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student working on computer with Amazon stick on the back of laptop

Feb 26, 2020

Co-op to Full-Time Job at Amazon

Vaishali Tripathi, a second-year MS in information systems student, completed a co-op at Amazon in December 2019 and was extended a full-time offer upon graduation. The co-op lasted six months […]

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hanan throwing her graduation cap up in the air

Feb 04, 2020

MSIS Grad Turned Data Scientist

Hanan Khalid Alsalamah, MS’18, information systems, came to Northeastern University from Saudi Arabia, her home country, in the fall semester of 2016 having already researched how she wanted to navigate […]

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Amal Bukhari

Jan 14, 2020

From Saudi Arabia to Boston and Two Degrees in Between

Amal Bukhari traveled from Saudi Arabia to Boston to pursue an MS in information systems. While at Northeastern she realized her passion for learning, and the importance of furthering her […]

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students and teacher in front of MGEN sign on campus

Nov 19, 2019

Opening Doors Through Open Source Projects

Professor Tejas Tarikh (left) with his team of students, Krish Jain, Neha Jain, Dhanisha Phadate, and Renu Hadke. The team developed Ansible Podman during their open source project with Red […]

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student in tall building looking out window with Boston buildings below

Nov 19, 2019

From the Classroom to the CEO’s Office

When Hardik Mody came to Northeastern University in the fall of 2018 he thought he would mostly be studying cloud domain and would hopefully finish with the ability to code […]

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Jan 17, 2019

The Long Road to Happiness

Seattle—The journey of 6,000 miles began in Taiwan where Ching-Chi “Amanda” Chang, MS information systems 2018, was launching her career as a TV reporter. She realized, with discouraging alacrity, that […]

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Jan 09, 2019

Journey Leads to Facebook

Qifei “Rose” Lu, MS’18, information systems, was leading her guests on a tour of Facebook. The cafeteria and its neighboring amphitheater. The snack stand. The espresso bar. The common work […]

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Oct 05, 2018

MSIS Is the BEST

Enthusiastic and ambitious individual Soumiya Roy, MS’18, information systems, already had decent experience in information technology when she first came to Northeastern all the way from New Delhi, India, to […]

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