WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2026

Centering Humanity in Global Health: Ethics, Impact, and Accountability


Monday, April 6

12:00 – 1:00 PM (Session 1)

3:00 - 4:00 PM (Session 2)


RP 310

Boston campus


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The Social Impact Lab (SIL) invites you to join a day of learning and conversation with its 2026 Zameli Family Fellow and the president and co-founder of Global Smile FoundationDr. Usama Hamdan, MD, FICS. Drawing on nearly 40 years of experience advancing comprehensive and sustainable cleft care to underserved communities around the world, Dr. Hamdan will address two GSF strategies that align with SIL’s commitment to ethical community engagement: impact evaluation including long-term indicators of communities’ well-being and local capacity building and empowerment to address community needs.

American Indian Sovereignty, Law, Writing, and Self-Determination: A Northeastern University Colloquium


Thursday, April 9

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM


Snell Library 350

Boston campus


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A one-day hybrid event, consisting of two panels on American Indian law, writing, sovereignty and self-determination. The first colloquium panel will include three speakers from the Wampanoag communities at Mashpee and Aquinnah. Wampanoag panelist will speak to law, writing, sovereignty and self-determination in the context of Wampanoag, language, storytelling, culture and history. The second panel will be dedicated to discussions and interpretations of literary works, archival documents and legal philosophical texts in the context of Federal Indian Law. Presenters for this panel will include faculty from Northeastern University and Boston area universities.

The Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Minilateralism and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia with Matthew Fleming


Thursday, April 9

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


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Join the Defense Industrial Base Institute and explore the maritime innovations and strategies which shaped U.S. history and today's most urgent security challenges through the second session in a four-part series with the sharpest minds in maritime history and geopolitics. This session features Matthew Fleming, PhD Candidate in Political Science.

Economic Policy Forum: Predictable Financial Crises and What To Do About Them


Thursday, April 9

3:15 – 4:30 PM


Snell Engineering 168

Boston campus


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Join the Economics Department for a forum featuring Robin Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School; and

Jakob Ahm Sørensen, Assistant Professor, Bocconi University; hosted by John Kwoka, Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics, Northeastern University; former Chief Economic Advisor, FTC

Massachusetts Health Reform at 20: Reflecting Back & Looking Forward


Thursday, April 9

6:00 – 8:00 PM


Alumni Center

Boston campus


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The Boston Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network is excited to bring together researchers, policy experts, and health equity leaders to reflect on the history of the reform, assess its successes and gaps, and discuss future directions for health policy in the Commonwealth. Speakers include Tiffany Joseph, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs.

Faculty Works in Progress in Political Science


Tuesday, April 14

12:00 – 1:00 PM


RP 426

Boston campus


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Kayla Wolf, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science,

will share her work, "From the Informed to the Inattentive: Mass Polarization on Transgender Rights," and discuss using ANES panel data from 2016-2024. This paper addresses two questions about polarization on transgender rights: does it operate through partisan or religious identity, and does it extend beyond politically sophisticated citizens?

NULab Hosts the DISKAH Fellows


Wednesday, April 15

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Boston

7:00 – 9:30 AM Oakland

3:00 – 5:30 PM London


Devon House

London campus


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This hybrid event will bring together the five current Fellows of the UK-wide Digital Skills in the Arts and Humanities (DISKAH) network to present their projects to faculty and students alike, across the NU campuses, and under the auspices of the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science.

Keeping the USS Constitution Afloat: Maritime Conservation and Public History with Margherita M. Desy


Thursday, April 16

12:00 – 2:00 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


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Join the Defense Industrial Base Institute and explore the maritime innovations and strategies which shaped U.S. history and today's most urgent security challenges through the second session in a four-part series with the sharpest minds in maritime history and geopolitics. This session features Margherita M. Desy, USS Constitution Historian.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: 2025-2026


Thursday, April 16

3:00 – 4:30 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


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The Resilience Studies Program will host a session on "Multifaceted Approaches to Integrating Resilience in Planning and Design" from Robin Seidel, Resilience Practice Leader, Weston & Sampson.

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Cassie McMillan, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Carlos Cuevas, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab; and Cassie DiBenedetti, PhD, Criminology and Justice Policy, have published "Exploring the Network Structure of Help-Seeking Resources Among Latinx Victims of Hate- and Bias-Motivated Violence" in the Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.

Meet the Schwarzman Scholars who are off to China

Northeastern Global News

Debbie Madueke '19

BS Economics and Business Administration

Can Elon Musk pay the salaries of TSA agents during the partial government shutdown?

Northeastern Global News

Christopher Bosso

Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Artemis II space launch "politically important" in new era of space competition, expert says

Northeastern Global News

Mai'a Cross

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

The Iran War may dull Dubai’s glittering image

Northeastern Global News

Serena Alexander

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Environmental Engineering

One of the world’s oldest beverages

TEDEd

Malcolm Purinton

Assistant Teaching Professor of History

Landmark Meta verdicts could reshape social media’s future

National News Desk

John Wihbey

Associate Professor of Media Innovation & Technology; Affiliate Faculty, Global Resilience Institute and NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science

Whiskey mogul plans to donate Poultney college campus to a Christian group to "revive Western Civilization"

VT Digger

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Rewriting The Rules of Modern Romance

Her Campus

Lauren Savit

Visiting Assistant Professor

In a Time of Backlash, the Combahee River Collective Still Shows the Way

Ms. Magazine

Régine Jean-Charles

Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Director of Africana Studies; Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice; Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Taiwan’s marketing, books to read to understand Taiwan, and more

Taiwan vs. the World

Jonathan Benda

Teaching Professor in English

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