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WEEK OF APRIL 8, 2024

IN THE NEWS

Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Research Director of the Dukakis Center, speaks with Northeastern Global News on California's newly implemented minimum wage for certain industries.


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

Northeastern University conference in Oakland tackles economic and workforce development issues

Northeastern Global News

Alicia Sasser Modestino

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


Carrie Maultsby-Lute

Head of Partnerships-Oakland Campus

Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?

Associated Press


How Taiwan managed to keep its death toll so low during 7.4 magnitude earthquake—largest in 25 years

Northeastern Global News


Why Taiwan Was So Prepared for a Powerful Earthquake

New York Times


Taiwan earthquake: Island shook but did not bend as largest earthquake in 25 years highlights preparedness, lessons learned

ExBulletin

Daniel Aldrich

Professor, Political Science and Public Policy; Director of the Resiliences Studies Program; Co-Director of the Global Resilience Institute

Why has the US never elected a president under 40? And why do other countries have younger leaders?

Northeastern Global News


Trump brings faith to the fore as he looks to shore up evangelical support

Washington Examiner

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

What does it mean that the Russian Orthodox Church is calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a "holy war"?

Northeastern Global News

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Lawsuit against Birkin bag maker Hermès is "a nonstarter" in antitrust law, Northeastern expert says

Northeastern Global News

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

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EVENTS

Rethinking Korea Lecture Series: Dr. Gregg Brazinsky


Wednesday, April 10

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM


RP 909

Boston campus


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 The fourth and final lecture in the series "Rethinking Korea: New Perspectives on a Critical Region" will feature Gregg Brazinsky, Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. His work focuses on U.S.-East Asian relations during the Cold War. He is the author of Nation Building in South Korea and Winning the The Third World.

Crow Jane at the Gallows


Thursday, April 11

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM


Alumni Center, 6th floor

Boston campus


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The Humanities Center Residential Fellows Program culminates with a lecture from Saidiya Hartman, MacArthur Award winning writer, researcher, and professor of African American literature and culture at Columbia University. This lecture explores the 2023-2024 Humanities Center Fellowship theme of World-making and World-building.

Museums, Race and Reparative Justice: Reckoning with Africana Ancestral Entities


Friday, April 12

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM


Dockser Hall 40

Boston campus


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Join the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) for a symposium with Kris Manjapra, Stearns Trustee Professor of History and Global Studies and CLEAR Faculty Fellow, and an international group of experts in discussion about the cultural mobilizations, institutional shifts, legal battles and reparative futures resulting from the “call” of ancestral entities held by museums. 

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


RSVP to attend via Zoom

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.

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