Events

Plant Shift Initiative Speakers Series | Nutrition & Health

Plant-based diets are known to have a variety benefits for long, healthy lives. But just how impactful are they? Listen to this amazing conversation with Dr. Scott Stoll between Chef Nina Curtis and author Kathy Freston on living a plant-based diet.

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05.10.21 | 5:30PM ET

LGBTQ+ Alumni Community Rainbow Graduation Reception

Join the LGBTQ+ Alumni, Faculty & Staff Communities to celebrate the Class of 2021 Rainbow Graduates! Enjoy the Senior Slideshow & “Graditude” Awards, hear from Senior Speaker James Lyons, SSH’21 and connect with members of the LGBTQ+ Alumni Community as they share their experiences and insights from post-graduation.

05.07.21 | 12PM ET

Golden Graduates Weekend 2021: Meet the Archivists

Giordana Mecagni, Head, Archives and Special Collections, and Molly Brown, Reference and Outreach Archivist gave a special presentation on the Northeastern Archives. Learn more about what makes up the Archives Collections and view memorabilia from your time on the Northeastern campus.

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05.06.21 | 1PM ET

Golden Graduates Weekend 2021: Tax Wise Giving With Your Retirement Plans

Patty Boutiette, Director of Gift Planning and Laurie Bowater, Senior Associate Director, Gift Planning, provided an introduction on ways you can use a qualified charitable distribution (the IRA charitable rollover) or beneficiary designation to support Northeastern and other charities, in a tax efficient way. Learn the basics of how this often overlooked part of retirement […]

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04.22.21 | 3:00PM ET

Plant Shift Initiative Speaker Series: Engineering & Climate Correction

Listen to a conversation with disrupters Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, PNT’23, Founder of Vegan Capital, Dale Vince, Founder of Ecotricity, and Paul Watson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sea Shepherd, on how they have engineered new designs and systems within their industries to be more plant-based.

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4.8.21 | 5-5:30pm

Selling Your Service: Insight from Entrepreneurs

Creating and marketing a service based venture can be challenging. In this 30 minute discussion, panelists Dr. Stefanie Rousselle, BHS'12 and Lisa Sacchetti BHS'95 gave insight into starting and operating a service-based venture. They touched upon different resources, tips, and discuss what they would have done differently from the start.

02.18.21 | 12:00PM ET

Making Black Lives Matter in Boston & Beyond: A Conversation with Leader, Activist, and Changemaker Paul Francisco

Watch this exclusive and empowering interview with Paul Francisco, Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Workforce Development Programs at State Street Corporation, by Northeastern University Law School student Tai-Lyn Parboosingh, L’22, on making change for racial justice in your workplace and communities.

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12.3.20 | 1:30 PM EST/6:30 PM GMT

Create Your Vision, Color Your World

Finding the contribution that is ‘yours to do’ brings real satisfaction and the reward of knowing that in whatever way, you are making a difference. Are you in the right place, doing what you are meant to be doing at this time? In this session we explored your answer to that question with the support […]

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12.03.20 | 9 a.m. EST

The Striving States of the East

Leon Rozmarin, a lecturer at Northeastern University discussed the shift in world balance on the global stage and the current geopolitical landscape.

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11.14.20 | 1-1:30pm

How To: Grow Your Own Food

Boston community volunteer Kash Cannon, SSH’12, MPS’16 shared how she planted her victory garden, and outlined the basics of growing your own food.

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