WEEK OF JANUARY 8, 2024

IN THE NEWS

Amarachukwu (Amara) Ifeji, BA Political Science '24, shares with Northeastern Global News her passion for environmental justice and plans to continue her education as a Marshall Scholar.


Read "Recipient of prestigious Marshall Scholarship will continue her environmental justice mission in the UK."

Inflation, recession, soft landing? Economist has not been 'this optimistic about the economy in a long time'

Northeastern Global News

William Dickens

University Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy


Nancy Kimelman

Assistant Teaching Professor in Economics


Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center


Robert Triest

Chair and Professor of Economics

Why Houthi rebels attacks on ships in Red Sea may raise gas prices, cause supply chain delays

Northeastern Global News


As disasters grow in scale, is government aid fairly distributed?

The Christian Science Monitor

Stephen Flynn

Professor of Political Science; Founding Director, Global Resilience Institute

Why multiple Boston universities now have classes all about Taylor Swift

WGBH


Taylor Swift 101: From poetry to business, college classes offer insights on 'Swiftology'

USA Today

Catherine Fairfield

Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in English

Japan’s latest earthquake could’ve been much worse, a Northeastern expert says, but the country spends money to 'keep people safe'

Northeastern Global News

Daniel Aldrich

Professor, Political Science and Public Policy

Will Catholic justices on the U.S. Supreme Court be influenced by the pope’s softer stance on same-sex couples?

Northeastern Global News

Libby Adler

Professor of Law and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Improper conduct: How the harmless error doctrine lets prosecutors’ mistakes slide

WVXU News/NPR

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

'There’s a rising tide': Prime-age workers are participating in the labor market at levels 'not seen since the early 2000s'—will the jobs still be there in 2024?

Yahoo! Finance

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

The $600,000 problem. Why does it cost so much to build in greater Boston, and what can be done?

The Boston Globe

Ted Landsmark

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

The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why does the US still use it?

The Independent

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

Is spreading medical misinformation a physician’s free speech right? It’s complicated.

Association of American Medical Colleges

Claudia Haupt

Professor of Law and Political Science

Governor Lauds Brewster-based Sustainable Practices

The Cape Cod Chronicle

Madhavi Venkatesan

Associate Teaching Professor of Economics

As Russia ramps up 'traditional values' rhetoric − especially against LGBTQ+ groups − it’s won Putin far-right fans abroad

The Conversation

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Speech, Campuses, Antisemitism

Daily Nous

Adam Hosein

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Law

Talk of Genocide

London Review of Books/LRB Blog

Zinaida Miller

Professor of Law and International Affairs

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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

Gina Maiellaro, Teaching Professor of Italian, Associate Director for Curriculum and Instruction, and Coordinator of the Italian Program, received the 2023 Best Teacher of the Year and Service Award from the Massachusetts Italian Teacher Association.

Carolin Fuchs, Teaching Professor in the World Languages Center and English, Coordinator of the German Program, and Coordinator of Online Teaching and Learning, has received the 2023 AAUSC Award for Innovation in Language Program Direction for her project "Virtual Intergenerational Service-Learning Exchanges: Advancing Language, Intercultural Learning, and Community Engagement" from the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs.

EVENTS

Civility Series: The State of Affirmative Action, the State of Belonging


Tuesday, January 16

5:00 - 6:15 PM


Renaissance Park, Room 909

Boston campus


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The June 2023 Supreme Court decisions on race-conscious admissions have changed the landscape of recruiting students into colleges and have raised questions about the broader future of affirmative action in the United States. A panel of Northeastern faculty will discuss the ramifications of the decisions, followed by a Q&A with attendees. Speakers include Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy (Moderator); Libby Adler, Professor of Law and Women’s Gender, and Sexualty Studies; Matt Lee, Teaching Professor of Human Services; and Karl Reid, Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer.

Rethinking Korea Lecture Series: Dr. Eleana Kim


Wednesday, January 24

4:00 - 6:00 PM


Renaissance Park, Room 909

Boston campus


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Rethinking Korea: New Perspectives on a Critical Region invites distinguished scholars of culture, transnational history, environment, and international relations to offer novel perspectives on Korea while situating its complex place within global developments. This session features Eleana Kim, Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine. Professor Kim's talk is titled "De/Militarized Ecologies: Making Peace with Nature Along the Korean DMZ."

Black Feminist Worldmaking | 3rd Annual bell hooks symposium


Friday, February 2

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM


East Village 17

Boston campus


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The Africana Studies Program will hold the third annual bell hooks symposium honoring the life and legacy of the trailblazing Black feminist scholar bell hooks. A prolific author, committed teacher, brilliant intellectual, unequivocal truth-teller, and bold visionary, bell hooks (née Gloria Jean Watkins) is a feminist icon who left an indelible mark on multiple generations of people including activists, artists, students, and scholars. This year's theme is Black Feminist Worldmaking.

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