Portland Press Herald Closure of Maine’s rural birthing centers part of national ‘crisis’ “It has become increasingly difficult for hospitals to configure the teams needed to provide birth care,” said Kathy Simmonds, a retired nurse practitioner who is a clinical professor at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute in Portland.
Politico When the mass shooter is female The vast majority “of mass shootings are committed by men,” explains James Alan Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University and an expert on mass killings. “Keep in mind that 90 percent of murders are committed by men. … Homicides are a male-dominated activity, especially when it involves guns.”
The Herald News Northeastern University expands into Fall River with new nursing campus coming in 2025 Top-ranked college Northeastern University has unveiled plans to open a small campus on the fifth floor of 277 Pleasant St., part of the Durfee-Union Mills complex — already home to Prima CARE medical center and Saint Anne’s Hospital outpatient services — in time for the start of the fall 2025 semester.
Vox The horrifying rape case roiling France, explained “While there is still perhaps more skepticism in France than in the US about the legitimacy of sexual assault and sexual harassment, these attitudes are changing fast, especially as a younger generation of women and French feminists and their male allies … are willing to confront these issues head-on,” Laura Frader, a professor of history […]
The Golden Age for the Union Leader, New Hampshire’s only statewide newspaper, appears to be over “The Union Leader, in many ways, wrote the right-wing media playbook that we see invoked over and over again,” said Meg Heckman, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and former Concord Monitor reporter who wrote a biography of Scripps Loeb.
Marie Claire Will France’s Attitudes Towards Women Change Now? Laura Frader, a professor of history emerita at Northeastern University who studies gender attitudes in Europe, told Vox. “The Pelicot case is certain to contribute to this trend.” Contribute, yes – but whether anything changes remains to be seen.
Fox News Bird flu leads to severe human illness and state of emergency; experts discuss risk Sam Scarpino, PhD, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, said the “tragic case” in Louisiana is evidence of the “widespread nature” of H5N1 in the U.S.
Newsweek Bread Recalled Over Possible Metal Found Inside Products Darin Detwiler, professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, previously told Newsweek: “While not as urgent as Class I recalls, Class II recalls should still be heeded, and the products should be returned or disposed of according to the instructions provided.”
SF Gate Community-based entrepreneurs are leading the way in solving the local news crisis Dan Kennedy is a journalism professor at Northeastern and the author of two previous books on the future of news.
How many mass shootings and school shootings have occurred in 2024? Madison just the latest There have been 37 incidents of mass killings with 160 victims in the United States in 2024 so far, according to a database maintained by USA TODAY, Northeastern University and The Associated Press.
Business Insider I used a bot to do my Christmas shopping. It quickly got weird. Koen Pauwels, a professor of marketing at Northeastern University says: “Humans are way better still in getting cues from their environment and knowing the context.” If you want to give a gift that’s really a hit, it looks like you’ll still have to give the AI elves a helping hand.
With Sports Gambling Surging, Federal Regulation Is Discussed Harry Levant, the director of gambling policy with the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University, said he worried about practices like in-game betting and deceptive marketing.