Alessandro is the Head Metro Editor for The Heights. As a dual US/Italy citizen, Alessandro loves exploring different cultures and learning the languages that enrich them. He owns a bright red Vespa scooter, believes in the rejuvenative power of meditation, and considers himself a connoisseur of gnocchi. He dedicates all his work to his family.
Brandale Randolph, founder of The 1854 Cycling Company, aspires to build more than a pedal-powered form of transportation. By providing financial literacy lessons and job training to employees that come from poverty or are returning from the prison system, he aims to educate and empower them in preparation for a productive professional career.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, BC ’09 and the City of Boston’s Office of Food Access have designed a free meal program, effective over the summer months, to approach the growing issue of food insecurity for Boston-area students.
How do a car stereo, pre-kindergarten graduation, and a Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey end up shaping one’s childhood? Alessandro Zenati ’21 knows how.
Seeing is believing, and Boston University Professor Stephen Grossberg draws from his extensive personal research to provide evidence of how we consciously perceive art.
Joseph Allen, BC ’98, has dedicated his research efforts to explore the link between built indoor environments and our overall health. His Healthy Buildings group operates out of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Harvard Music Lab, funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and Harvard’s Data Science Initiative, conducts experiments on the cross-cultural function of music. The research team focuses primarily on infant cognition and developing individuals of all ages.
Scout Design Studio is an entirely student-led initiative on Northeastern’s campus established in Spring 2014. Since then, the team has grown considerably and has exposed Northeastern students to the practical applications of design.
Rosalind Picard, co-founder of MIT born startup Empatica, is not only interested in helping people predict seizures through her team’s patented technology. She also wants to create a more supportive dialogue around seizures among college students.
Sixth-annual HarvardxDesign conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Design invites industry leaders to explore the influence that design can have on the experience of individuals, the fabric of communities, the structure of organizations, and the dynamics of systems.
With heavy competition from many cities across North America ranging in size, Boston has promised a great deal to Amazon as it searches a home for HQ2. Alessandro Zenati ’21 highlights some challenges this arrival might create If successful.
