Policy School Student Adam J. Scanlon speaks at CSSH graduation ceremony
Policy School student Adam Scanlon was selected to be a speaker for the CSSH graduation celebration. Adam graduated with a Master of Public Administration. As part of his master’s program, he took a course with Professor Michael Dukakis and was inspired by the former governor’s passion for public service and his teachings about the importance of collaborative leadership in local and state government. In 2020, Adam was elected state representative for the 14th Bristol district in Massachusetts.
Fishman Fellowship and Advisory Board Committee Fellowship Recipients
Francesco Rizzini Bisinelli, MS Environmental Science and Policy ’24, received an Equity and Justice Fellowship for his summer research project with Dr. Aron Stubbins to study the mechanics of the natural environment. Francesco is committed to applying his past experiences and learning new skills that will contribute to his commitment to environmental restoration.
Pictured: Francesco Rizzini Bisinelli, Yoshki Wurtz
Yoshki Wurtz, Master of Public Administration, ’24, received the Fishman Family Fellowship. Yoshki will serve as an intern in the Massachusetts State Senate: Office of Sal DiDomenico. Yoshki is eager to engage in legislative research and constituent work. These areas align with his career aspirations in the public sector to improve the lives of others.
These Fellowships support the Policy School’s commitment to providing students access to experiential learning, regardless of economic circumstances. Public and non-profit organizations are often unable to pay interns or co-ops which put valuable opportunities out of reach for many graduate students. The Fishman Family Fellowship is generously funded by the Policy School’s Advisory Committee Executive Chair Robert Fishman, a long time-champion of public service and experiential learning. With their Equity and Justice Fellowships, the Policy School Advisory Committee is equally committed to closing the opportunity gap for students and community partners who could benefit from Policy School student expertise.
Director Ivanova Engages in the Plastics Negotiation Treaty in Paris
Policy School Director Maria Ivanova is a part of the International Science Council’s delegation at the 2nd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-2). She also continues to provide science advice to Rwanda’s delegation.
Upcoming Events
BARI Workshop: Welcome to the Boston Data Portal
June 20th, 2023 | 10:00-11:30am
NU Crossing, 1175 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120
These sessions teach attendees to use the Boston Data Portal to better understand the communities of greater Boston from various angles, including demographics, housing, crime, environment, public health, and access to amenities, and local social dynamics. They explore with attendees how these resources might help them in their goals and what additional information might be useful.
Capstone Spring 2023 Re-cap
It’s been a record-breaking year for the Policy Capstone! This past Spring semester, 85 of our MPP, MPA, MUPP, UI, and SRS students collaborated with 18 community partners to bring our public service training out of the classroom and put it to work in our own neighborhoods.
Projects ranged from policy analyses to operations recommendations to urban design (and everything in between). We served the Greater Boston area, Massachusetts-wide agencies and non-profits, and even our sister community in Oakland, CA. By the end of the semester, students and partners alike reported lots of learning and many connections made!
View projects from the Spring 2023 semester's Capstone:
PhD alumna wins Best Paper Award in Urban Entrepreneurship
At the 51st annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Policy School PhD alumna Shirley Shiqin Liu won the Best Paper Award in Urban Entrepreneurship for the paper, “Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in Cities: Differentiated Impacts of New Firm Formation and Self-Employment.”
Pictured: Vivek Mishra
PhD Student receives Humanities Center Resident Fellowship and Research Grant
PhD student Vivek Mishra received two awards! Mishra received the Humanities Center Resident Fellowship to participate in their theme year on World Making/World Building; and he was also awarded an International Journal for Urban and Regional Research Writing Up Grant, which will support him in writing up his dissertation research on elite informality in Delhi.
Faculty Impact
Congratulations to Professor Jennie Stephens on receiving the 2023-24 Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship!
Congratulation to Jennie Stephens for her 2023-2024 Radcliffe fellowship! A Radcliffe fellowship offers scholars in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts a chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting at Harvard.
Professor James Alan Fox's USA Today Database Authoritative Source for Media Coverage
Professor James Alan Fox developed a comprehensive database of all mass killings in the U.S. that are caused by gun violence. According to Fox, a “mass killing” is when four or more people (excluding the shooter) are killed in an act of gun violence within a 24-hour period.
Over this year, whenever there’s a mass shooting in the U.S., the press are citing Fox’s database, which provides mass killing data from 2006 to today. Many news articles also quote Fox as an expert source, referencing his position as a Northeastern professor. The gray bar seen on the graph reflects the coverage that mentions Fox's database, while the blue reflects Northeastern's media coverage over the years.
Professor Nishith Prakash joins Economics of Education Review
Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Nishith Prakash, joined the Economics of Education Review as a Co-Editor. Economics of Education Review publishes research on education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisition, and the returns to human capital.
Advancing Community Climate Resilience Planning by Leveraging the Caribbean Islands Higher Education Resilience Consortium
With the help of a $1 million federal grant from USAID, Northeastern University is partnering with three communities in Barbados and Dominica over the next two years to develop resilience plans to adapt to climate change and extreme weather events.
This grant, awarded to Stephen Flynn, Director of the Global Resilient Institute, and Policy School professors Rebecca Riccio, Director of the Social Impact Lab, and Moira Zellner, Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science and Co-Director of the NULab, is in collaboration with University of West Indies and University of Hawai'i. Framed by Northeastern's principles for ethical community engagement, the team's effort centers around community-led initiatives to properly identify and prioritize the various needs communities face, and assess and creatively build on their own capacities. Our proposed "train the trainer" approach looks to rapidly develop and scale up collaborative resilience assessment, modeling, and planning.
