By Melissa Goldberg This semester, 41 SEI affiliated students are volunteering their time for the Citizen Schools Eighth Grade Academy (8GA) program. The program, which meets seven times throughout the semester, pairs each Northeastern student as a writing coach with an eighth grade student from the Orchard Gardens School in Read more…
by Esther Chou With five field studies under his belt, Professor Gordon Adomdza is now a seasoned veteran in leading students abroad to research and develop tools for the base of the pyramid (BOP). In the recent decade, designers have been using the human centered design (HCD) process at the Read more…
By Olivia Allen Each year in the Social Enterprise Institute’s introductory social entrepreneurship class, Professor Shaughnessy designates a handful of high-impact social entrepreneurs to the proverbial “Mount Rushmore” of social entrepreneurs – a group of innovative social disruptors that have pioneered a fundamental impact. This currently includes Muhammad Yunus of Read more…
By John Taylor During Welcome Week, as a part of this year’s freshman collective reading assignment, Pulitzer Prize winner, author and journalist Katherine Boo spoke to our new students about her book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” This non-fiction investigational piece is set in Mumbai. Amongst rusted tin shacks in the Read more…
By Dennis Shaughnessy Only 2% of women in India use sanitary products during their menstrual cycle. Nine of every ten women instead use rags, plastics, san and ash to manage their period. This leads to pain, infection and maternal health complications, along with embarrassment and lowered self-esteem. Many women suffer Read more…
As a graduate from the Université Catholique de Louvain and Belgium native, I am very excited to spotlight Mobile School. This social entrepreneurship story started in 1996 when Arnoud Raskin, its founder, returned to Belgium after six months in Colombia as an educator, determined to make a change in the Read more…