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New survey shows ‘systematic decline’ in domestic approval for U.S. leaders

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David Lazer , University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Sciences , spoke with News@Northeastern on the findings from a new survey on approval ratings for federal and state-level leadership.

Read "New survey shows ‘systematic decline’ in domestic approval for U.S. leaders."

Rod K. Brunson , Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Chair of Public Life and Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Political Science , was interviewed by StarTribune on the urgent need for law enforcement amid calls to defund police.

Read "Troubled south Minneapolis block renews calls for help from police, City Hall"

Ted Landsmark , Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy University, shared his story of protesting during the 1976 anti-bussing demonstration and his advice to young activists today with NBC Boston.

Watch "Ted Landsmark on Boston's Civil Rights Movements: From Busing to Black Lives Matter."

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Achievements and Awards

Alicia Sasser Modestino , Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Associate Director of the Dukakis Center, has been named a J-PAL Affiliated Professor. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.

Joan Fitzgerald , Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, has been named to the Massachusetts Advisory Board of the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). State Advisory Boards are appointed in each of the five states where CLF has an Advocacy Center to provide advice and other guidance to the Board of Trustees and CLF staff of such offices with respect to CLF’s cases and other activities in that state.

Timothy Hoff, Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Public Policy has been appointed to a three-year term as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Discoveries.

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Events and Workshops

Paul Babin Dissertation Defense: "Playing Maps: A Theory of Cartographic Performativity in Early Modern English Drama"

Wednesday, July 22

3:00 - 5:00 PM

Paul Babin, English PhD candidate, will present his dissertation defense, titled “Playing Maps: A Theory of Cartographic Performativity in Early Modern English Drama.” His advisor is Professor Erika Boeckeler. All are welcome to attend.

The Smart, Equitable Commonwealth: Co-Creating the Society We Want

Friday, July 24

3:30 - 4:30 PM

BARI's annual conference is a unique forum for greater Boston's civic data ecosystem -- spanning the public sector, private sector, non-profits, community leaders, and academia -- to explore how data and technology can be used to better understand and serve our communities.

Events Coming Soon

Gideon Klein Project and Holocaust Archives Student Presentations

Thursday, September 24

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Part of the postponed 2020 Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, we will screen two student presentations: The 2019-20202 Gideon Klein project which is an original animated film based on a children's book, The Children's Tree of Terezin; and a presentation from and about the Northeastern Holocaust Awareness Archives.

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