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Heller Students Awarded APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowships

Heller News Release
September 10, 2024

Heller Students Awarded APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowships

PhD students Milagros Ramirez and Manning Zhang have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship.

Worcester health workers detect powerful animal tranquilizer mixed with opioids

Heller in the News
August 16, 2024

Worcester health workers detect powerful animal tranquilizer mixed with opioids

On WGBH, Traci Green comments on the harmful effects of medetomidine.

Economics According to Harris

Heller in the News
August 16, 2024

Economics According to Harris

In the American Prospect, Robert Kuttner calls Kamala Harris addressing corporate price-gouging, building housing, and helping families "good stuff and smart politics."

Who is to blame for the Wall Street panic attack? The Federal Reserve.

Heller in the News
August 08, 2024

Who is to blame for the Wall Street panic attack? The Federal Reserve.

In a Boston Globe opinion piece, Robert Kuttner argues that the Federal Reserve waited too long to cut interest rates.

Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.

Heller in the News
August 03, 2024

Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.

In the Boston Globe, David Weil discusses his review of information from a recent lawsuit against the ride-hailing companies, which revealed the artificial intelligence behind the algorithms they use was far more sophisticated than he imagined.

Kamala Harris Should Not Pick Mark Kelly for Veep

Heller in the News
July 30, 2024

Kamala Harris Should Not Pick Mark Kelly for Veep

The New Republic comments about Kelly's record on labor, which includes voting against the Labor Department nomination of David Weil for wage and hour administrator in 2022.

Nitazenes, opioids often more potent than fentanyl, emerge as new overdose threat in Mass.

Heller in the News
July 16, 2024

Nitazenes, opioids often more potent than fentanyl, emerge as new overdose threat in Mass.

Traci Green, director of Heller's Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, is quoted in a WBUR story.

‘Data gaps’ limit understanding of how racial wealth gap affects generations differently

Heller in the News
July 10, 2024

‘Data gaps’ limit understanding of how racial wealth gap affects generations differently

In the Boston Globe, Tatjana Meschede comments on the difficulty of obtaining data on wealth indicators.

Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft

Heller in the News
June 30, 2024

Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft

In the Boston Globe, David Weil comments on Massachusetts' deal to improve pay and benefits for Uber and Lyft drivers.

Fantasyland General

Heller in the News
June 13, 2024

Fantasyland General

In the American Prospect, Robert Kuttner writes about the lack of transparency in hospital pricing.

Research Supports the Need to Recognize the Right to Free Early Childhood Education and Free Secondary Education

Heller in the News
June 05, 2024

Research Supports the Need to Recognize the Right to Free Early Childhood Education and Free Secondary Education

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia is among the scholars, experts, and researchers on the education, development, wellbeing, and rights of children and adolescents who signed a letter expressing their support for a new optional protocol to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child focused on the right to free education.

Anarchy rules on Boston streets. Here’s one way to stop it.

Heller in the News
June 05, 2024

Anarchy rules on Boston streets. Here’s one way to stop it.

In a Boston Globe op-ed, Robert Kuttner discusses the use of automated video traffic cameras.