2019 NULab Annual Report Released
January 16, 2020We are delighted to share the NULab’s 2019 annual report, which is available here. 2019 was a busy year for the NULab and this report highlights ...
Read more...NULab Spring 2020 Call for Proposals
January 10, 2020The NULab is once again inviting proposals for seedling grants, travel, and co-sponsorship of events related to digital humanities and computational social science. The deadline ...
Read more...NULab Spring Calendar of Events
January 8, 2020The NULab is delighted to announce our 2020 spring calendar of events. We have some very exciting talks, workshops, and other events planned for the ...
Read more...NULab Faculty Member John Wihbey Weighs in on Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account
November 7, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Molly Callahan This week Mitt Romney—a former Republican candidate for president and current U.S. senator—revealed that he has a secret “lurker” Twitter account. ...
Read more...Digital Integration Teaching Initiative Spring 2020 Call For Partnerships
October 2, 2019The Digital Integration Teaching Initiative (DITI) is now accepting new faculty partnerships for the Spring 2020 academic year. Northeastern has committed to better teaching our ...
Read more...Making Sense of the Democratic Presidential Race in Real Time with NULab Faculty Nick Beauchamp
September 26, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern by Ian Thomsen Who will challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 election? The 10 Democrats who participated in the latest debate Thursday in Houston revealed ...
Read more...Women Writers Project Featured in News@Northeastern
September 24, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Emily Arntsen English anthologies make it seem like Jane Austen was the only woman who published anything worth reading before the nineteenth century. ...
Read more...New Study Published this Summer by NULab Affiliated Faculty Member Alicia Sasser Modestino
September 23, 2019A new study “The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2019: Supply, Demand and the Challenge of Local Control” authored by Northeastern University Professor and NULab ...
Read more...NULab Fall 2019 Call for Proposals
September 17, 2019The NULab is once again inviting proposals for seedling grants, travel, and co-sponsorship of events related to digital humanities and computational social science. The deadline ...
Read more...NULab Fall Calendar of Events
September 16, 2019The NULab is delighted to announce our 2019 fall calendar of events. We have some very exciting talks, workshops, and other events planned for the ...
Read more...Birth of Boston Project Featured in News@Northeastern
September 3, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Aria Bracci While much of humanity is busy using FaceApp to see how they’d look in the future, other people are trying to look into ...
Read more...Most Reporters on the 2020 Campaign Beat are Men. Does that Influence Coverage?
June 25, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Ian Thomsen Despite the increasing prominence of women in American politics, female journalists who are covering the presidential race continue to be in ...
Read more...NULab Faculty Members and Co-Director to Study Fake News with Facebook Data
May 16, 2019By Molly Callahan, Republished from News@Northeastern The persistence of fake news and misinformation is creating chaos across the globe. It’s affecting elections in the United States and ...
Read more...It’s Time to Study Machines the Way We Study Humans
April 26, 2019Republished from News@Northeastern by Molly Callahan Artificial intelligence and machine learning models can be found in almost every aspect of modern life. News-ranking algorithms determine which information ...
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Viral Texts at ACH2019: The Reprinting of Fiction in American Periodicals
The Association for Computers and the Humanities conference that was held in Pittsburgh last July was an incredible event. Having the opportunity to present the Continue Reading »
NU Books from the NULab
On November 19th at Northeastern University’s Alumni Center, five NULab faculty members presented on their new books, discussing their reasons for writing and the Continue Reading »
Romantic Cartographies with Visiting Speaker Asko Nivala
In October, NULab/DSG Visiting Speaker Asko Nivala presented on his ongoing project, Romantic Cartographies: Lived and Imagined Space in English and German Romantic Texts, 1790–1840. Continue Reading »
A Book Discussion on Digital Activism with Jen Schradie and Brooke Foucault Welles
We are in an age where the internet has become a dominant tool utilized by various groups to leverage power and influence in the social Continue Reading »