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Why Americans Are Lonely And What We Can Do About It

There are things I need to do for self-care, but we also need to make sure we design our systems and communities around making sure people have space to have healthy lifestyles.” — Dr. Kayse Lee Maass, industrial engineering professor who leads the Operations Research and Social Justice lab at Northeastern University.

Disrupting human trafficking in U.S. agriculture by focusing on the supply chain

Three Northeastern researchers are hoping to disrupt human trafficking in U.S. agriculture with an unusual approach: They are focused on the victims.

Northeastern University, New England Coalition Against Trafficking host conference on the warning signs of human trafficking

The first step to fighting human trafficking is the ability to spot when it’s happening. But identifying someone who is caught in the web of a trafficking scheme requires an eye for nuanced details, says Amy Farrell, an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern who studies human trafficking.

Ten things to do on Northeastern’s Boston campus for National Engineers Week

Learn how industrial engineers are fighting human trafficking. Examine robots that fly, drive, and swim. Tour labs in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex.

In the fight against human trafficking, industrial engineers can help

Kayse Lee Maass, an assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern, is part of a team that is devising ways to use engineering-inspired modeling to support ongoing efforts to combat human trafficking.