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Savita Maharaj is a rising third-year student majoring in English with a minor in Africana Studies and Writing Studies. Learn more about Savita and her experience as a CSSH student through her pathway.
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Jack McDevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice , was interviewed by WCVB Channel 5 on the lack of diversity among police officers in towns across the Commonwealth.
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David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, was quoted in The Times of Israel, discussing his research of the impact of large-scale protests on the spread of COVID-19. His research dispels the idea that protests are a vector of disease spread. Professor Lazer also spoke with Business Insider on Facebook's new study of the impact of social media on the upcoming election.
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James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy , was quoted in a story shared by Detroit Free Press checking the veracity of claims made by presidential candidate Joe Biden during his campaign speeches.
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Colleagues and former students fondly remember Raymond Robinson, former professor and chair of CSSH's History department, who recently passed. He taught history for 57 years and left an indelible impression at Northeastern University. |
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Nikos Passas, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, along with Mansoor Amiji (College of Engineering), and Ravi Sundaram (Khoury College of Computer Science), has been awarded a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to study financial disruptions in relation to illegal medical and pharmaceutical supply chains. |
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A Conversation on Whistleblowing, Authority, and Subversion
Tuesday, September 15
4:00 - 5:00 PM
The 2019-2020 "Authority and Subversion" Humanities Center Fellows will discuss whistleblowing with Allison Stanger, Professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College; David Sanger, New York Times correspondent and author; and Lida Maxwell, Associate Professor of Political Science and WGSS at Boston University.
Hosted by the Humanities Center
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Tea on Tuesday Series: "Hugging the Block: Improving Public Safety and Police-Community Relations
Tuesday, September 15
4:00 - 5:00 PM
CSSH's Graduate Studies Office is pleased to announce the first event in the Tea on Tuesday series. Please join Professor Rod Brunson for a talk and discussion on "Hugging the Block: Improving Public Safety and Police-Community Relations."
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Fall 2020 Economic Policy Forum | People, Power, and Profits Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Wednesday, September 16
3:00 - 4:30 PM
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the virtual Fall 2020 Economic Policy Forum. The theme of the forum is Economic Policy, (In)equality, and Economic Justice. Joseph Stiglitz will kick off the forum with a presentation on the dangers of unfettered markets and monied politics. Stiglitz, who teaches at Columbia University, is co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank.
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Composite Bodies Series | Michelle Goodwin in Conversation with Caroline Light and Patricia Williams
Wednesday, September 16
5:00 PM
Join Caroline Light, Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University, and Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern, and their guest Michelle Goodwin, for a conversation on how structures of surveillance in the lives of women of color result in severe infringements on privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights. The series Composite Bodies takes up questions of technology, surveillance, embodiment, and power from an intersectional feminist lens. Through critical engagements with law, philosophy, art, history, bioethics, criminology, and advocacy, this series will address how the machine measurement and tracking of bodies is reconceptualizing notions of privacy while complicating the boundaries of the body as an integrated whole, reproducing and reinforcing biases based on race, class, gender, and other historically disabling taxonomies.
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Gideon Klein Project and Holocaust Archives Student Presentations
Thursday, September 24
5:00 - 7:00 PM
As part of the 2020 Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, we will screen two student presentations: The 2019-2020 Gideon Klein project which is an original animated film based on a children's book, The Children's Tree of Terezin; and a presentation from and about the Northeastern Holocaust Awareness Archives.
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2020 Virtual Showcase of Opportunities for Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (SOURCE)
Thursday, October 8
5:30 - 7:30 PM
At last year’s first ever university-wide SOURCE, nearly 150 faculty shared the latest news about their research and creative projects with over 1,600 enthusiastic undergraduates. This year, we will build on this success and adapt Career Design’s new online Career Fair tool, NUWorks, to host SOURCE in cyberspace. There, you can have a “virtual booth”—then engage in live, individual or group video chats.
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A Message from the University
At Northeastern, we lead the way instead of waiting to be led. This has never been more true than during the COVID-19 pandemic. From day one, we’ve adapted to this moment in creative ways. Now, as our campuses reopen, we need to demonstrate leadership once again by working to maintain a healthy community. We’ll each practice simple, science-backed behaviors to keep our community safe and well. We’ll show care and respect for ourselves, one another, and our broader community. And we’ll focus on getting back to the work that brings us together as One Northeastern.
The health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff is Northeastern’s highest priority. The university has taken a comprehensive approach to reopening its campuses this fall—taking the necessary steps to provide a flexible, high-quality classroom and campus experience. To make the semester a success, we need your help. As one community—one pack—we know that our individual actions can have a profound effect on the whole. That’s why following basic health protocols, such as wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing, and testing regularly is so critical both on-campus and in surrounding communities. When you practice these behaviors and lead by example, you’ll be a driving force behind a successful and healthy academic year. You’ll help our community continue its important work of teaching, learning, exploring, discovering, innovating.
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