Shalanda Baker, Professor of Law, Public Policy, and Urban Affairs, published an op-ed for WBUR on the disproportionate costs, and consequences, communities of color face in our energy system.
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Phil Brown, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences and Director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, was interviewed by Consumer Reports for an article on the level of dangerous PFAS chemicals in several popular brands of bottled water in the market.
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Costas Panagopoulos, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, spoke with Marketplace on two new election forecasting models based on machine-learning algorithms, recently launched by The Economist.
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David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, shared findings from a new national survey led by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers universities with News@Northeastern on the spread of misinformation around COVID-19.
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Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science, is quoted in an article by VOA News on the President's comments during a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
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Daniel Urman, Director of Hybrid & Online Programs in the School of Law and jointly appointed to SPPUA, provided commentary for News@Northeastern on the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and how her passing may affect the current state of politics. |
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Victoria Hay (Master in Public Administration, '20), was recently honored as an Outstanding Young Leader by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and City Awake. Every year, they recognize individuals “from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who have demonstrated a commitment to improving the civic and business environment and the quality of life in Greater Boston,” according to the City Awake website.
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Donald Alexis (MS, Urban Planning & Policy '17), was recently recognized as one of the 2020 40 Under 40 honorees by the Boston Business Journal. Awardees are chosen based on their commitment to and work within their communities.
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Translingual and Decolonial Approaches to Meaning Making
Monday, September 28
9:00 - 10:00 AM
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Ellen Cushman (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎡᎲᎢ Cherokee Nation Citizen), Dean’s Professor of Civic Sustainability and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion, will discuss her article "Translingual and Decolonial Approaches to Meaning Making." In this article, she defines three aspects of translingual approaches to composition and rhetoric that can potentially involve scholars and students in attempts to level linguistic and knowledge hierarchies, and argues that epistemic delinking and border thinking can forward the decolonial possibilities of translingual approaches to writing and research.
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Racial Literacy: History
Tuesday, September 29
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Hosted by the Presidential Council on Diversity and Inclusion
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This event, the second of four, gathers the Northeastern community to discuss the meaning and relevance of racial li teracy for all of our lives. Moderator Patricia Davis and panelists Ted Landsmark, Ángel Nieves, and Simon Rabinovitch will discuss Boston's seemingly paradoxical image as a place of racial progress and virulent racism as well as historical and contemporary movements for change.
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Fall 2020 Economic Policy Forum | Unbound: How Inequality Constricts our Economy
Wednesday, September 30
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Hosted by the Economics Department
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Speaker Heather Boushey is the President & CEO and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She is one of the nation’s most influential voices on economic policy and a leading economist who focuses on the intersection between economic inequality, growth, and public policy.
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The Fight to be Heard, Seen, and Understood: The Power of the Collective
Fall 2020 Mixer
Wednesday, September 30
3:30 - 5:00 PM
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The Africana Studies Program and the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute present their annual 2020 mixer as a continuation of our series "The Fight to be Heard, Seen, and Understood." This year, the theme of the mixer is The Power of the Collective. Representatives from undergraduate student organizations, graduate students, staff, and faculty of color will speak, share Africana-inspired libations, and share resources and stories with one another.
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Pathways and Possibilities: Graduate School Exploration
Wednesday, September 30
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Hosted by CSSH and Employer Engagement and Career Design
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Ever wondered if you should go to graduate school? Join moderator Thomas Vicino, CSSH Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Urban Affairs, in this panel session. Learn from recent CSSH alumni about why they chose their program and institution and how they see their graduate degree influencing short- and long-term goals.
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Myra Kraft Open Classroom | Education as Critical Infrastructure for a Resilient Recovery
Wednesday, September 30
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
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Mirroring the pandemic’s effect on just about every aspect of life, this fall’s MKOC presentations and dialogue will cover an expanse of topics. This week, the Global Resilience Institute and panelists Stephen Flynn, Founding Director of the Global Resilience Institute and Pro fessor of Political Science, and Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Director of Research of the Dukakis Center, will presents their recent work with FEMA.
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Falling Walls Lab Boston
Thursday, October 1
6:00 PM
Hosted by Northeastern University, the German Consulate in Boston, and the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York
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Falling Walls Lab is a platform for excellent academics, entrepreneurs and professionals from all disciplines who would like to present their research work, business model, innovative project or transformative idea in front of their peers and a distinguished jury from academia and business. Finalists will represent their institutions in front of a virtual global audience and compete for attractive cash and research prizes. |
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Tea on Tuesday | Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy
Tuesday, October 13
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Please join Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations in the Global Resilience Institute, for a discussion on transforming leadership on climate and energy and catalyzing a shift to a just, sustainable, regenerative, and healthy future.
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Fall 2020 Economic Policy Forum | The ARC of Justice with William A. Darity, Jr.
Wednesday, October 14
3:00 - 4:30 PM
William A. (“Sandy”) Darity Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. He will present on reparations for black American descendants of U.S. slavery.
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WGSS Annual Symposium | #Feminism: Gender & the 2020 Election
Friday, October 30
10:00 AM
Expert panelists and participants in this interdisciplinary symposium will consider how gender and feminist activism should inform our thinking about the upcoming elections. They will look at how feminists might engage social movements, digital spaces, and broader communities in trying to effect social change. Panels will invite conversations about new forms of media in the hands of feminist activists, historical perspectives on gender and electoral politics (in celebration of the anniversary of suffrage), mainstream media coverage of elections through the lens of gender, and leveraging the unprecedented visibility of women (particularly women of color) in both electoral and grassroots politics.
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