Khoury Stories

Students. Faculty. Alumni. Community. These are our stories.

  • Doreen Hodgkin

    Doreen Hodgkin

    During her 35 years at Northeastern, Doreen Hodgkin developed a reputation as a can-do manager, rising quickly through three different departments, finally reaching one of the top positions at Khoury […]

  • Melvin Simms

    Melvin Simms

    Melvin Simms launched Khoury College’s successful co-op program right from the beginning of the College in 1982. Little did he know at the time, he would shepherd the program for […]

  • Harriet Fell

    Harriet Fell

    In 1982, the cohort of mathematics professors who founded the College of Computer Science (now Khoury College) included three women and three men, a unique balance in an emerging field […]

  • Betty Salzberg

    Betty Salzberg

    Creating one of the first colleges of computer sciences was groundbreaking forty years ago—especially when four of the six champions were women. One of those leaders was Betty Salzberg, Khoury […]

  • Molly White

    Molly White

    Since graduating from Khoury College, Molly White has continued to pursue her two passions: programming and promoting accuracy in online platforms. In short order, she has proven herself a leader […]

  • Mitch Wand

    Mitch Wand

    One of the best-known features of the computer science curriculum at Khoury College is its approach to teaching programming languages, specifically its focus on functional languages. This is due in […]

  • Bill Lakeland

    Bill Lakeland

    When the Vancouver Northeastern campus started looking for business partners to support the research work of its CS master’s students, Bill Lakeland did not hesitate to offer support. In fact, […]

  • Fiona McCrae

    Fiona McCrae

    “Fiona’s list of accomplishments is so long, and stretches back so far, that it makes me question how I spent my time in high school and college,” says Professor and […]

  • Richard Rasala

    The revolutionary combined majors degree program at Khoury College allows for the integration of computing with a legion of other disciplines across Northeastern. Instrumental to the creation of this program […]

  • Chris Jelly

    Chris Jelly

    Northeastern students are known for their remarkable ideas, but outside of the classroom it can be challenging to scramble for resources to bring their ideas to fruition. Based on his […]

  • Agnes Chan

    When Agnes Chan helped found the College of Computer Science (now Khoury College) in 1982, “cybersecurity” was not yet a word, much less a critical field within computer science. Through […]

  • Carla Brodley

    Carla Brodley

    During her seven-year tenure as Dean of Khoury College from 2014 to 2021, Carla Brodley achieved a string of accomplishments. There was a record 43% growth in enrollment for first-year […]

  • Larry Finkelstein

    Larry Finkelstein

      Affiliation:
    • Emeritus Faculty

    Location: Boston

    Today, the Khoury College of Computer Sciences holds national prominence as one of the premier colleges for computer science and information science. However, Larry Finkelstein, who served as Khoury’s Dean […]

  • Greg Waters

    Greg Waters

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    Up until eight years ago, Khoury College 40 for 40 honoree Greg Waters wouldn’t have described himself as an involved alumnus. He’d barely had time to be involved back when […]

  • Crista Lopes

    Crista Lopes

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    Cristina (Crista) Lopes, who received her PhD in computer science from Northeastern University in 1998, can often be found working on multiple projects spanning programming languages and compilers, code duplication […]

  • Wayne Duso (left) and Brecka Fetzer sit at a table

    Brecka Fetzer and Wayne Duso

      Affiliation:
    • Industry Partner

    Location: Boston

    If you introduce a problem to six people from roughly the same background, you often receive six variants of roughly the same solution, says Wayne Duso. But if you give […]