IN THE NEWS
James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, spoke with News@Northeastern about the newly launched Mass Killings Database, created in collaboration with the Associated Press and USA Today. The database provides information on every mass killing, by all weapons and means, in which four or more people (excluding the offender) were killed within a window of 24 hours. Less than 5% of mass shootings in the Gun Violence Archive are mass killings.

Kate England
Political Science and International Affairs '08
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program

PhD Candidate in Public Policy
Dean of Libraries; Vice Provost for Information Collaboration; Professor of History
Professor of Philosophy; Director, Ethics Institute
Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy
Professor of Political Science; Department Chair
EVENTS
Academic Innovation for the Public Good | A Book Conversation Series

Wednesday, August 24
4:00 - 5:00 PM

Join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for 10 monthly book conversations with leading scholars on how higher education can affect the public good. Each session features an author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing societal problems. An expert in the author’s field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience.

This session will feature guest speaker Marybeth Gasman, professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University and author of Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring.
PPE Speaker Series: Margaret Burnham

Tuesday, September 20
10:00 - 11:30 PM

Curry Senate Chambers
360 Huntington Ave Boston
Please join the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program for a lecture and Q&A event with Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project; and Faculty Co-Director, Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) at Northeastern University.
FREDA: A Film Screening & Conversation with the Director

Wednesday, September 28
6:00 - 9:30 PM

Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of the Haitian film FREDA, which follows the life of a young woman challenged with the difficult choice to either leave her home, or seek change within it. After the film, Africana Studies Director Régine Jean-Charles will be in conversation with the film director Gessica Généus.
Urvashi Vaid Memorial Gathering

Wednesday, September 28
7:30 - 10:00 PM

Egan Research Center, Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
A gathering in memory of Northeastern School of Law alumna and queer rights pioneer Urvashi Vaid.
Jews of Color in Early America

Thursday, October 20
5:30 - 7:00 PM

Raytheon Amphitheatre
120 Forsyth Street
Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, reveals the early history of multiracial Jews in the United States and Caribbean and explains how their stories got lost in common tellings of Jewish American history.

This lecture is part of the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture Series on Colors, Cultures, and Flavors of the Jews.
Ethics Institute Speaker:
Kay Mathiesen

Friday, October 21
12:00 - 1:30 PM

RP 428
In the Ethics Institute Speaker Series, hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, scholars share their research with faculty and students alike. Intended to help build a stronger community of scholars, this series demystifies the research process by sharing works-in-progress. This event's speaker is Kay Mathiesen, Associate Professor of Philosophy.