CLIC Book Event

CLIC invites you to For Your Eyes Only A Celebration of New Books on Privacy By Our Faculty Thursday, May 5, 2022 | 5:00 to 7:00 pm Join Professor Woodrow

Martín Espada ’85 Honored with Mass Humanities Governor’s Award

Martín Espada ’85 will be honored with a 2024 Mass Humanities Governor’s Award, which recognizes individuals whose public actions enhance civic life in the commonwealth through a deep appreciation of the humanities. Espada has been singled out for his “work as a poet, editor and essayist with a focus on using writing and storytelling to address pressing issues and reclaim historical narratives, including those of the Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts.”

Patricia Williams Joins Northeastern as University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities

Today, Patricia Williams, one of the most provocative intellectuals in American law and a pioneer of both the law and literature and critical race theory movements in American legal theory, joins Northeastern University as University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, with a joint appointment between the School of Law and the Department of Philosophy and Religion in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. In addition, she will serve as director of Law, Technology and Ethics Initiatives in the School of Law and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Baker Harnesses “Revolutionary Power” in New Book

In Revolutionary Power: An Activist’s Guide to the Energy Transition (Island Press, 2021), Professor Shalanda Baker ’05 arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the system in the service of their humanity.