The Northeastern Humanities Center with the Department of English Present:

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The 8th annual Peter Burton Hanson Memorial Lecture: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Reading and Conversation
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7p.m.
The John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute
40 Leon Street
West Village F
Northeastern University

Book signing and reception to follow

The evening will feature a performance by The John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Unity Gospel Ensemble

Chimanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria and is the author of Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize, Purple Hibiscus, and the collection of short stories, The Thing Around Your Neck. She was named one of the twenty most important fiction writers today under 40 years old by The New Yorker and was the recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

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Charles Fried, the Beneficial Professor of Law, has been teaching at Harvard Law School since 1961. He was Solicitor General of the United States, 1985-89, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1995-99. His scholarly and teaching interests have been moved by the connection between normative theory and the concrete institutions of public and private law. During his career at Harvard he has taught Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Roman Law, Torts, Contracts, Labor Law, Constitutional Law and Federal Courts, Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy. In recent years Fried has taught Constitutional Law and Contracts. During his time as a teacher he has also argued a number of major cases in state and federal courts, most notably Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, in which the Supreme Court established the standards for the use of expert and scientific evidence in federal courts.

Friday, April 13th
1-3pm
John D O’Bryant Cabral Center
African American Institute
Northeastern University

Sponsored by Law and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs

MBTA Public Transportation Teach-In

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Northeastern
Students Against T Cuts

MBTA Public Transportation
Teach-In

February 28^th 6-7:30pm

325 Richards Hall

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At the beginning of the year, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced two proposals to deal with an impending $185 million budge deficit for the next fiscal year.  Organizers for Students Against T Cuts reached out to the Northeastern University School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and the Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy to hold this teach-in to better outline the background of the MBTA’s financial situation, the engineering behind our physical system, innovative solutions, and the impact of public transportation on the Greater Boston community.

Stephanie Pollack

Associate Director of Research, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Professor of Practice, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs

Peter Furth

Professor, College of Engineering

Brian Kane

Transportation Policy Analyst, MBTA Advisory Board

Josh Robin

Director of Innovation, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Northeastern alumnus

Designing Healthy Communities

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Posted by admin on Feb 23, 2012 | 0 comments

The Act FRESH campaign, together with Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts Public Health Association, will be hosting an event at the state house on March 12th at 1pm to highlight the important relationship between public health and land use. Local zoning codes are the DNA of communities. That is why zoning reform legislation is a primary public health concern in Massachusetts, where the vast majority of these codes have not been updated in generations.

Please join us in State House Room 437 to learn how updated zoning codes can enhance thelivability of Massachusetts communities and increase access to health for residents of all ages. Speakers will address how various regions and communities of Massachusetts are finding innovative ways to design communities in order to make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Healthy snacks and refreshments will be served.

Guest Speakers include:

Sen. James Eldridge
Legislative Host & CLURPA sponsor
Liz Budd
Built Environment Coordinator, Greater Holyoke YMCA
Sylvia R. Chiang, MPH
Program Manager, Revere on the Move, MHG Revere CARES
Heather McMann
Executive Director, Groundwork Lawrence
Catherine Ratté
Principal Planner, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Anna W. Rosenquist, MD
Pediatrician, Harvard Vanguard
Cheryl Sbarra
Senior Staff Attorney, MA Association of Health Boards

Frances Moore Lappé to speak on campus February 15th

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Food, Ecology, Democracy, Justice: What we Eat Matters

Frances Moore Lappé

Author, Diet for a Small Planet, EcoMind, and 16 other books
Founder, Small Planet Institute
@fmlappe

Wednesday, February 15th | 6:00 to 8:00pm
West Village F, Room 20 | 40 Leon Street
Northeastern University
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Frances Moore Lappé is the author of 18 books including the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet. She is the cofounder of three organizations, including Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute, a collaborative network for research and popular education seeking to bring democracy to life, which she leads with her daughter Anna Lappé. Frances and her daughter have also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide. Frances appears frequently as a public speaker and on radio, and is a regular contributor to Huffington Post and Alternet.
Visit northeastern.edu/campusmap for directions and parking information.

Financial Crisis Speaker Series hosted by Professor Kwoka

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John Kwoka, Finnegan Professor of Economics, invites all members of the university community to attend special sessions of his class on “Bubbles, Busts, and Bailouts: Market and Regulatory Failures in the Financial Crisis.”

These sessions feature prominent guest speakers, including Vikram Mansharamani, Andrew Sum, Lawrence White, Robert Kuttner, and F.M. Scherer.

Classes are from 2:50 to 4:30 and will take place in Shillman 335. Read More >>