Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Director of Research in the Dukakis Center, was interviewed by the New York Times on the rise of teenage employment and what it means for the economy.

Ayanna-Miller Smith, Criminology and Justice Policy PhD student, has been named a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow. The fellowship is funded and administered by Harvard’s Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, which strives to improve the governance of the region by strengthening connections between scholars, students, officials, and civic leaders.

Neiha Lasharie (Political Science and International Affairs BA '18) was one of the two student speakers at Tufts University's commencement for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Jun Ma, Dean's Leadership Fellow and Professor of Economics, has been invited to the Editorial Board of the journal Contemporary Economic Policy, one of the two journals published by Western Economic Association International (WEAI).

No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics is a documentary film set to premiere at the 20th annual Tribeca Film Festival this month. Hillary Chute, Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design, served as an advisor in the creation of the film.

Ellen Jackson, Assistant Teaching Professor in English, has received the Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Engineering Students Award from the College of Engineering.

Bilge Erten, Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs, was interviewed by News@Northeastern on her research into the effects of pandemic-based lockdowns on the mental health of senior citizens.

Rory Smead, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities, spoke with News@Northeastern about the reticence—on NU's campus and off—to stop wearing masks despite new state and federal guidance.

Suzanna Danuta Walters, Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Professor of Sociology, was interviewed for an article in Refinery29 on the narrow framework for the concept of "coming out."

James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, appears in a News@Northeastern article about a new law allowing Texans to carry handguns without a license or training. Professor Fox also published an op-ed in the East Bay Times on connection between suicide and mass shootings.