern clinched second place at the 2024 Triple E Awards.
damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/news/damore-mckims-entrepreneurial-student-led-initiatives-garner-recognition-at-triple-e-awards
Northeastern grads engineer tube-bending prototypes to streamline electricians’ work
Grads Jaison Patel and Joshua Baum's startup Tubender wins $5,000 from the Alpha Fund for their portable tube-bending prototype.
news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/05/portable-tube-bending-machine-tubender
"The Code to Financial Accessibility" Featuring Kojo Addaquay, E'23 - Experience
Kojo Addaquay talks on his co-op experience, techniques for self-discipline when learning skills, and his predictions for global fintech!
experiencepoweredby.northeastern.edu/the-code-to-financial-accessibility-feat-kojo-addaquay-e23
Seaweed is packed with omega-3 fatty acids. So these two students launched a business adding it to chocolate nutrition bars
Discover how Northeastern students launched Phytabar, a seaweed protein bar that combines sustainability with nutrition.
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/02/seaweed-protein-bars
Delivering Good Vibes to the Corporate World - Alumni Relations
Ali Singer, a 2012 graduate of the College of Arts, Media and Design, was a second-year student at Northeastern when her friend took her to a yoga class. Throughout that class, she felt the benefits of the practice—beyond just the physical ones.
alumni.northeastern.edu/story/delivering-good-vibes-to-the-corporate-world
Pitch events, hackathon, Women Who Empower and Stuart Weitzman all part of Northeastern’s Global Entrepreneurship Week
The university will have special programs throughout the week, including a hackathon and a conversation with fashion icon Stuart Weitzman.
news.northeastern.edu/2023/11/10/stuart-weitzman-global-entrepreneur-week
Slate Milk Closes $10.5M Series A To Scale Nationally
Slate Milk closed a $10.5 million funding round that will fuel a national distribution push and support a new product launch in coming weeks.
www.bevnet.com/news/2023/slate-milk-closes-10-5m-series-a-to-scale-nationally
‘We’re a Northeastern startup at its core.’ Student-led company succeeds through university resources
The start-up company Alia is helping small businesses through a loyalty program that connects customers to each store's backstory and goals.
news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/10/alia-small-business-loyalty-program
Northeastern WISE Summit aims to bring women ‘one step closer’ to entrepreneurial goals
The Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship will hold its annual Summit event on March 18 at the ISEC building in Boston.
news.northeastern.edu/2023/03/09/wise-summit-women-entrepreneurial-goals
BusRight Secures $7 Million to Transform the Largest Mass Transit System in the U.S. - School Buses
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230720580162/en
For me, the best part of Northeastern University Miami day with the Miami…
For me, the best part of Northeastern University Miami day with the Miami Marlins and loanDepot park was the Company Showcase (bit.ly/3Q8UhYT). These founders,…
www.linkedin.com/posts/karuiz_northeasternuniversity-bredcrums-keynotespeaker-activity-7117281760349929472-voKm
‘The DeafBlind community is an underserved community.’ Northeastern engineering students are designing more accessible doorbells
A team of student engineers and designers are developing a doorbell that can alert DeafBlind people using a Bluetooth connected wristband.
news.northeastern.edu/2023/03/07/deaf-blind-doorbell-accessibility
Northeastern entrepreneurs dominate list of innovators and leaders on BostInno’s ‘25 Under 25’
Among the young awardees is Hannah Ung, who turned a marketing class assignment at Northeastern into Boxy, a startup enabling college students to rent out storage space in private homes for their belongings—like an Airbnb for their furniture, clothes and other personal effects.
news.northeastern.edu/2022/12/02/bostinnos-25-under-25
Northeastern gets student engagement award for Mosaic entrepreneurship network
The accolade was only the latest success for Mosaic, which has grown to 11 organizations and has spawned countless student ventures.
news.northeastern.edu/2022/06/17/mosaic-network-student-engagement-award
‘I am the granola.’ Rooted Living founder Rachel Domb takes healthy snack food startup to next level
The ever-growing popularity of the eco-friendly, plant-based snacks has turned a granola startup brand into marketable merchandise.
news.northeastern.edu/2022/11/02/rooted-living-granola
One less piece of plastic packaging in the world
This second-year entrepreneur’s plant-based snack company took the $2,500 top prize in last year’s Husky Startup Challenge.
news.northeastern.edu/2021/02/11/one-less-piece-of-plastic-packaging-in-the-world
As the founding faculty advisor of IDEA, Northeastern’s student-run venture accelerator, Dan Gregory helped turn an idea into a network of services for students who want to be entrepreneurs
IDEA, Northeastern’s student-run business accelerator, connects members of the university community with the resources they need.
news.northeastern.edu/2019/06/17/as-the-founding-faculty-advisor-of-idea-northeasterns-student-run-venture-accelerator-dan-gregory-helped-turn-an-idea-into-a-network-of-services-for-students-who-want-to-be-entrepreneurs
IDEA CEO reflects on lessons learned, entrepreneurship opportunities on campus
When it comes to Northeastern’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, IDEA CEO Neel Desai has seen it all. “The most successful ventures keep the impact and the problem they’re solving at the core of what they do,” he says. “The business is merely a means to an end, a way to scale that impact.” Check out our entire conversation with Desai here.
news.northeastern.edu/2017/03/02/idea-ceo-reflects-on-lessons-learned-entrepreneurship-opportunities-on-campus
Northeastern recognized for excellence in fostering entrepreneurship
Northeastern on Tuesday night received a prestigious award recognizing the university’s strong culture of entrepreneurship, which includes innovative academic programs, experiential learning, and student-led organizations that help young entrepreneurs launch and grow their own businesses. Northeastern was honored with the Entrepreneurial University Award at the Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.
news.northeastern.edu/2018/06/13/northeastern-recognized-for-excellence-in-fostering-entrepreneurship
Looking to turn an idea into a business? Husky Startup Challenge offers just that
Turning an idea into a business takes a lot of work and strategic planning—both of which the Husky Startup Challenge program can help foster. The first step, though, is signing up, and applications close at midnight tonight.
news.northeastern.edu/2016/09/27/looking-to-turn-an-idea-into-a-business-husky-startup-challenge-offers-just-that
Student entrepreneurship, by the numbers
Here are some facts and figures about Northeastern’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, powered by students.
news.northeastern.edu/2015/06/23/student-entrepreneurship-by-the-numbers