Spring 2026 Newsletter
Read up on all of CEM's activities in the first half of 2026, including two new student engagement initiatives, a growing undergraduate fellow program, and a robust season of research presentations.
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Which market will dominate the semiconductor industry in the next decade?
LSE Business ReviewBruno Sergi and Mark Esposito argue that the 2030s will not be won using export controls but by whoever trains the most engineers, builds the most resilient supply chains and runs the most productive university–industry partnerships.
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Graduate garners Huntington Award to help improve maternal health in Ethiopia
NGNBlen Yohannes will spend the next year in Ethiopia helping provide new mothers with resources for hospital care.
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A journalist and two academics explain their surprising connections to Russia and Northeastern
NGNNGN Executive Editor Ann Simmons sits down with professors Sheila Puffer and Dan McCarthy to share stories about life in the former Soviet Union and Russia
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Eight undergraduates selected as new CEM Student Associates
After a competitive selection process, eight outstanding undergraduate students were selected to join CEM's Student Associate program for the upcoming 2026-27 academic year.
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International Business Faculty at Northeastern University Wins Global Teaching Award
Paula Caligiuri, Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and CEM Faculty Fellow, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the IM Division AmorePacific Outstanding Educator Award, presented by the International Management Division of the Academy of Management.
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Keep showing up: Nada Sanders on curiosity, resilience, and the future of supply chains
For Nada Sanders, the most important breakthroughs have rarely come from perfect data or elegant models. They have come from friction — from the moment when theory fails, when numbers resist, and when human behavior refuses to fit neatly into equations. It is in that tension that she has built her career, not by forcing the world to match the model, but by reshaping the model to reflect the world as it is.
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CEM Faculty Fellow receives Fulbright to advance AI in health care; will spend semester in Canada
NGNAs part of the semester abroad, Anand Nair plans to develop and test an AI-enabled remote patient monitoring system.
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Three Graduating Seniors Named 2026 CEM Student Fellows
The Center for Emerging Markets is proud to recognize three graduating seniors, Anjali Laddha, Brenda Belgamo, and Anh “Rachel” Le, as CEM Student Fellows, a distinction awarded to Student Associates who have made a lasting impact on the Center and the broader Northeastern community.
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Technology Restrictions Have Become a Central Instrument of Economic Statecraft
Tech Policy.PressMark Esposito, CEM Faculty Fellow and Teaching Professor of International Business & Strategy at Northeastern University on how the chip industry is increasingly central to aspects of the current administration's foreign policy.
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D'Amore-McKim School of Business Hosts Discussion on Partnership Models Driving Global Life-Sciences Innovation
On Tuesday, April 7, D'Amore-McKim School of Business professors Valentina Marano, Ravi Ramamurti, and Gary Young convened academic and industry leaders for a panel discussion on the partnership models driving innovation across the global life-sciences ecosystem.
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CEM Awards Five Srinivasan Family Grants for Projects in Emerging Markets
This spring, CEM funded five outstanding projects spanning healthcare, infrastructure finance, energy access, and digital health. The program has now supported 51 student projects and 68 students over the past nine semesters.