Northeastern alum Udit Bhatia, Ph.D. ‘18, and CEM Faculty Fellow Auroop Ganguly are building AI flood tools reshaping how India's cities prepare for disaster.
CEM Faculty Fellow Auroop Ganguly said the devastation from August's flood in Nepal and Tibet was due to a “combination of factors” both natural and man-made.
“The AI Strategic Hub research practicum gave me the opportunity to help build a dataset that Sanara Health can continue to use as it develops its AI solution, while showing me the real-world impact AI can have in healthcare,”– Yanina Shavialenka, Full-Time MBA '27
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.
Bruno 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.
Blen Yohannes will spend the next year in Ethiopia helping provide new mothers with resources for hospital care.
NGN 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
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.
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.
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.
As part of the semester abroad, Anand Nair plans to develop and test an AI-enabled remote patient monitoring system.
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.
