Hi All,

Welcome to fall semester.  Our enrollments throughout SPPUA are great—many of our courses are filled to capacity. And as I noted in my last update, we will be developing new curricula and courses this year. I hope to see everyone at the SPPUA reception tonight at 5:00 in 440 Egan.

I am pleased to announce that the Center for Social Science Statistical Computing will begin this fall. Directed by LPP and CJ professor Jamie Fox, it will provide statistical computing support services for faculty and graduate students and assistance in using SPSS, SAS and Stata. Jamie and Alan Clayton-Matthews will be offering open walk in hours—look for an announcement on their hours for fall semester and workshops on various topics Jamie and Alan will offer this semester. In addition to one-on-one support activities, the center will develop a Website that will offer tutorials and links to valuable data resources.

We will have a full kitchen with a nice table for gathering in the new space in Renaissance Park. Until then, I would like to institute a weekly brown-bag lunch in the Dukakis Center conference room. I hope students and faculty will join me at noon every Wednesday for informal conversation about our work or whatever else inspires us.

We will discuss a topic of interest at each of our faculty meetings this fall (9:00 on September 12, October17, November 14, December 12). The first topic is how to incorporate online learning into the curriculum. The second is creative use of Power Point. Please let me know of other topics you would like to discuss.

All the Best,

Joan Fitzgerald

Interim Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Faculty Updates

This coming September 28^th Professor Len Albright will be presenting the findings from his new book at the Rhode Island Housing Works Fact Book Convening. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and others will be in attendance.

On September 13th Professor Barry Bluestone will be delivering a presentation on the results of the Dukakis Center’s latest research on the manufacturing sector in Massachusetts: Staying Power II: A Report Card on Manufacturing in Massachusetts. On the 14th, he will be speaking on a panel at a conference on “The Truly Disadvantaged After 25 Years” sponsored by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Professor Richard Daynard visited the Philippines to help push for the passage of the bill increasing the excise tax on tobacco and alcohol.  He met with the members of academe, media, Congress, government executives and the anti-tobacco movement to discuss global trends in tobacco regulation and the strategies of tobacco companies to undermine these regulations. He also emphasized that increasing the excise tax is an effective tool in discouraging people from smoking.

Dick also published two articles in the March, 2012 issue of Tobacco Control: Allying tobacco control with human rights: invited commentary and Product Liability (with Eric LeGresley). They are available online at:

Three articles by Professor Steve Nathanson were recently published:

• “John Stuart Mill on Economic Justice and the Alleviation of Poverty,” Journal of Social Philosophy XLIII, no. 2 (Summer 2012), 161-76.
• “Partiality,” in D. Chatterjee, ed., Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer, 2012.
• “Are Attacks on Civilians Always Wrong?,” in D. Lovell and I. Primoratz, eds., Protecting Civilians during Violent Conflict: Theoretical and practical issues for the 21st Century, Ashgate, 2012, 17-35.

This summer, Professor Tom Vicino led the Dialogue of Civilizations Program to Rio de Janeiro. The Program, Brazil in the 21st Century, brought 43 students to the “Marvelous City” to study urban development as the city prepares for the World Cup and Olympics. 

Alumni Updates

Imad Abukishk LPP PhD ’11 was promoted to Executive Vice President of Al-Quds University. He recently started a political science department with a public policy track at Al-Quds.  http://dops.alquds.edu/index.php/en/

Jeff Doggett MPA ’03  is serving as Chief of Staff to the President of Merrimack College, Chris Hopey MPA ’91 .

Mahfuzul Chowdhury PhD LPP ’92 is professor of political science and director of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh.

Elizabeth Giardano MURP ’12 successfully transitioned from a health care program management position to a new job as a social and economic policy analyst at Abt Associates shortly after graduation.

Bob Holmes LPP PhD ’07 was recently appointed to the faculty at Worcester State University’s Department of Business and Economics as an Assistant Professor in their Master’s Degree Program in Health Care Administration. He will teach courses in health policy, organizational behavior and legal and ethical issues in health care.

Professor Holmes will also be doing research in accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes. He has already published an article in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing with associates in the UMASS Lowell School of Nursing.

Student Updates

LPP PhD student Erin Rae Hoffer presented a paper on her dissertation research project “The Response of Capital Investment Decision-Makers to Green Building Policy Change” at the Ph.D. colloquium of the annual meeting of the System Dynamics Society at St. Gallen University, Switzerland in late July.

This past June 12^th, LPP PhD student Robert Schleipman presented an invited lecture, Communicating Radiation Risks to Research Participants: Principles and Practicalities, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s Annual Conference in Miami.

Fellowship Opportunity

Greenovate Boston Fellowship

Fellowship

About the Fellowship: In April 2012, Mayor Thomas Menino launched Greenovate Boston, a brand and campaign that will unify the city’s drive toward sustainability, including a 25-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The Greenovate Boston Fellowship Program will link imaginative, energetic proponents of urban sustainability with opportunities for expanding sustainability in the Boston community. Fellows will report to the Mayor and the Chief of Environment and Energy, who oversees the City’s sustainability programs, and interact with all segments of the Boston community.  Click HERE for more information.

Application Information: The deadline is September 7, 2012. Completed s and requests for additional information should be sent to: Patricia Boyle-McKenna at Patricia.BoyleMcKenna@cityofboston.gov.

Jobs, Fellowships, and Internships

Did you know that we regularly receive and post job, fellowship, and internship opportunities?

To see the full list go to:

http://www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/internship-and-job-listings

Tuesday, September 4th
Welcome Reception

5:30 to 7:00pm
Raytheon Amphitheater
Egan Building
RSVP

Wednesday, September 5th
Open Classroom Series
The 2012 Election: Policy Advice to the President

6:00 to 8:00pm
West Village F, Room 20
and every wednesday evening throughout the semester
see details lower down in this email

Thursday, September 13th
Presentation and release of the Dukakis Center’s latest report: “Staying Power II: A Report Card on Manufacturing in Massachusetts”

Presentation by Barry Bluestone
Remarks by Governor Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
AccuRounds, 15 Dohert Avenue, Avon, Massachusetts
more information
RSVP by September 7, 2012 to rsvp@tbf.org

Friday, September 14th
The Truly Disadvantaged after 25 Years (conference)

8:00 a.m to 5:15 p.m.
Harvard University, CGIS South – Concourse Level
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
More information

Thursday, September 20
Constitution Day Lecture 2012

“The Idea of a Color Blind Constitution”

Professor Randall L. Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
Harvard Law School

3:20 to 4:50 p.m.

Sponsored by the Provost’s Office and Department of Political Science

Mark Your Calendars and Plan to Join Usfor the Open Classroom Series Fall Semester 2012 The 2012 Election: Policy Advice to the President     Wednesday evenings 6:00 to 8:00pm September 5th through December 12th West Village F, Room 20 40 Leon Street, Northeastern University RSVP   Host “Faculty” Moderators for the Semester: Michael S. Dukakis, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Barry Bluestone, Founding Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs Sonia Chang-Diaz, Massachusetts State Senator Robert DeLeo, Massachusetts Speaker of the House Setti Warren, Mayor, City of Newton Each semester we select one graduate-level seminar and open it up to the public. Each session features prominent guest lecturers with real-world expertise and experience. Participation is free and open to the public. After registering for the semester, you may attend whichever sessions you are interested in. Registering helps us manage expectations about attendance. In addition, being on the class roster allows you to receive timely information through class announcements. www.northeastern.edu/policyschool/open-classroom