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John Basl
Associate Professor of Philosophy
David Lazer
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
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Phil Brown
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences; Director, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute
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Jack McDevitt
Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Institute on Race and Justice
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Faculty Works-in-Progress | Pursuing Community-Led, Science-Driven Climate Resilience and Wellbeing: A New Frontier for the Boston Area Research Initiative
Monday, September 19
1:00 - 2:00 PM
909 RP
| Additional sponsors for this event are the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research and the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) | | |
Moira Zellner, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science and Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, and Dan O'Brien, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI), will present on their new vision for BARI. | |
PPE Speaker Series: Margaret Burnham
Tuesday, September 20
10:00 - 11:30 PM
Curry Senate Chambers
360 Huntington Ave.
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Join the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) program for a lecture and Q&A with Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project; and Faculty Co-Director, Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR). | |
Academic Innovation for the Public Good | A Book Conversation Series
Wednesday, September 28
4:00 - 5:00 PM
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Join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for 10 monthly book conversations with leading scholars on how higher education can affect the public good. Each session features an author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing societal problems. An expert in the author’s field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience.
This session will feature guest speaker Van Ton-Quinlivan, former executive vice chancellor for the California Community Colleges and author of WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times.
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FREDA: A Film Screening & Conversation with the Director
Wednesday, September 28
6:00 - 9:30 PM
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Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of the Haitian film FREDA, which follows the life of a young woman challenged with the difficult choice to either leave her home, or seek change within it. After the film, Africana Studies Director Régine Jean-Charles will talk with the film's director Gessica Généus. | |
Urvashi Vaid Memorial Gathering
Wednesday, September 28
7:30 - 10:00 PM
Egan Research Center, Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
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A gathering in memory of Northeastern School of Law alumna and queer rights pioneer Urvashi Vaid.
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Fifth Annual Schulman Lecture
Monday, October 17
5:30 - 7:30 PM
909 RP
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The Institute on Race and Justice presents its Fifth Annual David D. Schulman Distinguished Lecture featuring Katheryn Russell-Brown, JD, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at University of Florida Law School. | |
Jews of Color in Early America
Thursday, October 20
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
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Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, reveals the early history of multiracial Jews in the United States and Caribbean and explains how their stories got lost in common tellings of Jewish American history.
This lecture is part of the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture Series on Colors, Cultures, and Flavors of the Jews.
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Ethics Institute Speaker:
Kay Mathiesen
Friday, October 21
12:00 - 1:30 PM
RP 428
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In the Ethics Institute Speaker Series, hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, scholars share their research with faculty and students alike. Intended to help build a stronger community of scholars, this series demystifies the research process by sharing works-in-progress. This event's speaker is Kay Mathiesen, Associate Professor of Philosophy. | | | | | |