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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.

On Monday, March 10, the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) at Northeastern University celebrated the culmination of three years of its Srinivasan Family Awards student grant program with a reception attended by over two dozen past student and alumni awardees as well as several faculty mentors.

Victoria McCray, a Fall 2023 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, organized an Open Science Neuro Hackathon at Lilongwe University in Malawi to make computational neuroscience more accessible to underrepresented researchers. With support from the Srinivasan Family Award, she created an inclusive learning environment where participants gained hands-on experience in neuroimaging, machine learning, and open-source research tools.

Northeastern University graduate Vicente Zavarce launched Yummy, Venezuela's only delivery app, after receiving a degree in finance and entrepreneurship and a minor in emerging markets from the D'Amore McKim School of Business in 2016. Yummy is now valued at more than $200 million.

At the close of the Fall 2024 semester, CEM recognized seven undergraduate students as new Student Associates from the D'Amore-McKim School of Business and College of Social Sciences and Humanities.

In CEM Faculty Fellow Paula Caligiuri's international business class, a group of students used consulting and cultural skills to help a Honduran small business owner, demonstrating creativity, adaptability and real-world problem-solving.

The Center for Emerging Markets was proud to support the fifth edition of SmartIDEAthon, one of India's largest social innovation pitchfests, held on December 13, 2024 in Bangalore, India. This event was supported by the Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Initiative at CEM.

CEM is thrilled to recognize seven students as Fall 2024 recipients of our Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets. These students, representing three different schools and colleges at Northeastern University, will all pursue innovative research and field projects over the next year to solve pressing social, environmental, economic, and health-related problems around the world.

Abigail Binkley, a Spring 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent several months in Kenya's Baringo County researching gender-specific vulnerabilities to visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease with a 95% fatality rate if untreated. Partnering with the TERMES Center and ACCIH, her work aims to illuminate the challenges faced by women in remote communities and improve disease prevention through education and accessibility.

Abigail Williams, a Spring 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, is working with the African Center for Community Investment in Health to address maternal health challenges in Kenya's North Rift Valley. Through qualitative research and on-the-ground support, she aims to combat preventable injuries like obstetric fistula and improve healthcare outcomes for women in underserved pastoral communities.