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Meet Northwestern’s leading women engineers driving leadership in STEM

Meet Northwestern’s leading women engineers driving leadership in STEM

“Women need to not only get more involved in startups, but we have to lead them,” said Northwestern engineering student Sarah Ahmad.
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Tessa Hamermesh
Meet the trailblazer behind Northwestern’s largest student-run club

Meet the trailblazer behind Northwestern’s largest student-run club

Maddie Parrott is a senior at Northwestern, making her mark serving as president of the Institute for Student Business Education (ISBE).
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Illina Yang
The Power of Self-Motivation: How one MIT student is finding her path.

The Power of Self-Motivation: How one MIT student is finding her path.

It was a calm Friday morning for the global investment analyst team at Goldman Sachs, when suddenly, at 9:04 a.m., everything changed…
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Madison Rossi
Failing at 4AM: One Harvard student’s journey to becoming a coder for Microsoft

Failing at 4AM: One Harvard student’s journey to becoming a coder for Microsoft

This piece is part of the ProMazo series “Before The Degree: Meet America’s future leaders.” It features exceptional students at…
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Madison Rossi
More Than Left-Brained: Meet the science geek behind Northwestern’s award-winning newspaper

More Than Left-Brained: Meet the science geek behind Northwestern’s award-winning newspaper

Journalism at Northwestern University is known for its intensity, and outside the classroom students practice their skills at more than 30…
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Madison Rossi
From Motorcycles to 3-D Printers: this MIT student is a leader and risk-taker

From Motorcycles to 3-D Printers: this MIT student is a leader and risk-taker

Illina Yang is a thrill seeker — the self-proclaimed “adrenaline-junkie” wants to own her own motorcycle and loves to take risks. Yang is…
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Madison Rossi
The Chatty Engineer: How Lizett Pink found consulting as her perfect match

The Chatty Engineer: How Lizett Pink found consulting as her perfect match

Lizett Pink uses a Lilo & Stitch themed phone case. She has quirky interests and a chatty, bubbly personality. She is not what you would…
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Madison Rossi
Meet the student who started a company during his second week of college

Meet the student who started a company during his second week of college

What if someone came up to you during your first month of college and asked: “Do you want to start a company with me?”
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Madison Rossi
What does it mean to be a woman in finance? — Meet Notre Dame MBA Erin Wehe.

What does it mean to be a woman in finance? — Meet Notre Dame MBA Erin Wehe.

This piece is part of the ProMazo series “Before The Degree: Meet America’s future leaders.” It features exceptional students at…
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Madison Rossi
Bonkers for Biotech: This MIT sophomore is starting a student-run hedge fund

Bonkers for Biotech: This MIT sophomore is starting a student-run hedge fund

Where do computer science, economics, biotechnology, consulting and volunteering come together? In MIT sophomore Ariel Brito.
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Madison Rossi
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