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Amanda Schwartz, MS ’11

Partnerships Manager, Partners in Health • Amanda was recently promoted to Partnerships Manager, working with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health to further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute...

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Dawna Thomas

Dawna Thomas, PhD ’01

Associate Professor of Africana and Women’s and Gender Studies, Simmons College | Professor Thomas teaches classes on research methods, health and disability, and violence in the family. Her research work has focused on disability policy, economic disparities for individuals with disabilities from culturally diverse communities, community-based participatory research, race and gender disparities in health care,...

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Mary Ellen Mastrorilli

Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, PhD ’08

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Boston University Metropolitan College | Professor Mastrorilli’s research interests focus on female offenders, community corrections, and law and society. She holds over twenty-four years of experience in positions ranging from correction officer to prison administrator....

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JD/MS Law and Public Policy

JD/MS Law and Public Policy

This interdisciplinary graduate program is designed for students who want a solid background in public policy as well as law. After completing the Juris Doctor (JD), students then take one year of courses in Law and Public Policy, ending with a capstone course. The program covers a full range of strategies for creating policy change, including legislation,...

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PhD Law and Public Policy

PhD Law & Public Policy

An interdisciplinary public policy program that provides a comprehensive view of the policy making process and its outcomes. Our interdisciplinary focus means that students come from a variety of backgrounds. And our students typically have several years of work experience. Students quickly find that engaging in a classroom with other students who hold degrees such...

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Michelle Meiser

Michelle Meiser, MS ’06

Director of Homeownership & Asset Manager • Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation • In her capacity at ABCD, Michelle is responsible for management of 10 affordable rental developments (509 units). Through their Homeownership Program Michelle and her staff assists low- and moderate-income home buyers in overcoming obstacles to homeownership by providing home buyer education, individual...

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Antonakes

Steve L. Antonakes, PhD ’98

Head of Bank Supervision, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau • Antonakes was appointed by President Obama to the post in November 2010. Antonakes will be responsible for monitoring how the nation’s largest banks market and sell consumer products such as credit cards, checking accounts, and home loans to ensure they do not mislead or exploit...

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MS Law and Public Policy

The master of science degree provides professional graduate training in public policy with a grounding in law and legal reasoning. Most other public policy primarily emphasize economic analysis and assume that policy is created exclusively through legislation. The M.S. in Law and Public Policy takes a more interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the different dynamics that...

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Roderick Ireland, PhD ’98

Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | “Northeastern has a proud track-record of educating future leaders in public service,” said President Joseph E. Aoun. “Justice Ireland’s career exemplifies an unwavering commitment to serving others. As a member of our faculty, he strengthens our commitment to experiential learning by bringing the judicial system to life for...

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María Gracia Andía publishes a chapter in book on Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America

Universidad de San Andrés Professor of Law María Gracia Andía (PhD, Northeastern University) is an author in the new book edited by Professors Jason Pierceson (University of Illinois Springfield), Adriana Piatti-Crocker (University of Illinois Springfield) and Shawn Schulenberg (Marshall University), Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America: Promise and Resistance. Chapters explore the role of public opinion, political parties, courts

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Upcoming Workshop: Citation Management Software

Tuesday, October 23 | 4:00 – 5:00pm | Forsyth Hall, Room 242 | RSVP
What is citation management software and how can it enhance your research and writing?Over the past several years, new technology has emerged to help manage, organize and prepare all of your research materials: articles, books, etc.Citation management software is your personal collection of reference materials (think iTunes for research materials). The tool allows you to add notes, produce annotated bibliographies, seamlessly insert references into your papers, and instantly produce properly formatted bibliographies at the end. As with the adoption of any new tool, it

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Upcoming Webinar: Presidential Management Fellows Program

Decoding the Presidential Management Fellows Application Process
Tuesday, October 16 | 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. | Registration Required
The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program is frequently cited as a highly prestigious program in the federal government. The fellowship is for graduate students and this webinar teaches students how to submit a strong application, explains how the program has changed with the implementation of the Pathways Programs, and provides insight into what happens after your application is submitted.

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Illinois company in final stages of bidding to make high-speed rail cars for Amtrak

By Alejandra Cancino | Chicago Tribune | September 28, 2012

A rail manufacturer based in Illinois is in the final rounds of bidding to build 130 high-speed passenger rail cars for use on Amtrak routes in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and California.

The order would total $352.3 million.

The bid was submitted by Sumitomo Corp. of America and Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., which opened a $35 million passenger rail car plant in Rochelle in July.

The Rochelle plant is also making 160 "Highliner" rail cars for Metra Electric line customers in the Chicago

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Joan Fitzgerald at the Inner City Economic Summit

Joan Fitzgerald recently spoke on a panel at the Inner City Economic Summit, put on by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). “Cities across the country are creating innovative models and collaborative partnerships to lay the groundwork for sustainable economic development. By identifying industry strengths and then connecting capital, land use and business

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Mahfuzul Chowdhury, PhD ’92 awarded a Fulbright Scholarship

Mahfuzul Chowdhury, PhD ’92 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Chowdhury is a professor of political science and director of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. He will begin his term as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in October, joining the Department of Political Science at Duke University for

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  • Upcoming Info Sessions

    Students

    On-campus
    Wednesday, March 20
    5:00 - 6:00pm
    Location 440 Curry Student Center
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    Webinar
    Wednesday, February 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
    Wednesday, March 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
    Wednesday, April 24
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
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    Join us for an upcoming information session to learn more about our programs and hear directly from administrators, faculty and current students.


  • Alumni Spotlight

    Amanda Schwartz

    Amanda Schwartz, MS '11

    Partnerships Manager
    Partners in Health

    Amanda works with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute sick living in some of the world's poorest places.