Tweets of the Week: Oct. 26 to Oct. 30

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A student who will knit while running Sunday’s New York City Marathon, the State of the University, and a professor’s examination of Uber’s “surge pricing” are among our selections for tweets from the Northeastern community this week.


https://twitter.com/nickducoff/status/659416864364363776
https://twitter.com/EvelynTate/status/659475810244534273


https://twitter.com/LesPrt/status/659447227354583040


https://twitter.com/emmamunley/status/658719800122867713
https://twitter.com/bozaikos/status/658647346197082112


https://twitter.com/MariaPazVT/status/659128667222618113

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