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Education (and Lady Gaga) helped her pave her path forward. Now Makaila Cerrone (Political Science and Psychology’ 20) wants to give others the same opportunity. News@Northeastern

Alicia Sasser Modestino , Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Research Director of the Dukakis Center,  wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on the effect of COVID-19 on child care. Professor Sasser Modestino was also quoted in an article on public schools and the coronavirus for The Wall Street Journal .

Read " Coronavirus child-care crisis will set women back a generation. "

Read " Kids at Home Could Put the Economy in Detention. "

Ryan Cordell , Associate Professor of English , has authored a report on digital collections and libraries, commissioned and published by the Library of Congress. The report, titled “Machine Learning + Libraries: A Report on the State of the Field,” offers recommendations for learning about and experimenting with emerging technologies.

Read "Machine Learning + Libraries: A Report on the State of the Field."

John Kwoka , Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics , was quoted in Th e Washington Post on the recent hearing with leadership from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google before the U.S. House of Representatives antitrust committee.

Read "Beating up on Big Tech is fun and easy. Restraining it will require rewriting the law."

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Achievements and Awards

Mai’a K. Davis Cross, Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science and International Affairs ,   has been promoted from Associate Editor to Editor at the Journal of European Integration . The Journal publishes scholarly work on all aspects of the European integration process, with an primary emphasis is on the discussion of European integration in the fields of political science and international relations.

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Events and Workshops

Events Coming Soon

A Conversation on Whistleblowing, Authority, and Subversion Tuesday, September 15  4:00 - 5:00 PM Hosted by the Humanities Center

Gideon Klein Project and and NU Holocaust Archives Student Presentations Thursday, September 24  5:00 - 7:00 PM As part of the 2020 Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, we will screen two student presentations: The 2019-2020 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. Attend ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌