Student Groups
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BESS: Black Engineering Student Society
The BESS mission is to form a network for and solidarity among student engineers, building a support system for engineers to ensure that they would stay in the field.
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BioE GSC: Bioengineering Graduate Student Council
The Bioengineering Graduate Student Council (BioE GSC) aims to enhance the academic experience and foster a strong sense of community among bioengineering graduate students. Our primary focus is to offer social, scholastic, and administrative resources that support students’ academic growth and career development.
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BMES: Biomedical Engineering Society, NU Student Chapter
Northeastern BMES is a group of students looking to further student interest Biomedical Engineering. They aim to connect interested undergraduate students with faculty working in BME and related fields.
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EWB: Engineers Without Borders, NU Student Chapter
Since our establishment in 2004, EWB-USA NEU has designed and constructed water projects in eight communities in Honduras, Uganda, and Panama, affecting over 2,000 individuals.
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Generate
Generate is Northeastern’s Student-Led Product Development studio. Our project teams build innovative products for industry clients, gaining diverse Hardware and Software development experience.
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Give a Hand
Our mission is to build a tight-knit community of passionate Northeastern students interested in the different aspects of building prosthetic hands; from designing and manufacturing the hands, to reaching out to patients and promoting our work. By being a part of this club, we want to bring about change and innovation.
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GWISE: Graduate Women in Science and Engineering
GWISE is a group of graduate students and postdocs designed to assist in the professional and personal advancement of women in science and engineering at Northeastern University.
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iGEM: International Genetically Engineered Machine
iGEM is a worldwide annual competition that allows undergraduates to design and create innovative approaches for a better future through synthetic biology.