Khalida Sarwari

Walter V. Robinson, editor-at-large at The Boston Globe hosts a conversation with Renee Dudley, a technology reporter at ProPublica; David Fahrenthold, a reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests for The Washington Post; Patricia Wen, the editor of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team; and Joe Palazzolo, a legal affairs reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘Just make the call, make the call, make the call. Just keep going.’

Businesses that foster the rise of ransomware; the troublesome legacy of an American football star and convicted murderer; President Trump’s payments to his charities: These are some of the subjects investigated by a panel of journalists who shared their stories—and their tricks of the trade—at the latest installment of Northeastern’s series “The Civic Experience.”

by Khalida Sarwari October 28, 2019

Proposed budget cuts by President Trump's administration may cut grant funding which heavily supports programs such as Meals on Wheels. Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP

Why are so many people on Medicare struggling to afford food?

Nearly one in 10 older Medicare recipients is struggling to afford food. The problem also appears to be prevalent among people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare because of a long-term disability, according to a study led by Northeastern associate professor Jeanne Madden.

by Khalida Sarwari October 25, 2019

Northeastern doctoral student Urbashee Paul is no stranger to the challenges that stem from economic inequality. Raised in a lower middle class family in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she experienced first-hand the crippling effects of poverty and inequality. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Her family broke the cycle of poverty. She wants to do the same for others.

Growing up in Bangladesh, Urbashee Paul witnessed from an early age the crippling effects of poverty and inequality. Motivated by her own odyssey, Paul is pursuing a doctoral degree in economics at Northeastern, and hopes to find ways to mitigate the economic inequality young people may face later in life.

by Khalida Sarwari October 22, 2019

Tom Nakayama, professor of communication studies at Northeastern, was named the 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

He explores the space where cultures collide

Over the course of his career, Thomas Nakayama, a professor of communication at Northeastern, has broached subjects that others have tended to shy away from. For his examination of topics such as sexuality, whiteness, Asian-American studies, masculinity, and power, he has received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association.

by Khalida Sarwari October 21, 2019

Firefighters work to contain a wildfire burning off Merrill Dr. in Moraga, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Police have ordered evacuations as the fast-moving wildfire spread in the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area community. The area is without power after Pacific Gas & Electric preemptively cut service hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy conditions throughout Northern California. AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The missed opportunity in California’s power outage

Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest utility, says it had to turn off power for hundreds of thousands of customers to reduce the risk of wildfires. Northeastern professor Daniel Aldrich, who co-directs the Master’s in Security and Resilience Studies program, says the company should have warned residents earlier and done more to prepare them for the blackout.

by Khalida Sarwari October 10, 2019

A screen shot of the Making Waves title page

How closely did you listen to the last movie you watched?

The culmination of a lifelong fascination with how sound plays a role in the cinematic experience, Northeastern professor Bobette Buster’s new documentary, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, explores the power and significance of sound in cinema, and the artists, technicians and designers responsible for creating it.

by Khalida Sarwari October 9, 2019

“It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in terms of how AI has changed and what it impacts in our lives,” Shawn Ramirez, the head of data science and engineering at Insight Data Science in Seattle, said during her keynote speech at Northeastern’s Facing the Future event. Photo by Ashley Genevieve for Northeastern University

‘What do we want out of artificial intelligence? And, how do we get there?’

“What we want, I imagine, is something like having artificial intelligence improve human flourishing in socially just and sustainable ways,” Northeastern philosophy professor Ronald Sandler told leaders in business, government, and higher education who gathered at the Seattle campus this week.

by Khalida Sarwari October 3, 2019

Depiction of a person looking at a screen full of code

Northeastern University launches Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence

The university is allocating $50 million for the pioneering research hub, which will place human skills and intelligence at the forefront of artificial intelligence development, from the earliest design steps to the final implementation.

by Khalida Sarwari and Laura Castañón October 3, 2019

Indians wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Kachanar on the outskirts of in Varanasi, India Sunday, May 19, 2019. Indians voted in the seventh and final phase of national elections Sunday, wrapping up a 6-week-long long, grueling campaign season with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeking reelection for another five years. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

‘The most reckless political experiment in human history’

Despite being comprised of disparate ideologies and languages, India regularly lures its citizens to the voting booth, even in the most poor and isolated areas, says Ravi Ramamurti, founding director of Northeastern’s Center for Emerging Markets.

by Khalida Sarwari September 30, 2019

How robots can help veterans, or patients with dementia

Arielle Scoglio, a doctoral student who studies social robots—robots whose function is to interact with people socially, while also helping them to manage their physical and psychological well being—hopes that as the technology for these types of robots improves, they can be replicated in a cost-effective way, and thus allow people who struggle with physical or cognitive disabilities to use them at home.

by Khalida Sarwari September 26, 2019

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