CSSH News and Upcoming Events

WEEK OF APRIL 15, 2024

IN THE NEWS

Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, was honored last week for his decades of service to Northeastern, Massachusetts, and beyond. Northeastern Global News covered the event, which featured NU President Joseph Aoun, Mass Governor Maura Healey, and former governors Deval Patrick and William Weld.

Read "‘An example of stewardship, integrity and honesty.’ Mike Dukakis celebrated by governors, Northeastern community."

Retiring at 90, Michael Dukakis is hailed as teacher, leader and benevolent "nag"

WBUR

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis celebrated at Northeastern

Boston Globe

Michael Dukakis

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

Report says Band-Aids contain PFAS, the "forever chemicals." Many small exposures can add up to a big exposure, environmental expert warns

Northeastern Global News

Almost half of U.S. prisons are likely contaminated by dangerous "forever chemicals," new research shows

Northeastern Global News

What to Know About the EPA Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water and Your Health

Wall Street Journal

Phil Brown

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

California’s fast-food minimum wage hike a "new strategy" for progressives

Northeastern Global News

Alicia Sasser Modestino

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

With cancer cases rising in young people, could earlier screenings help save lives?

Northeastern Global News

Tiffany Joseph

Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs; Graduate Program Director, Sociology

"Landmark in survey research": How the COVID States Project analyzed the pandemic with objectivity

NGN Magazine

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

Dachshund, French Bulldog Breeds Suffer From "Torture Breeding"

Newsweek

Mark Wells

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Clash of the Patriarchs

The Atlantic

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Is ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology actually helping our communities?

NBC Boston

Eric Piza

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of Crime Analysis Initiatives

Real Estate Commissions Face Added Scrutiny in Justice Probe

Bloomberg Law

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

What do prosecutors have to prove to convict Karen Read of second-degree murder?

Boston.com

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

What we know about murder-suicides in Mass.—and how to stop them

MassLive

Carlos Cuevas

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

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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

Madhavi Venkatesan, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics,

and students Khadija Elsewedy, Shruti Vummadising, and Brandon Gunasti have published "Sustainability: A Business Case for Adoption," a chapter in the book Sustainability in Business Education, Research and Practices.

Laura Kuhl, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affair has published the article "Unlocking climate finance for social protection: an analysis of the Green Climate Fund" in the journal Climate Policy.

EVENTS

Transatlantic Relations in a Time of War: Taking Stock of Russia's War against Ukraine

Tuesday, April 16

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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Attend via livestream

The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will host its inaugural Leaders in Foreign Service Speaker Series with Karen Donfried, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. She served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2021-2023, a tenure marked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

NULab Spring Conference: Digital Technologies for Community Collaborations

Friday, April 19

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM EDT

Alumni Center, 6th floor

Boston campus

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NULab will host its seventh annual spring conference to showcase the work of faculty, students, and research collaborators. The keynote address, "Hacking the Archive: The Quest for More Just Urban Futures," will be delivered by Karilyn Crockett, Assistant Professor of Urban History, Public Policy & Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Poetics for the City: Africa, Extraction, and the Worlding of Literature

Tuesday, April 23

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Alumni Center, 6th floor

Boston campus

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Join the English Department for a lecture from Cajetan Iheka, Professor of English at Yale University specializing in African and Caribbean literatures, ecocriticism, ecomedia, and the environmental humanities. He also serves as Director of the Whitney Humanities Center, Chair of the Council on African Studies, and Head of the Africa Initiative at Yale.