She had been raised in Hong Kong to listen quietly, to show respect by deference. Then Amy Wong Mok came to Boston. Mok was taking an introductory course in human services, her undergraduate major at Northeastern, when her professor, Barbara Schram, urged her in a private meeting to participate in class discussions. For many students this may…
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Four months after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Caribbean, 15 teams from islands across the region gathered in Antigua to develop high-tech solutions to help victims cope with future disasters. “Most of the room had survived an earthquake, a hurricane, or is facing changing climate,” said Daisy Kendrick, a Northeastern graduate whose nonprofit organized…
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Energizing voters who aren’t historically known for high turnout in elections, Democrat Ayanna Pressley upset 10-term U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in a primary election that’s garnered international attention, and positioned herself to make history as the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress. Pressley won in Massachusetts’ seventh congressional district, the only one in the…
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His occasional scowl was received by Northeastern philosophy students as an assertion of endearment. He did not cut short their conversations so much as he implored them to frame their arguments more logically. Which, in turn, enabled them to see him as he really was. Michael Meyer, associate teaching professor in Northeastern’s Department of Philosophy…
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Yousef Bashir, an alum of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, is an unlikely peace-builder at one of the darkest times in the elusive effort to end the conflict in the Middle East. He was eleven when the second intifada erupted, in 2000, and the Israel Defense Forces took over the family farm in…
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Tuesday is the first day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings, a chance for senators to question President Donald J. Trump’s second nominee to the nation’s highest court. And though its likely most senators have already made up their minds about which way they’ll vote, “a particularly disastrous or a particularly strong”…
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Before complaining to his 54 million Twitter followers about his treatment on Google, president Donald Trump could have resolved his issues by reaching out to Christo Wilson. Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake News Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others,…
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Dean Uta Poiger is pleased to welcome the following 29 new full-time faculty members to the College of Social Sciences and Humanities for the 2018-19 academic year: Angela Herbert Assistant Academic Specialist in American Sign Language Angela Herbert has worked as an ASL/English interpreter both in educational and freelance settings including K-12, post-secondary, medical, mental…
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Dennis Cokely, director of Northeastern’s American Sign Language program, whose varied and tireless work for the Deaf community has opened access among the hearing-impaired, will be remembered for his generosity, depth of knowledge, and sense of caring. He died this month, just shy of his 72ndbirthday. “He was a wonderful man, said Alma Bournazian, who is Deaf…
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Gasshuku means “lodging together” in Japanese. The Budo tradition immerses students in a lifestyle of living and learning together for several hours each day. Karin Kobayashi’s gasshuku moment came during a class where Northeastern students in Boston were quick to raise their hands and actively participate. “Japanese people hesitate to say their opinion or ask questions…
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