by Morgan Adderley Ava DuVernay’s Selma begins with a bang. Literally. Its opening moments seamlessly switch between scenes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and a brutal bombing which left four little girls dead. The juxtaposition is jarring, and the finesse with which it is Read more…
Boston’s Top 5 Socially Conscious Coffee ShopsBy Emily O’Connorcoffee nerd, proud Husky, & social enterprise enthusiast Worth over $100 billion dollars in the global economy, coffee is one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world – second only to petroleum. Grown mainly in developing nations and Read more…
by Miranda Beggin Traveling to the Middle East for the first time this past December, I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect. As one of the most tumultuous regions of the world, often depicted as outdated, traditionalist, and repressive, I can’t say that I expected to meet some of the most Read more…
by Dennis R. Shaughnessy An earnest student dropped by my campus office during the course registration process for our current semester to ask if I was teaching any business courses that he could sign up for. He had heard that my classes might be worth signing up for, knowing that Read more…
By Olivia Allen On Saturday, May 2nd, SEI students, faculty and staff will travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to study microfinance and economic development in the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Leadership at Esperanza International, a microfinance institution and Grameen replicant will task students from Northeastern and Instituto Tecnológico de Read more…
By Dennis Shaughnessy On April 23, the Social Enterprise Institute had the great pleasure of hosting John Wood, founder of Room to Read, and Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize winners and authors of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” for a panel discussion, moderated Read more…