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FBI asks Americans to help ID masked Islamic State jihadi. Good idea?

Since the Boston bombing, police departments in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County have adopted a technology called LEEDIR, which allows them to solicit and sort through crowdsourced evidence during a crisis. Determining when crowdsourcing helps and when it is counterproductive is still a work in progress, Martin Dias, an expert on information sharing, told […]

Studens attending the Summer Bridge Scholars program.

Summer Bridge Scholars Program helps first-generation college students successfully begin their Northeastern journey

This year, the program helped about 200 students from families with lower socioeconomic status or under-resourced schools.

Students attend Summer Bridge Scholars Program.

Summer Bridge Scholars Program builds bonds, promises greater retention rates among first-year students

The 2023 Summer Bridge Scholars Program participants spent a week in Boston getting a taste of the Northeastern academic experience and meeting new friends and mentors. “We are able to learn about each other's cultures and diversity and able to learn that we are different, but same at the same time,” said Jonathan Bush.

Global ransomware attacks: the impact and the response

Faculty experts in cybersecurity and business assess the nature and impact of the recent global “ransomware” attacks and what they mean for the institutions affected going forward.

3Qs: The move toward ‘crowdsourcing’ public safety

Martin Dias, assistant professor in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, discusses how information sharing around public safety has evolved in recent years and the benefits and challenges of what he describes as “crowdsourcing public safety.”