WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24, 2025

Art Therapy Showcase


Monday, November 24 to

Tuesday, December 2


360 Renaissance Park

Boston campus

Join the Human Services Program in celebrating the expressive art created by students in the Introduction to Art Therapy course led by course instructor and holistic art therapist Emily Natale.

The Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, and Humanitarian Intervention


Wednesday, December 3

5:00 – 6:15 PM


909 Renaissance Park

Boston campus


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The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will host author, Mount Holyoke Professor, and Northeastern alumna Sidita Kushi for a book talk titled "The Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, and Humanitarian Intervention." Drawing on her book, From Kosovo to Darfur, this talk will unpack the regional biases, the politics of perception, and their consequences for understanding the humanitarian military intervention phenomenon.

Introduction to AI for Text Analysis with Python


Thursday, December 4

12:00 – 2:00 PM Boston

9:00 –11:00 AM Oakland

5:00 –7:00 PM London


Register to attend virtually

Join NULab for a workshop on using Python for AI and text classification. Learn how to use the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) to explore data.

The Caribbean Digital Conference (TCD)


Thursday, December 4

Friday, December 5


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Northeastern University's Early Caribbean Digital Archive will host the 2025 TCD—an annual international gathering of scholars, artists, archivists, librarians, technologists, and activists working at the intersection of Caribbean Studies and digital humanities. Speakers include Nicole Aljoe, Professor of English and Africana Studies; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Distinguished Professor of English; and Reba

Dickson, English PhD Student.

The Case of Resettled Cambodian Refugees


Thursday, December 4

4:00 - 6:00 PM


426 Renaissance Park


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Join the Global Asian Studies Program for a lecture event with Vic Say as part of the Environment, Atmosphere, Feeling Series and Grad Student Spotlight. Vic Say will present "Accumulation and Health:The Case of Resettled Cambodian Refugees."

Publishing in International Studies: A Conversation with ISQ Editor Sam Bell


Monday, December 8

5:00 – 6:15 PM


909 Renaissance Park

Boston campus


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This event is open to all CSSH graduate students

Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for a workshop with International Studies Quarterly Editor Sam Bell, moderated by Risa Kitagawa, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Bell will share practical advice on preparing manuscripts, navigating peer review, and building a successful publication strategy.

Ruderman Lecture | Alex Edelman in conversation with Charles Steinberg


Tuesday, December 9

5:30 – 7:30 PM


East Village, 17th Floor

Boston campus


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Join the Jewish Studies Program for a conversation with comedian, writer, and actor Alex Edelman.


Alex Edelman was named Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his show Millennial. In 2024, he was named to the TIME100 list of the world's most influential people.

Brandon Welsh, Dean's Professor of Criminology, has won the 2025 Book of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Historical Criminology for Between Medicine and Criminology: Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study.

Serena Alexander, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Environmental Engineering, has co-authored "Quantifying highway expansion impact on urban heat island effect in San Francisco bay area" in Cities.


Professor Alexander also co-authored the article "Machine learning-guided field site selection for river classification" in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

Damla Topbas, PhD Sociology '25, has published "'I felt like I lost my manhood': Turkish heterosexual men’s experience of infidelity as a crisis of masculinity amidst anti-gender politics in Türkiye" in NORMA, International Journal for Masculinity Studies.

Timothy Hoff, Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy, and Aliya Kitsakos, MPA '24, co-authored "Satisfaction with Artificial Intelligence Among Patients and Physicians: A Scoping Review" in the Journal of Healthcare Management.

Professor of Public Policy and Economics Nishith Prakash's article "Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls’ Lives with Bicycles" was published in The Economic Journal.

Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

Northeastern Global News

Laura Kuhl

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs


Gabriela Garcia

Assistant Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences and Public Policy

Americans and Canadians agree: More AI training is critical to combat job loss

Northeastern Global News

Beatrice Magistro

Assistant Professor, AI Governance


Alicia Sasser Modestino

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

Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts

The New York Times

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

How Mamdani is taking a page out of Trump's playbook as he tackles NYC's price woes

The National News Desk

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Brian Walshe murder trial strategy could change after Tuesday pleas, law professor says

WCVB

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

At Health Commission summit, housing, economic stability are key to addressing mental health

The Bay State Banner


Civic parley examines mounting mental health challenges

The Dorchester Reporter

Alisa Lincoln

Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology

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