Spring 2025 Newsletter
Read the Center for Emerging Markets' report on all major activities in the first half of 2025, from new publications and research grants to key events and educational programming.
News
Student stories: bridging healthcare gaps in Kenya through neglected tropical disease research
Fahdi Alew, a Spring 2025 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.
CEM board member, life sciences executive and philanthropist Vivek Sharma inspires D'Amore-McKim graduates
Keynote speaker Vivek Sharma urges business graduates to embrace their unique identities and write their own stories, drawing from his journey as a first-generation immigrant who became a celebrated industry leader.
Why one out of three family businesses is inherited by the wrong person
Northeastern Professor Kim Eddleston calls it the “Fredo effect” after the weak-link son in the Godfather movies. “The damage can be devastating,” she says.
Northeastern research finds companies with LGBTQ+ board members outperform peers
The researchers evaluated firm performance in two areas: environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores; and enterprise value.
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.
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.
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.
Electronics, apparel, toys: Here are some of the Chinese-made products that could see huge price swings with tariffs
A mounting trade war between the U.S. and China could soon be hitting Americans' wallets when it comes to several products.
US Sees India As Crucial Due To Its Power To Contain China: Foreign Policy Expert Max Abrahms At Rising Bharat 2025
“India is in a very good position to accelerate the strong bilateral relationship with the US. The US and India are not going to let this tariff conversation derail their relationship and will find some kind of bilateral solution,” says US foreign policy, counterterrorism, and international security expert Max Abrahms