Northeastern professor Richard Wamai leads efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases, which sicken over a billion people globally.
The situation is worse in Indian states with weaker institutions, where the impact on the economy and crime is especially acute.
Domenica Rueda Paz is a Spring 2024 Recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, a bi-annual student grant program open to undergraduate and graduate students at Northeastern University, run by the Center for Emerging Markets.
CEM is delighted to announce that the Revvity Foundation has endowed the Revvity Access CEM Scholarship to help full-time graduate and undergraduate students benefit from Northeastern University's rich experiential learning opportunities.
During her 36-year tenure, the University Distinguished Professor researched corporate strategy and leadership in the emerging capitalist business landscape. Thanks to Putin's regime, that's finished. She's not.
While most major airlines have fully resumed operations following a massive IT outage last week that grounded flights around the globe, Delta Airlines is still in the thick of it, canceling an additional 415 flights Tuesday morning as it works to restore service.
It seems axiomatic that innovation happens in economies where resources are plentiful, but it is equally true that necessity is the mother of invention, so can new ideas that could transform health care delivery in the developed world arise in low-resource regions?
As a Fall 2023 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, Dhwani Bhatt, a third-year honors Chemical Engineering student at Northeastern University, has spent the past year developing a biogas system to meet the energy needs of Sadhguru School in Fort Portal Uganda.
Read the Center for Emerging Markets' report on all major activities in the first half of 2024, from new publications and research grants to key events and educational programming.
Yi Zheng, Faculty Fellow at the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University, organized an enriching forum focused on “Sustainable Energy in Cities and Communities” to celebrate World Environment Day with the Boston Urban Forum.
The Edmund and Colleen DiSanto Student Engagement and Innovation Fund will support curricular and other innovations relating to emerging markets, especially to encourage students who went to high schools in the city of Boston.
The Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University hosted the 6th Annual Greater Boston Corporate Governance Workshop, attracting 32 attendees from 14 institutions. Organized by CEM Faculty Fellows Ruth Aguilera and Kevin Chuah, the event featured discussions on R&D management, public-private partnerships, regulatory impacts, proxy voting, and corporate emissions accountability, showcasing cutting-edge research and faculty expertise.
