Willie Bodrick II ’20 was selected as one of Northeastern University’s 2020 Huntington 100 Award recipients. The Huntington 100 honors outstanding students for achievements that are consistent with the university’s mission, ideals, values and academic plan.
Congratulations to Deborah Anker '75, Harvard Law clinical professor and founder of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC), and John Willshire-Carrera '85 and Nancy Kelly '84, co-assistant directors of HIRC at Greater Boston Legal Services, for their work contributing to federal court recognition of gender as a basis for asylum claims. Arguments filed by HIRC in an amicus brief cited by the court largely formed the basis of its ruling.
When the history of the pandemic is written, our one-sided view of liberty and the devaluation of public health that followed from it may well claim a starring role in the neglect that exacerbated the pandemic’s impact in the US, writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for IAI TV.
Community-wide responses will help to ensure "affordable water for all," says Martha Davis, newly named University Distinguished Professor.
Judge Elizabeth Branch’s voting record suggests a “highly conservative approach” that is consistent with the rest of President Trump's judicial appointments, says Professor Michael Meltsner.
Northeastern News spotlights Terrence Johnson, a 2020 graduate of Northeastern’s Master of Science in Media Advocacy, who has gone on to co-host a new YouTube show produced by WGBH that features analysis and insights about how social media users are engaging with the social, economic and cultural issues of the day.
Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that labels conspiracies to commit hate crimes as lynchings, which would make them a federal crime if the measure is signed into law. Professors Margaret Burnham and Jonathan Kahn say it will be noteworthy to watch how the case proceeds amid a news coverage cycle that is dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The anniversary of Northeastern University’s Latinx Student Cultural Center reminded one of its visionaries, Wiliam Rodriguez ’98, of progress made and dreams fulfilled—including his own.
”Punitive-damage awards in public-health cases are a way to change bad corporate conduct,” writes Professor Richard Daynard, president of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, in an op-ed for The Hill. ”They don’t tear down our society, they make it better.”
Respiratory diseases don't care about walls or immigration status,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The American Independent. “If we think we can protect the public from COVID-19 or a similar outbreak by building a wall, we are in big trouble."