Philip Thai, Associate Professor of History, and other members of the AAPI community spoke on anti-Asian bias at an event last Monday. President Aoun pledged to "look at what the university can do better."
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Northeastern University’s Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week concluded last week after exploring ongoing issues arising from targeted campaigns against Jews and other groups. News@Northeastern spoke with David Nirenberg, who gave the 28th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture, and Holocaust survivor Esther Adler.
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Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Director of Research in the Dukakis Center, was interviewed by The Boston Globe on the effect of vaccinations on the Massachusetts economy.
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Wendy Parmet, George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law in the School of Law, spoke with News@Northeastern on the reluctance of Hispanic immigrants to take the COVID-19 vaccine and the lingering effects of the previous administration's treatment of these immigrants.
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Rod Brunson, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Chair of Public Life and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Political Science, and Megan Denver, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, have received a National Science Foundation grant. The research team seeks to understand exclusion and avoidance in both the immediate reentry period and long-term integration process.
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Interested in Having a Letterpress Design Made?
While Huskiana Letterpress Studio has been closed during the pandemic, they have continued to forge ahead on the Letterpress Goes 3D (LG3D) project, which looks to reverse-engineer historical woodcuts and metalcuts for educational and creative use in the Huskiana Letterpress Studio. Looking ahead to the future, the Studio is now seeking designs for instructors and researchers. These designs might be used in courses, research, or creative projects with potential for wider usage. They might be historical or contemporary.
Please email Kenny Oravetz, Assistant Director of Huskiana Press, to participate in LG3D.
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The Path to Climate Justice
Monday, April 12
12:00 - 1:00 PM
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Join us for a discussion on the important links between the climate crisis and social justice. Energy justice and climate researchers and activists Jennie Stephens, Frances Roberts-Gregory, and Brian Helmuth will lead a conversation about climate justice and how to effectively connect knowledge to action during these disruptive times.
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William Bond | Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, April 13
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Please join the English department for a dissertation defense by PhD candidate William Bond. His dissertation is titled "Daemonic Allure: Material Experiences in Nineteenth-Century American Poetry."
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Wenting Liao | Dissertation Defense
Wednesday, April 14
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
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Please join the Economics department for a dissertation defense by PhD candidate Wenting Liao. His dissertation is titled "Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance via Zoom."
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Civility Series | Northeastern Reflects: "Anti-Asian Racism"
Wednesday, April 14
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Please join NU panelists and the audience to discuss the rise in Anti-Asian hate crimes, the deeper histories and ideological forces behind this rise, as well as steps to address such racism. We will also discuss the new social movements that are emerging at this time. Panelists include Rachel Moo, Sarbpreet Singh, Philip Thai, Margaret Woo, and moderator Serena Parekh. ASL interpreting services have been requested.
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Myra Kraft Open Classroom Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America
Wednesday, April 14
6:00 - 7:30 PM
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The events of 2020 will have deep and lasting consequences for every aspect of society, including the physical environments we inhabit—our homes, our neighborhoods, and our cities. This session of MKOC is titled Planning with Equity. The featured speakers are Maurice Cox, City of Chicago; Tonika Lewis Johnson, Folded Map Project; and Garrett Dash Nelson, Boston Public Library.
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Matthew Hitchcock | Dissertation Defense
Thursday, April 15
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Please join the English department for a dissertation defense by PhD candidate Matthew Hitchcock. His dissertation is titled "Commemorative Objects: Tracing Memory, Meaning Making, and Uptakes Through Family Photographs."
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IRJ Fourth Annual David B. Schulman Distinguished Lecture
Tuesday, April 20
5:00 - 6:30 PM
The Institute on Race and Justice presents its fourth annual David B. Schulman Distinguished Lecture, featuring honored guest Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Dr. Cobbina will be giving a campus-wide talk from her book titled Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America.
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Information Ethics Roundtable
Wednesday, May 5
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Speaker Silvia Milano will present "Epistemic fragmentation and the challenge to civic governance of AI services."
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IRJ Fourth Annual David B. Schulman Distinguished Lecture | Part 2
Tuesday, May 18
5:00 - 6:30 PM
The Institute on Race and Justice is proud to present part two of its fourth annual David B. Schulman Distinguished Lecture, featuring honored guest Dr. Alexes Harris, Presidential Term Professor and Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington and author of the book A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as a Punishment for the Poor. Pulling from the key themes of her book, Dr. Harris will be giving a talk titled "A Pound of Flesh - How monetary sanctions create and exacerbate racial and economic inequality in the U.S. criminal legal system."
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Resilience and Autonomy - Pedagogical Multiliteracies in a Globalizing World
Friday, June 25
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Interested in helping learners adapt to major life disruptions as part of their class experience? This interdisciplinary virtual conference on learning resilience and autonomy will bring together three unique panels and two keynotes to explore the application of innovative, research-based teaching principles affecting individual students, instructors, and the educational institution. Together we will explore ways to address student accessibility and social justice needs as they face adversity and the challenges of becoming global digital citizens. For those interested, we will also set the groundwork for future interdisciplinary collaborations.
This free, virtual conference is organized by the Humanities Center's Collaborative Research Cluster themed “Resilience and Autonomy - Pedagogical Multi-literacies in a Globalizing World.” Registration is required.
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