WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27, 2023

IN THE NEWS

Christopher Bosso, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, spoke to NGN Magazine about the history and impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


Read "Messy, resilient, 'genius': why this Northeastern food policy expert is thankful for SNAP"

How should TikTok have handled the Osama bin Laden letter?

Northeastern Global News

Claudia Haupt

Associate Professor of Law and Political Science


John Wihbey

Associate Professor of Media Innovation & Technology; Affiliate faculty, Global Resilience Institute and NULab

Massachusetts police discriminate in traffic stops, previously unreleased data reveals

Northeastern Global News

Matthew Ross

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jan. 6 Probe Could Backfire Spectacularly

Newsweek

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

NASA May Pay $1 Billion to Destroy the International Space Station. Here’s Why.

Scientific American

Mai'a Cross

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs; Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures; Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy

Fed Chair Powell is ignoring the greatest threat to our economy: climate risk

The Hill

Jennie Stephens

Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy

Despite Maine defeat, public power still on the agenda in the U.S.

Energy News Network

Sara Constantino

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Policy

Read more news stories featuring CSSH faculty.
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EVENTS

Policy School Open Classroom | Newsroom Confidential: Politics and Media 2023


Wednesday, November 29

6:00 - 7:30 PM


Shillman Hall, 105

Boston campus


Join via livestream

Public policy, politics, and media are closely intertwined. The Fall 2023 Open Classroom series brings together policy, honors, and journalism students, practitioners, and the general public to discuss these intersections and to learn from each other during the year before America’s next Presidential election. This week's session is titled "Follow the Money."

Gaza in Historical Context


Thursday, November 30

4:15 PM


Richards Hall, 300

Boston campus


Register to attend

Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for a conversation with Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Associate Professor of History, moderated by Valentine Moghadam, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs.


Events are open to members of the NU community; pre-registration and campus ID are required.

Unpacking the I in DEI: Inclusion and the Deaf and Disabled Communities


Thursday, November 30

6:30 - 8:30 PM


AfterHOURS

Curry Student Center

Boston campus


RSVP to attend

Join via livestream

In this panel presentation, hosted by the American Sign Language & Interpreting Education Program, Deaf community members who work in a variety of disciplines will talk about inclusion of Deaf people and disabled people in the workplace. This event will be interpreted and is open to the entire Northeastern community.

La Famille en Scène: The Family in French & Francophone Cinema


Thursday, November 30

6:30 PM


Churchill 103

Boston campus

Organized by the French program of the World Languages Center, co-sponsored by the Global Asian Studies and the Africana Studies programs in the department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies.

Remembering Hester Piozzi’s Streatham: Place and Sentiment in Eighteenth-century Letters


Monday, December 4

12:00 - 1:00 PM EDT

5:00 - 6:00 PM GMT


Attend via Zoom

Join NULab and Cassie Ulph, Digital Development Officer at the University of Leeds, to discuss her project to map sentiment in relation to place in the letters of the eighteenth century author and salonnière Hester Thrale Piozzi (c.1740-1821).

Comparative Colonialism and Decolonization: Differences and Relations


Friday, December 8

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT


Curry Student Center, 3rd Floor

Boston campus


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Join the History Department for an international conference on generative pathways in global and world history. Renowned scholars will debate relational and differential approaches to the comparative study of colonialism and decolonization, 1200s-2000s.

Studying and Teaching Academic Communication: After the Decolonial Turn


Monday, December 11

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM


Raytheon Amphitheatre

240 Egan Research Center

Boston campus

Sponsored by the Department of English, the Writing Center, Writing Program, the Asian Studies Program, Northeastern's Humanities Center, the Department of Cultures, Societies & Global Studies, the International Affairs Program, and the Linguistics Program.

The presentation from Suresh Canagarajah, Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, highlights the principles of embodiment and relationality as significant for Southern communities, and contrasts them with texts being treated as autonomous, individual, and instrumental in the European tradition.

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