“Randomistas vs. Contestistas”
New Article Alert: Professor Beth Simone Noveck's article, “Randomistas vs. Contestistas,” an excerpt from her new book, Solving Public Problems, has been published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review .
New Article Alert: Professor Beth Simone Noveck's article, “Randomistas vs. Contestistas,” an excerpt from her new book, Solving Public Problems, has been published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review .
Professor Daniel Medwed speaks with News@Northeastern about the latest developments in the Department of Justice’s probe into Trump—and where the case could be headed next.
“If this administration is serious about ending the overdose crisis, it will need to redeploy the tools of the DOJ in true service to public health. Change can’t come soon enough,” write Professor Leo Beletsky and his colleagues at Health in Justice Action Lab, in a co-authored op-ed for The Appeal.
Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand is featured in WalletHub's review of the Capital One Savor credit card.
By agreeing to hear an abortion case out of Mississippi that the state’s lower courts ruled was plainly unconstitutional under the landmark Roe v. Wade, the justices indicated that the nation’s highest court may seek to change the abortion standard, say Professors Aziza Ahmed and Dan Urman.
As autonomous systems become more ubiquitous in daily life, instances of these systems behaving in unintended ways are also becoming more frequent—or are inherently flawed when behaving as expected. Professors Woodrow Hartzog and Rashida Richardson explore the failure points in these complex systems.
The class of 2021 received their degrees during the School of Law’s commencement ceremony at Northeastern University’s Parsons Field in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Friday, May 14. Nabiha Syed, president of The Markup, delivered the Commencement Address. Watch the ceremony here.
In her contribution to Divided We Fall's Civility Without Borders series, Professor Martha Davis argues that ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights (ICESCR) would benefit the United States both domestically and internationally.
“We are at the first stage of a tsunami of litigation,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Bloomberg Law as Georgia's abortion law adds to an ongoing fight over the boundaries between states and the federal government.
Professor Beth Noveck, director of The Burnes Family Center for Social Change and Innovation at Northeastern University and its partner project, The GovLab, has been named to Apolitical’s list of the 100 Most Influential Academics in Government.