Category: Students & Alumni
March 20, 2026
Meet the Vancouver alum working on games like Call of Duty
Before joining game studio and Activision-Blizzard subsidiary Demonware as a software engineer, Northeastern Vancouver MS in Computer Science graduate Ria Agarwal had never played their AAA video game series Call of Duty. But shortly after starting her job in 2022...
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January 27, 2026
Mentorship plays key role in Vancouver grad’s success
Artificial intelligence has many life-changing applications, including helping people with speech differences communicate more effectively. For Northeastern Vancouver grad Ian Yip (MSCS ’22), getting to play an early role in Happy Prime’s AllSpeak software platform provided an opportunity to make...
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October 30, 2025
Canada’s New Pathway for a Career Change to Tech
The race for tech talent in Canada is accelerating. CompTIA projects that the country’s tech employment will grow almost 1.8 times faster than the overall workforce over the next decade. A look at recent developments across the nation makes the...
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August 26, 2025
Yuma Takechi’s Career Remix: Unlocking New Paths with Co-op
Yuma Takechi has tried her hand at a number of different things over the years, from the music industry to education to tech. While what she’s interested in may have changed, the Double Husky has always trusted Northeastern’s co-op program...
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May 21, 2024
Northeastern’s Vancouver campus celebrates lifelong learning and opportunity to thrive during convocation
Student speaker Runze “Ricky” Zhu and British Columbia Minister of Jobs Brenda Bailey addressed about 220 graduates on Saturday. This post originally appeared at Northeastern Global News. By Alena Kuzub Growing up in Asia, Runze “Ricky” Zhu has always had...
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January 2, 2024
Winter Tech Career Fair - Jan 23, 2024
Tech employers, connect with top talent from Northeastern University Vancouver! Employers are invited to help us kick-off the 2024 hiring season at our Tech Career Fair at our downtown Vancouver campus. Our diverse and talented masters-level students possess technical skills...
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November 23, 2023
Campus Connect Information Session & Student Showcase - Dec 12th
Considering a career change into tech? Or looking to upskill your technical knowledge with a Masters degree in computer science, analytics, or information systems? Join us on December 12th from 4:30-5:30 PM for a campus connect information session where you'll...
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May 25, 2023
Northeastern recognizes resiliency of computer science graduates at Vancouver convocation
Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University This post originally appeared at Northeastern Global News. By David Nordman VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Northeastern University celebrated 121 master’s degree recipients during Thursday’s Vancouver campus convocation at The Centre for Performing Arts. The lively ceremony included...
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December 9, 2021
Balancing Schedules is Abject Chaos. Unless You're Khoury College Professor Richard Hoshino.
This post originally appeared at Khoury College of Computer Sciences news.By Aditi Peyush Anyone who has attended college in recent years is extremely familiar with the process of course registration. You pick out your classes in advance. You’re excited for the...
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