Northeastern University Professor Coins “Crimtorts” (05/1/08) Professor Thomas H. Koenig, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a founding member of Northeastern’s Law, Policy and Society Ph.D. program was the lead speaker at a recent conference at Weidner Law School that focused on his concept of “crimtorts.”  The term “crimtorts” was coined by Koenig and Michael Rustad, a professor at Suffolk University Law School, to describe a doctrinal approach that blends the principles of criminal law and the law of torts.  Koenig’s article, entitled, “Crimtorts: A Cure for Hardening of the Categories,” will appear in the Weidner Law Journal’s July 2008 issue.
	Northeastern University Researcher Receives International Honors (04/30/08) Dr. Barry Karger, James L. Water Chair of Anaytical Chemistry and Director of the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Anaysis has received two international recognitions for his accomplishments in the field of separation science and bioanalytical chemistry. Karger has been elected as an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was awarded the Csaba Horváth Medal of Innsbruck, Austria.
	Northeastern Researcher Develops Model to Track Concentration of  E. coli in the Lower Charles River (04/24/08) It is a common belief that the water quality of the Charles River and other lakes, streams and rivers is at its worst after a large rainfall because of pollutants carried by runoff.  However, a recent study completed by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston found high concentrations of E. coli bacteria in the Charles River after a long period of no rain.  Ferdi Hellweger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Acting Director of the Center for Urban Environmental Studies, both at Northeastern, used high-resolution monitoring and modeling to understand the fate and transport of E. coli bacteria in the lower section of the Charles River to determine what factors may lead to the increased concentration.

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