While on co-op at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Cape Cod, Elliott Mueller is testing Martian meteorites and lunar samples from the Apollo missions.

Nareh Sahakian is spending this co-op term at The Center for Studies and Research in Ophthalmology Therapeutics.

Spencer Martin is working at Ernst & Young as part of the pharmaceuticals team, preparing for and performing mergers and acquisitions of Indian and multi-national pharmaceutical companies.

Spencer Martin is working at Ernst & Young as part of the pharmaceuticals team, preparing for and performing mergers and acquisitions of Indian and multi-national pharmaceutical companies.

Amina Ly is an environmental science major who's on co-op in Philadelphia.

Nina Granow is on co-op at the nation's largest public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Amanda Dell'Olio is responsible for analyzing and maintaining the water quality throughout the Walt Disney World properties.

Theo Bowe’s co-op jobs in campus labs and far-flung countries have prepared him for the next phase of his academic journey: Harvard Medical School. Here, the biology major reflects on his past five years at Northeastern and offers some keen advice to other students.

Though in Cape Town, South Africa to work, Rose Caplan is soaking up as much of the region as she can.

A biology major in Northeastern’s Honors Program and a 2016 Presidential Global Fellow, Julie Hugunin plans to pursue an MD/PhD program to combine her clinical and research interests, informed by a holistic approach. “Northeastern is about putting yourself out there and being fearless,” she says.

Environmental science major Amanda Kerr is working and living on Awhi Farm.

Isaac Kresse is working for SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway.

Biology major Sophie Chaney went to South Africa for her second co-op and while there recognized a need in the community.