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.
”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.”
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.
"This pandemic won’t end if policy solutions prioritize keeping Big Pharma happy by pursuing one-sided compromise while millions of people are getting sick and dying due to lack of access to life-saving vaccines," writes Professor Brook Baker '76 in his latest Health GAP blog.
Alvin Carter III ’18, an associate in Rudick Brown’s corporate practice group, is featured as a Rising Star in the Boston Bar Association’s Spotlight Series.
On the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, the memorial site offers visitors the chance to contemplate and reflect, says Sarah Peck ’96, director of PHAI’s UnitedOnGuns initiative.
“The harm of not being able to pass immigration reform is we’re losing out on really good people," Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, tells the Cape Cod Times.
Succeeding in trademark suits against the individuals behind Twitter spoof accounts is “not out of the question,” Professor Alexandra Roberts tells Bloomberg Law.
The BARBRI Law Preview touts Professor Jeremy Paul’s best-selling book, Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams, as a “must read” for all incoming 1L students.
“We’re already seeing obviously tremendous strain on the healthcare system right now,” Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law tells News@Northeastern . “We seem to be at the cusp of what might be the tripledemic.”