Afro-American and Afro-German culture and activism will converge Oct. 10-11 in two programs focusing on the life and work the late Audre Lorde, the influential African-American and lesbian poet who ignited the Afro-German movement in the 1980s, and late poet May Ayim, a founder of the Black German Movement.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Ika Hügel-Marshall will read from her autobiography “Invisible Woman: Growing up Black in Germany,” which details her childhood, her search for her African-American father, and her close friendship with Lorde.
Gregory Tew, professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and colleagues, including immunologist Lisa Minter, have found a way to get inside naïve T cells and to deliver bio-active cargo such as proteins and synthetic molecules across what had been a long-locked cell membrane. They do this by using a new synthetic protein transduction domain (PTD) that mimics natural ones. Tew and colleagues call their new macromolecules “PTD mimics” (PTDMs). They are able to slip through the T cell’s membrane and deliver a payload of therapeutic small interfering RNA (siRNA).
The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Health Professions will allow the school to fully implement a program called Achieving Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach to Nursing Workforce Diversity.
A wide array of events and activities are planned for Homecoming from Oct. 20-28.
Barry Bluestone, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, will present a talk on “Economy and Equity: Strategies for Cities and Massachusetts” on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m. in 302-304 Gordon Hall.
The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development's Lunch & Learn series will examine the Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from noon to 1 p.m.
Research by Tameka L. Gillum, associate professor of Public Health, was the subject of a recent podcast produced by Sage Publications.