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Laurie Kramer in News@Northeastern: ‘We’ll never forget spending so much time together’

As millions of people around the world isolate themselves to protect their families from COVID-19, myriad legitimate challenges await inside their homes.

Martha Davis in News@Northeastern: Water is ‘a fundamental human right’

Affordable access to water is an issue that affects every household in the U.S. and is made even more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Martha Davis, a professor of law at Northeastern who has been promoted to University Distinguished Professor.

Resilience Resources to Prepare, Plan, and Recover from COVID-19

As new information continues to develop regarding the current state of COVID-19, communities are left to adapt to the newly implemented policies by their government...

Minsky Moments revisited

As Dan Alesch has pointed out, we designate disasters by their triggering events, but we recognize them by their impacts. Thus, we know Katrina and Sandy by...

Daniel Aldrich in Prevention Web: Cultivating social ties in the age of physical distancing

As I write this, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 1,400,000 people and killed 75,000 across the world. While many governments...

Stephen Flynn in What’s New Podcast: The Road Back to Normal

The world has been upended by a novel coronavirus, and all we want to do is to return to normal. But how can that happen, and when? Today on What’s New, an expert on the resilience of societies talks about the long road back after enormous tragedies.

Brian Helmuth in CNN: Scientists uncover a 60,000-year-old forest underwater and think its preserved trees may help pioneer new medicines

Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric humans just started venturing out of Africa, a forest of cypress trees grew on the…

Truckers: One of Our Many Heroes of the Pandemic

It is without a doubt that coronavirus has caused a major ripple through every aspect of life across the world. Over the past few weeks across the U.S, we have seen school closures, an unprecedented amount of unemployment claims and an abrupt halt in most of...

David DeSteno in The Star: Forget panic and angry mobs. During disasters like COVID-19, all we want to do is help

WASHINGTON—A friend of mine was living in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. After the twin towers fell, in…

Alicia Sasser Modestino in Boston Globe: Are downsizing baby boomers the key to easing the housing crunch?

Almost everyone who’s been looking to buy a house or condo around Boston in the past few years has encountered…

How is the US nonprofit sector facing COVID-19?

With over a million cases of COVID-19 across the globe, challenges are arising from the pandemic on a local, national, and global scale. The onset of the U.S. economic recession...

David DeSteno in News@Northeastern: Here’s How to Combat the Fear Caused by a Barrage of COVID-19 News

By now, much of the world is under some form of isolation in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19...