Posts by Lauren Dibble
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Tackling elder abuse
Terry Fulmer, dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, kicked off the spring 2012 Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series by discussing her research on elder mistreatment.
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3Qs: Is a ‘brand’ new game emerging online?
Last week, Internet brands including Google and Wikipedia launched a campaign in response to two bills regarding online piracy: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Thousands of websites participated in a 24-hour protest of the legislation, and encouraged web users to sign a petition and contact their representatives. We asked marketing professor Bruce Clark to discuss the impact of companies using their brands to take a stand on such issues.
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3Qs: Gay rights and popular culture
Carole Bell, a postdoctoral teaching associate in communication studies in the College of Arts, Media and Design, conducts research on how the gay community in portrayed in popular culture. She wants to find out how the media’s framing of gay rights issues compares with society’s stance and how the media’s spotlight on homosexuality contributes to the public conversation on gay rights. We asked Bell to explain some of the factors that drive her research.
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3Qs: Style and statement
The race for the Republican presidential nomination is heating up and communication style will play no small part in deciding a winner. We asked Richard Katula, professor of communication studies and expert in political rhetoric, to explain why communication is so important and analyze the communication skills of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates.
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3Qs: What will come from new leadership in North Korea?
Enigmatic North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died last weekend at the age of 69, and he will be succeeded by his youngest and untested son, Kim Jong-un, who is largely unknown to the international community. Given North Korean’s history as an isolated and militaristic state, the transition of power presents many questions about the country’s future. We asked Natalie Bormann, an academic specialist in Northeastern’s Department of Political Science, to discuss what's next for North Korea.
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3Qs: The market for gift giving
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, gift giving is a part of most holiday traditions this time of year. Many factors go into selecting and purchasing holiday gifts. We asked Tony Gao, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration, to explain some gift-giving trends and what motivates consumers’ gift-buying behaviors.
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3Qs: Searching for the “Holy Grail” of physics
Researchers at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, reported this week they are getting closer to discovering the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that scientists believe will explain why everything in the universe has mass. The Higgs boson is considered to be the “Holy Grail” of particle physics, and finding it would be a great scientific advancement. We asked Emanuela Barberis, associate professor of physics, to explain the Higgs boson and what its discovery would mean to the world’s scientific community.
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3Qs: What elections mean for Russia
Following parliamentary elections in Russia on Sunday, protests broke out across the country this week amid allegations of voter fraud. The elections kept Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party in power, but revealed a drastic decline in support for the party and significantly decreased its number of seats in Parliament. We asked Harlow Robinson, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and an expert in Russian and Soviet cultural history, to analyze the situation.
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3Qs: The legacy of Andy Rooney
Earlier this month, legendary journalist and “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney passed away at the age of 92, just weeks after announcing he would retire from making weekly appearances on the program. Viewers across the country will miss Rooney’s witty rapport and unique reporting style. We asked Dan Kennedy, associate professor of journalism, to comment on Andy Rooney’s legacy and his impact on television journalism.
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Inspired to end health disparities
Karla Schumaci, a Northeastern pharmacy major, discovered a passion for public health while working on co-op at a community health center in South Africa.
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3Qs: Evaluating Europe’s economic crisis
Amid the economic crisis plaguing Europe, the prime ministers of Greece (George Papandreou) and Italy (Silvio Berlusconi) resigned last week. They have since been replaced with the appointments of Lucas Papademos in Greece and Mario Monti in Italy — men with backgrounds in banking and economics. We asked Northeastern University communications studies professor Richard Katula, an expert on Greek culture and European affairs, to analyze the economic and political turmoil in Greece and Italy and its impact on the European Union.
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3Qs: Is America’s transportation network on the right track?
Transportation spending is a hot-button issue in Congress. House Republications have proposed a six-year, $230 billion extension of the surface transportation bill to fund projects including roads, bridges and public transit. In the Senate, Democrats have pushed back with their own two-year, $109 billion bill, arguing that the Republican proposal would cut transportation spending across the board. We asked business professor and infrastructure authority Joseph Giglio to examine the state of America’s infrastructure.