Northeastern has launched two scholars, Emerson Johnston and Conor Messer, on their tech journey. Johnston fell in love with tech policy during her research work at the university and Messer stood out in his challenging classes.
Johnston is graduating in May with a major in politics, philosophy, economics and history, culture and law—as one of the first to switch to the new combined major.
Messer is an associate computational biologist at the Broad Institute who graduated from Northeastern in 2019 with a major in biomechanical engineering.
The two accomplished students recently won the Knight-Hennessy Scholars fellowships. They will pursue master’s degrees at Stanford University beginning in the fall.
The scholars will participate in up to three years of programming that complements their graduate studies and prepares them to take on…
