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On October 11th and 12th, Northeastern University welcomed the 10th edition of the BRASA Summit Américas, bringing over 500 students from across the US and Canada for a weekend of connections and learning.

Northeastern student Anjali Laddha won an Innovator Award for helping Indian students boost careers with AI-driven tools.

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Blen Yohannes, a Spring 2025 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, spent the summer partnering with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health to strengthen the country's Maternal Death Surveillance and Response program.

Dahlia Broberg and Heidi Ho, Spring 2025 recipients of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, launched a music therapy program in Shandia, Ecuador, to address adolescent mental health challenges through structured musical engagement and community partnership.

Lydia Adobea Dampare Addo, a Fall 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent the past six months leading a student innovation competition in Ghana aimed at helping young people move their ideas from concept to impact.

Fahdi Alew, a Fall 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent the past several months in Kenya's Baringo County researching the comorbidities between visceral leishmaniasis and diseases like HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Seven student projects received funding through the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets in spring 2025.

CEM welcomed its fourth cohort of Student Associates in anticipation of the 2025-2026 academic year. After a competitive selection process, nine exceptional students were chosen to support CEM's mission of advancing research, education, and student outreach on emerging economies. 

Carolina Pacheco-Balcazar, a fourth-year Economics and Political Science major from Puebla, Mexico, is investigating how solar energy can alleviate poverty in these communities with support from the Center for Emerging Markets' Srinivasan Family Awards program.

On Monday, March 31, the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) welcomed over 25 students from across Northeastern University to its inaugural Student Research Expo on Emerging Markets, where six student and team finalists presented their research on a diverse range of economic, financial, technological, and social issues in emerging markets across the globe.