The Dean's Corner series provides a first-person, informative narrative of exciting and important happenings at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. In this installment from Interim Dean Emery Trahan, he shares achievements from this summer that will give the D'Amore-McKim community some momentum into the new academic year.
As more health care workers share their testimony from the bedsides of the sick, growing frustration over the sheer number of unvaccinated patients taking up beds has some asking: Can doctors refuse to treat, or decline to see, patients who are unvaccinated? Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images
A Delta Airlines pilot wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he walks through a terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. A key senator is asking six U.S. airlines, including Delta, to explain the high rates of delayed and canceled flights this summer, and she's asking whether there are labor shortages despite the airlines getting billions in federal aid to keep workers on the job
“If you're an international student, [Northeastern] offers many ways to get involved on campus. But you must challenge yourself every day, stay open-minded, and be willing to step out of your comfort zone.”
Recent graduate Jessica Huang, who earned her entrepreneurship and marketing degree this year, created an app to help shoppers find the right fit when buying clothes online. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
CEO and Founder of Mango and Marigold Press Sailaja N. Joshi, who got her international business degree at Northeastern in 2006, reads her book Finding Om. Joshi's business ensures more Black and brown protagonists are in children's books. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
Better not, say two Northeastern scholars of law and marketing. While consumers may benefit from the convenience of touch-free checkout, it's not always clear what a company will do with consumers' biometric information once it has it.
Female physicians burn out faster than their male colleagues, according to research by Tim Hoff, professor of management, healthcare systems and health policy at Northeastern. Illustration by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University
Madison Mailey (bottom row, second from right) celebrates winning the Olympic gold medal with her Canadian rowing teammates in the women's eight. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
Northeastern University graduate Thai-Anh Hoang's company EmBeba makes 100% sustainable diaper balm and skin protection for the entire family.