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Shalanda Baker, professor of law, public policy and urban affairs, has joined President Biden's administration as deputy director for energy justice at the Department of Energy. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

She’s bringing her energy justice mission to the Biden administration

Law professor Shalanda Baker was tapped for a new post at the Department of Energy. Her mandate is to expand clean energy production while ensuring access for Black Americans and other marginalized groups—continuing the work she did as co-director of Northeastern’s Initiative for Energy Justice.

by Hillary Chabot January 23, 2021

Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law at Northeastern, receives a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Cabot Testing Center. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Northeastern ramps up COVID-19 vaccination rollout on the Boston campus to protect the community

After vaccinating hundreds of people already, the university received a new shipment of 2,000 vaccine doses and started rolling them out immediately. Tuesday’s vaccinations previewed the launch of Northeastern’s “Vax the Pack” campaign, a university-wide push to promote the vaccine as a safe and important step in protecting the community by inoculating as many people as possible against COVID-19.

by Hillary Chabot January 19, 2021

Recent alum Tarik Jones, poses for a portrait in the Studio Theatre. Jones was recently awarded a two-year fellowship from the Miranda Family to pursue a career in the arts. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This actor and Miranda Family Fellow is opening up performing arts for people of color

Tarik Jones, a Northeastern graduate and actor, wanted to expand access to hands-on experience in the performing arts for people of color, so he co-created the New Renaissance Theatre Company devoted to doing just that. And, with a fellowship created by playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jones has the tools to expand the company even further.

by Hillary Chabot January 17, 2021

Left, supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. Right, demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd on June 3, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. AP Photos by Manuel Balce Ceneta

Pictures tell the story of police response to the Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riots

Videos and pictures have played a pivotal role in the Black Lives Matter movement, providing a visceral context to the descriptions of excessive police force and brutality decried by many Black Americans. Criminal Justice professor Rod K. Brunson said the powerful images of underprepared Capitol officers overwhelmed at last week’s breach provided a new perspective on who is perceived as dangerous in this country and who isn’t.

by Hillary Chabot January 15, 2021

Greg Dowling, left, moves his son Cole Dowling into his dorm in West Village for the spring semester. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Move-in is a big moment for Northeastern parents, too

Tillie Kopec is one of many parents juggling the excitement of sending their children off to college with the logistics of moving onto campus amid COVID-19 precautions. But she and other parents were reassured by Northeastern’s push to vaccinate the community.

by Hillary Chabot January 13, 2021

Daniel Simpson, who studies mechanical engineering, demonstrates his sanitizing robot inside the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on Northeastern's Boston campus on Dec. 15, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He built a COVID-19-busting robot to sanitize your desk

Daniel Simpson, a first-year student at Northeastern, has wanted to build robots since he first saw Tony Stark in Iron Man. Now, he’s helping to design and build a mobile COVID-busting robot that uses UV light to sterilize desks and table-tops—while getting both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

by Hillary Chabot January 7, 2021

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