This CEM Student Associate turned soft skills into an AI startup helping Indian students unlock their potential
Northeastern student Anjali Laddha won an Innovator Award for helping Indian students boost careers with AI-driven tools.
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Student stories: Bridging maternal health policy and practice at Ethiopia's Ministry of Health
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.
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Student stories: Improving youth mental health in Ecuador through music
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.
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Student stories: Supporting innovation-driven students in Ghana
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.
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Student stories: Bridging healthcare gaps in Kenya through neglected tropical disease research
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.
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CEM awards seven student grants for projects in Emerging Markets
Seven student projects received funding through the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets in spring 2025.
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CEM recognizes nine students as new Student Associates
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.
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Student stories: Discovering market potential for solar homes in Mexico
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.
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Students compete in inaugural CEM Research Expo
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.
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Students, faculty and alumni celebrate three years of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets
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.
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Student stories: Expanding access to computational neuroscience in Malawi
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.
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How this Northeastern graduate and Emerging Markets minor turned a ‘Yummy' idea into a $200 million business
NGNNortheastern 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.