Heller in the News
April 03, 2020
The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) announces that Traci Green is the principal investigator of a three-month pilot project with 11 Massachusetts police departments to utilize fentanyl test strips as a new tool to engage people with opioid use disorder and help prevent overdose deaths.
Heller in the News
April 02, 2020
In Foreign Affairs, PhD candidate Hadi Kahalzadeh urges the United States to lift sanctions so that Iran can better fight COVID-19 and save its citizens' lives.
Heller News Release
April 01, 2020
“CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion” released its first issue on Feb. 26, marking Brandeis University’s first-ever peer-reviewed academic journal. J-CASTE advances peer-reviewed scholarship across disciplines into caste systems in South Asia and beyond.
Heller in the News
April 01, 2020
In the Boston Globe, Brenna Schneider, MBA'11, says her company 99 Degrees Custom, based in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is planning to pivot from making athletic wear to isolation gowns for front-line health care workers.
Heller in the News
March 31, 2020
In Bloomberg Law, Andrew Kolodny says it's important to treat people with opioid addiction with a combination of medication and supportive services.
Heller in the News
March 30, 2020
In ProPublica, Ari Ne'eman says the U.S. is currently facing a clash between disability rights law and ruthless utilitarian logic during the COVID-19 crisis.
Heller in the News
March 30, 2020
In the New York Times, Ari Ne'eman says a new bulletin from the U.S. Civil Rights Office is an important first step in protecting the rights of people with disabilities in the COVID0-19 crisis.
Heller in the News
March 27, 2020
In the Appeal, Robyn Powell says politicians and the general public are ignoring the health and safety needs of those with disabilities and chronic conditions.
Heller in the News
March 26, 2020
On NPR, Ari Ne'eman says several state policies for crisis care ration care at the expense of people with disabilities, which violates civil rights laws.
Heller in the News
March 25, 2020
In Reuters, David Weil says the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the precarious environment that has been a daily reality for gig workers as they now take on much greater risks in delivering essential goods.
Heller in the News
March 25, 2020
On WGBH, Robert Kuttner says the $2 trillion dollar aid bill from Congress won’t be enough to save the U.S. economy, and that the U.S. could ease economic distress by reimbursing for lost wages and investing in massive infrastructure projects.
Heller in the News
March 23, 2020
In the LA Daily News, Barbara Ferrer, PhD'94, L.A. County’s Public Health director, discusses the new cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles.
