WEEK OF JULY 17, 2023

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Laura Kuhl, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs, public policy PhD student Johan Arango-Quiroga, and public policy PhD candidate Alaina Kinol spoke with Northeastern Global News on their research into a new approach to building flood-resistant homes in coastal areas—one that focuses on climate justice.

Read "Climate justice: How do we contribute to sustainable development and address climate change at the same time?"

With inflation under control, prices have returned to a 'new normal.' Yes, even for a carton of eggs 

Northeastern Global News

Robert Triest

Chair and Professor of Economics

William Dickens

University Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy

The verdict is in: Northeastern program helps judges better understand the forces that affect people’s health

Northeastern Global News

Alisa Lincoln

Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology; Director, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research

Wendy Parmet

George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law; Affiliate in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Do movies need trailers? What Studio Ghibli releasing animation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s last film with zero marketing can teach us

Northeastern Global News

Rei Okamoto Inouye

Teaching Professor of Japanese

Teens don’t have to choose between learning and having a summer job, thanks to Northeastern program

Northeastern Global News

How to revitalize summers for teens and young adults

Washington Post

A Time for Work

Vital City

Alicia Sasser Modestino

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

Why Charles Manson cult member Leslie Van Houten was released from prison 53 years after committing murder

Northeastern Global News

DeSantis steps up pace of executions in Florida, chasing Trump

Palm Beach Coast

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

Who is Oppenheimer and why is Christopher Nolan, one of the biggest directors in Hollywood, making a movie about him?

Northeastern Global News

Gretchen Heefner

Associate Professor of History; Associate Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures

Northeastern professor meets India’s PM Modi, explains the first state visit

Northeastern Global News

Max Abrahms

Associate Professor of Political Science

Should athletes shake hands during war? A look at this year’s Wimbledon handshaking controversy

Northeastern Global News

Rory Smead

Associate Professor of Philosophy; Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities

The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action. But diversity on college campuses is still possible, experts say

Northeastern Global News

Daniel Urman

Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law

What you can do to prepare your home for extreme heat

Northeastern Global News

Stephen Flynn

Professor of Political Science; Founding Director, Global Resilience Institute

It’s all fun and games. This class takes play seriously

NGN Magazine

Emily Mann

Teaching Professor of Human Services

Closing the Gap in Merger Enforcement

ProMarket

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

Tensions on Earth don’t have to affect outer space diplomacy

Space Daily

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

Matthew Ross

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Running for president has benefits—even if you lose

NewsNation

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

Plastics have shaped nearly every aspect of society. Now what?

Christian Science Monitor

Madhavi Venkatesan

Associate Teaching Professor of Economics

The Comic-Book Aesthetic Comes of Age in “Across the Spider-Verse”

The New Yorker

Hillary Chute

Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design

RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

Laura Kuhl, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs, and public policy PhD candidate Alaina

Kinol have published "The Role of Disasters in Shaping Narratives of Resilience and Transformation in Puerto Rico" in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability.

Professor Kuhl has also co-authored "Managed Urban Retreat: The Trouble with Crisis Narratives" in the journal Urban Geography.

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