Faculty Works-in-Progress

Tuesday, November 5

12:00 - 1:00 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

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The Faculty Works-in-Progress series features faculty presentations followed by a Q&A with the audience. This session is "Realizing the Potential of Digital Twins Through Community-led, Science-driven Participatory Modeling: A Case in Green Infrastructure Planning" with Moira Zellner, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Co-Director of NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science. Lunch is provided; registration is required.

What Just Happened? Reflections on the Outcomes of the 2024 Elections

Thursday, November 7

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Shillman Hall 320

Boston campus

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Costas Panagopoulos, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, and Arnon Mishkin, Decision Desk Director at Fox News, will discuss the results of the November 2024 elections and the implications for American politics.

Island Stories: Global Archipelagoes and Environmental Humanities

Friday, November 8

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

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Island Stories: Global Archipelagoes and Environmental Humanities is a one day symposium hosted by the English Department on global islands, literary studies, and the Anthropocene, open to Northeastern students, staff, and the broader Boston community.

Speed Data-ing 2024

Wednesday, November 13

12:00 – 1:00 PM Boston

9:00 – 10:00 AM Oakland

5:00 – 6:00 PM London

Virtual

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Please join NULab for the ninth annual “Speed Data-ing”, which exhibits a range of digital humanities and computational social science research questions, methodologies, and datasets. This year’s event will include presentations by N. Fadeke Castor, Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies; Xuechen Chen, Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations, Northeastern University London; Gökçen Erkılıç, Post Graduate Teaching Fellow, CAMD; and Carlos Sandoval Oscaloaga, Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Inclusive Design at the School of Architecture and Affiliate Assistant Professor at Khoury.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Fall 2024

Thursday, November 14

6:00 - 7:30 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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The November session of the Fall 2024 Security and Resilience Speaker series, co-hosted by the Political Science Department and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, will feature Ryan Wang, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Light refreshments will be provided.

To Name Every Blue

Wednesday, November 20

4:00 - 6:00 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

Come participate in a writing workshop on nomenclatures and naming; attendees will draw from personal experience as well as think through how nomenclatures have been used throughout histories of science and technology. This will be followed by a multimedia poetry reading by kathy wu, assistant professor of Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Post U.S. Elections

Thursday, November 21

5:00 - 6:15 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

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This event will explore how the outcomes of recent U.S. elections could affect American foreign policy towards Russia and Ukraine, with guest speaker Mitchell A. Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and moderator Mai'a K. Davis Cross, Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, and Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy.