By By: Jenna Duncan, News Staff
Law professor Alan Dershowitz to speak tonight
‘ ‘ Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz will speak at Curry Student Center West Addition tonight at 7 p.m. , according to an announcement on the myNEU portal. At the event, Dershowitz, America’s most famous progressive lawyer, will screen his new film, ‘The Case for Israel’ and answer questions from audience members, according to the announcement. The film examines the role of Israeli policies and their place among progressive bodies today. It is based on his bestselling 2003 book of the same title. Dershowitz is best known for defending celebrities like OJ Simpson and Mike Tyson. He is also known for his work on torture and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and teaches at Harvard Law School.’
‘- Jenna Duncan, News Staff
Ashtanga Yoga sign-ups open through April 3
Today through April 3, students can register to participate in Ashtanga Yoga classes in Badger and Rosen Squashbusters Center, according to an announcement on the myNEU portal. The classes cost $40 for the season package or $10 per class. The sessions will be April 6, 8, 13, 15, 22 and May 4, 6, 11 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students who wish to register should go to the Campus Recreation Office at 140 Marino Center, and ask for the yoga package. For additional information contact Colleen Fritze at ext. 7398 or c.fritze@neu.edu.
‘- Jenna Duncan, News Staff
Northeastern teams with MIT to research animals
Northeastern researchers have teamed with MIT researchers to observe ‘- for the first time ‘- the origin of mass gathering and the subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals, according to a Northeastern press release. The findings were published in the latest issue of Science Magazine and confirm general theories about the behavior of large groups of animals that had never before been verified in nature. Northeastern Ph.D. students Mark Andrews and Zheng Gong contributed to this research. The project was sponsored by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, the Office of Naval Research and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is a contribution to the Census of Marine Life.
‘- Jenna Duncan, News Staff
Expo displays student and faculty research projects
On Thursday the university hosted a Research and Scholarship Expo where undergraduates, graduate students and faculty displayed more than 240 research projects, according to an article on neu.edu. The display was set up in The Cage of the Cabot Physical Education Center. Rows of posters lined the center, each display showing the group’s hypothesis about how to solve problems like obesity and religious conflicts with medicine. The projects were grouped into seven categories:’ computer and information science; engineering and technology; health science and technology; hu manities and arts, interdisciplinary topics, centers and institutes, physical and life sciences and social sciences, business and law.
‘- Jenna Duncan, News Staff
