Northeastern University - The Northeastern Difference
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Experiential Learning

We combine classroom studies with professional experience in Boston and around the globe, as well as outstanding opportunities for research and service learning.  It’s the Northeastern difference.

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
Communication Studies major works on Frontline documentary
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Senior Communication Studies major Juliana Schatz worked on the PBS Frontline documentary “Endgame” about the recent military surge as part of her co-op with Kirk Documentary Group and PBS affiliate WGBH.

RESEARCH
Northeastern student researcher focuses on alternate chemotherapy delivery system
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As part of her honors thesis research, pharmacy student Elizabeth Fang, ’08, is seeking an alternative approach to colorectal cancer treatment that could hone in on a tumor without causing the side effects currently associated with IV dosing.

SERVICE LEARNING
Seniors organize conference on Greater Boston housing issues
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With a grant from the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, 2007 graduates Dan Scheirer, Tessa Rosenthal, Joanna Connelly and Sarah Hencke arranged a forum on fair housing in a time of increased foreclosures and rampant predatory lending practices.

GLOBAL LEARNING
Globalization isn’t just there anymore; it’s here
photo of Lauren Bard Northeastern School of Law students have taken advantage of more than 100 international co-op opportunities in more than 50 foreign countries, from private law firms in Australia and Turkey to human rights organizations in Tanzania and Jamaica.
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