Doing service learning work for Slow Food in collaboration with our classmates allowed us to expand and improve our teamwork skills and our knowledge about food justice issues. The silent tangram exercise that SLTA Amanda Miller implemented really helped to forge our solid Slow Food bond from the beginning and created community both inside and…
Course: EGNW3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines - Sarah Finn
Bluebikes in Boston – STAN Presentation
Our research report focuses on biking and bike-sharing systems in the Boston area. Specifically, we wanted to look at the BlueBike system and how people use it, how safe it is, and how it could be improved. Our club (STAN) is broken into 3 subgroups, one of which is a biking focused group. We have…
Understanding Student Sentiment Towards Foreign Aid – SAPR Presentation
Our research project aims to gauge opinion on Northeastern Campus towards US foreign aid allocation given recent political changes. It is impactful to our partnership because EWB NEU Uganda requires aid from EWB USA, hence relying on donations from private institutions and endowments, among other sources. US foreign aid does not directly impact EWB NEU…
NEU’s Perspective on the U.S. Criminal Justice System – SAPR Presentation
Our research report examines the Northeastern student body and their knowledge and attitudes towards the United States prison system. We aimed to learn more about how much education surrounds the prison system and its related topics. This study will help Northeastern’s Student Alliance for Prison Reform club better tailor their teachings and activities to have…
Sustainable Living: Your Choices, Habits, and Impact – HEAT Research Presentation
Our group did our research report on sustainable living. We wanted to find out more about the sustainability habits of Northeastern students on campus, and what HEAT can do as an organization to a) improve the sustainability habits of students, and b) impassion studentstowards sustainable initiatives. In the culmination of our research project, we utilized…
SAPR’s Guide to Prison Reform
Students in ENGW 3315 worked with student activist groups on Northeastern’s Boston campus over the course of the semester to produce publications supporting the activist group’s work. The group of students working with The Student Alliance for Prison Reform (SAPR) produced this publication in the style of a ‘Zine in order to lay out a…
Design Text for HEAT
This is a poster created by the students to spread awareness of the issues on environmental sustainability addressed by the student organization group Husky Environmental Action Team (HEAT) and recruit new members for the group. Artifact:…
Design Text for STAN
This is a design text created by students to spread awareness of issues on sustainable transportation addressed by the student organization Sustainable Transportation @ Northeastern (STAN) and recruit new members for the group. Artifact:…
Design Text for Slow Food
These are design texts created by students to spread awareness of issues on the environment, food systems, and human health addressed by the student organization Slow Food and recruit new members for the group. Artifacts:…
Design Text for SAPR
This is a design text created by students to spread awareness of issues on injustices of the current systems of incarceration addressed by the student organization Student Alliance for Prison Reform (SAPR) and recruit new members for the group. Artifacts:…