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.
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.
A mounting trade war between the U.S. and China could soon be hitting Americans' wallets when it comes to several products.
“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
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.
In 2024, Northeastern professor Shawn Bhimani helped launch Supply Trace, which uses machine learning to comb through millions of data points including news clippings, container labels and shipping documents.
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.
Recognized for her groundbreaking research on family businesses and women's entrepreneurship, Professor Kimberly Eddleston was recently honored with USASBE's highest distinction.
