WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

 

EVENTS

2024 Constitution Day Lecture: Free Speech versus Public Health


Tuesday, September 17

1:00 - 3:00 PM


Egan Research Center 440

Boston campus


Register to attend

Claudia Haupt, Professor of Law and Political Science, will lead a conversation that illustrates the theoretical and doctrinal weakness of current First Amendment jurisprudence, its ill fit with online speech, and its potentially detrimental effects on public health.

GAP (Global Action for Policy) Initiative Seminar Series


Tuesday, September 17

1:00 - 2:30 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


Attend via Zoom

(Meeting ID: 458 819 5380)

David Madigan serves as the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University, overseeing its academic

direction and educational initiatives. He will lead a talk titled "A Rant About Academic Statistics" for the GAP Initiative seminar series.

Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa


Wednesday, September 18

5:00 - 6:30 PM


RP 909

Boston campus

Rima Farah, Visiting Lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will speak about the minorities of the Middle East and their role in the formation of the cultural fabric of the region.

Celebrating 30 years of the Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Program (LLACS) Book Talk Series: Daniel Noemi Voionmaa


Tuesday, September 24

4:00 - 6:00 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


RSVP to attend

The first speaker in the LLACS Book Talk series is Daniel Noemi Voionmaa, Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies. He is a cultural critic, chronicler, and scholar of Latin American literature and culture. We will be celebrating his most recently published book, Surveillance, the Cold War, and Latin American Literature.

CSSH Co-op Poster Expo


Wednesday, September 25

3:00 - 4:30 PM


Raytheon Amphitheater

Boston campus

If you require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact Gaby Fiorenza-Hagopian by September 20, 2024.

Join us for the annual CSSH Co-op Poster Expo, where 30+ CSSH co-op students will showcase posters about their co-op experiences and speak directly with students about their experience. Top ranked posters will receive a monetary prize, with CSSH Dean Kellee Tsai announcing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners at 3:30pm.

ASL Visibility Day


Thursday, September 26

12:15 - 1:15 PM


Library Quad

Boston campus

Join the ASL-IE program for free ice cream and polaroid pictures at the library quad outside of Curry Student Center and Snell Library! We will be raising campus awareness of American Sign Language, all while enjoying some ice cream and the opening of the semester.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Fall 2024


Thursday, September 26

6:00 - 7:30 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


RSVP to attend

The Political Science Department and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs are excited to announce the speakers for the Fall 2024 Security and Resilience Speaker series. The September session will feature Rebecca Scorzato, Control Risks. Light refreshments will be provided.

The Future of the United Nations after the Summit of the Future


Thursday, September 26

6:00 - 7:15 PM


RP 310

Boston campus


RSVP to attend

As part of the Global Spotlight project by the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, please join a discussion featuring Denise Garcia, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, and Patrícia Nogueira Rinaldi, Associate Professor of International Relations at Faculdades de Campinas, Brazil.

The Fight For Haiti: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion


Thursday, September 26

6:30 - 10:00 PM


Blackman Theater

Boston campus


RSVP to attend

This event is part of Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks 2024.

Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of Etant Dupain's newest film,The Fight for Haiti, which chronicles the Kot Kòb PetroCaribe movement, a unique grassroots social justice movement in Haiti. The screening will be followed by a panel conversation with Dupain and two Haitian activists also featured in the film—Pascale Solages, co-founder of Nègès Mawon, and Ilio Durandis, education access advocate.

Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks at Northeastern is a collaboration featuring an exciting series of participatory events—experiences, conversations, hands-on activities, performances, exhibitions, and installations—taking place across the Boston, London, and Oakland campuses. For six weeks this fall, AHTWeeks at Northeastern celebrates the power of the arts and humanities, their interfaces with technologies, and draws connections across our university’s diverse colleges, campuses, and cityscapes.

See the AHTW Event Calendar
 
IN THE NEWS

Harris-Trump debate: Who came out on top? Hear what the experts had to say

Northeastern Global News

Nicholas Beauchamp

Associate Professor of Political Science


Martha Johnson

Associate Professor of Government

Mills College


David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

Trump-Harris debate takeaways: Experts dissect body language, policy banter and other moments

Northeastern Global News

Nicholas Beauchamp

Associate Professor of Political Science


Martha Johnson

Associate Professor of Government

Mills College

3 Questions that should be asked at the debate, according to analysts

U.S. World and News Report


Harris tries to shake incumbent label with call for 'new generation of leadership'

Washington Examiner

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Did Harris win the debate or did Trump lose it?

Al Jazeera


The Harris-Trump debate showed how little crypto matters to voters and politicians

Markets Insider

Nicholas Beauchamp

Associate Professor of Political Science

To understand the next pandemic, we must understand our own collective behavior — these researchers want to be ready

Northeastern Global News

Daniel O'Brien

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program


Silvia Prina

Professor of Economics

Students bond with ancient ‘beings’ in old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest

Northeastern Global News

Meica Magnani

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science


Zora Hynnek '27

Environmental Studies and International Affairs, BA


Genevieve Savage '27

English and Political Science, BA

Busing woes remain a Boston constant

CommonWealth Beacon

Ted Landsmark

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Nearly one in four Americans know someone addicted to opioids, Northeastern-led research says

Northeastern Global News

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

Georgia school shooting reveals importance of preventing kids from accessing guns in the home, Northeastern researcher says

Northeastern Global News

James Alan Fox

Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy

In India, criminal politicians increase crime, including crime against women, Northeastern researcher finds

Northeastern Global News

Nishith Prakash

Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Challenges facing US healthcare; providing better patient outcomes with Timothy Hoff

International Business Today

Timothy Hoff

Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy

What the Mountain Valley Pipeline debacle says about energy permitting reform and ‘just transitions’

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Laura Kuhl

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs

How the oil and gas industry influences higher education

The Conversation

Jennie Stephens

Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy

Hurricanes are personal for this disaster researcher

Grist

Daniel Aldrich

Professor, Political Science and Public Policy; Director of the Resiliences Studies Program; Co-Director of the Global Resilience Institute

23 years after 9/11, what is the state of U.S. national security?

WGBH

Max Abrahms

Associate Professor of Political Science

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