WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

Faculty Works-In-Progress Series: Vance Ricks


Monday, September 15

12:00-1:00 PM ET


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Hosted by the Humanities Center, faculty share their research with staff, students, and faculty colleagues, followed by an interactive Q&A. This weeks session features Vance Ricks, Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science. He will present "Neo-Luddism and the Cases for Resisting or Refusing Generative AI."

2025 Constitution Day Lecture


Wednesday, September 17

2:00-3:30 PM ET


Egan Research Center, 440

Boston Campus


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The Political Science Department will host Marc Landy, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, for a talk on his recent book Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism.

Center for International Affairs and World Cultures Annual Celebration


Tuesday, September 23

5:00-7:00 PM ET


909 Renaissance Park

Boston Campus

Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for an evening of celebration and connection as we welcome back students, faculty, and staff to the new academic year! Hear from Director Maia Cross as she outlines exciting upcoming events and programs for the center.

CSSH Co-op Poster Expo


Wednesday, September 24

3:00-4:30 PM ET


Raytheon Amphitheater 

Boston Campus

Attend the Fall 2025 CSSH Co-op Poster Expo to learn more about co-op opportunities and hear from undergraduate & graduate CSSH students who recently completed a co-op.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: 2025-2026


Thursday, September 25

3:00-4:30 PM ET


909 Renaissance Park

Boston Campus


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The Resilience Studies Program hosts a speaker series annually. This session is Deliberating Energy Policy: Environmental Civil Society Organizations and Their Engagement in Post-Fukushima Japan, led by Pinar Temocin of the University of Tokyo, Japan. She is currently a non-residential visiting fellow at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, at George Washington University.

The Way We Were: Roxbury Black Wall Street 1900-1965


Friday, September 26

3:30-6:00 PM ET


Bruce Bolling Building

2300 Washington St.

Roxbury, MA


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The Reckonings Project invites community members to explore the rich legacy of Roxbury’s Black Wall Street through a series of research presentations, oral histories, and performances to celebrate Black entrepreneurship, art, culture and history. The event was envisioned, curated and planned by Marie Firmin, CEO & President of BlackBiz Development Group LLC.

Tiffany Nichols, Assistant Professor of History and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Legacy Survey of Space and Time Discovery Alliance Catalyst Faculty Fellow, has published "One of the Best Sites on the East Coast: When LIGO Might Have Been in the Blueberry Barrens of Maine" in Isis, a publication of the History of Science Society.

Phil Brown, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences and Director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SSEHRI); Kimberly Garrett and Michael Lengefeld, Postdoctoral Research Associates in SSEHRI; Vic Say and Emily Haberlack, Sociology PhD Students; and Caroline Hopkins 26, Political Science BA; have published "The Landscape of PFAS Contamination in the United States: Sources and Spatial Patterns" in Environmental Science & Technology.

EMBRACE Affinity Group for CSSH Faculty and Staff: First Meeting This Week!


EMBRACE was designed to create space for faculty and staff to connect, collaborate, and champion a culture of belonging. By fostering open dialogue and mutual respect, EMBRACE seeks to promote equitable and inclusive excellence throughout our college community.


Returning members and other faculty and staff interested in participating or learning more are invited to attend the first EMBRACE meeting on Tuesday, September 16 at 12PM.

Call for Proposals from Faculty and Staff: Love Data Week 2026


Northeastern’s Data Literacy Program invites all faculty and staff to share their expertise and passion with the Northeastern community through engaging presentations and hands-on sessions. Love Data Week 2026 (February 9-13, 2026) is seeking proposals for presentations, workshops, or training sessions on any data-related topic that will educate and inspire the Northeastern community. Standard sessions are 30 or 50 minutes, but proposals for "extended" sessions up to two hours long (such as intensive workshops) are welcome if the topic requires extended time for hands-on learning, in-depth exploration, or more than one session.


Diverse formats are encouraged, including presentations, interactive demonstrations, case studies, hands-on trainings, panel discussions, or storytelling sessions. Faculty and staff interested in learning more can visit Love Data Week 2026s website; proposals are due by October 15.

Northeastern’s summer jobs program implements longtime WSJ columnist’s legacy

Northeastern Global News

Alicia Sasser Modestino

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

An international Christian rock star was accused of sexual assault. Will this affect the Christian music industry?Northeastern Global News

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Sites contaminated by toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are much more widespread than previously thought, researchers find

Northeastern Global News

Phil Brown

University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences; Director, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute



Democrats and Republicans disapprove of Medicare, Medicaid cuts, research finds

Northeastern Global News

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

President Trump spotlights crime in US cities: Heres what the data shows

Northeastern Global News

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

Aaron Donald was one of the NFL’s toughest players. A stalker left him living in fear

The New York Times

Carlos Cuevas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

AI’s impact on children in the spotlight amid debate over regulation

The 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

Donald Trumps Epstein Problem Keeps Coming Back

Newsweek

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

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