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Mission creep: FIFA’s embrace of technology backfires in controversy-riven World Cup

“This kind of dystopian future of over-refereeing everything kind of fails to address what it’s originally designed to intervene on,” Klein, who with his team ​at Northeastern University has been analysing data throughout the tournament, told Reuters.
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Trump governs like a king, and the press is struggling on how to cover him

Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.

Public health advocates take on sports gambling in first-of-its-kind summit in Boston

Harry Levant, director of gambling policy at Northeastern University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, told WBUR’s Amy Sokolow that the online gambling industry is “out of control” and causing a public health crisis.
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This Professor Can ‘Spit a 16’ and Then Find Its Square Root

It is safe to say that few members of the math faculty get asked the kind of question that Peter M. Plourde did at the start of a recent algebra class here at Northeastern University.
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World Cup’s Embrace Of Technology Backfires On FIFA

“This kind of dystopian future of over-refereeing everything kind of fails to address what it’s originally designed to intervene on,” Klein, who with his team at Northeastern University has been analysing data throughout the tournament, told Reuters.

Jerry Moriarty, Painter Whose Brushstrokes Elevated Comics, Is Dead at 88

“There’s a kind of stillness in his work,” Hillary Chute, a professor at Northeastern University and a scholar of graphic narratives, said in an interview. “So you enter it as a story, and it has psychological depth, but also the kinds of composition that you would see in paintings.”
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‘Go Make Your Own Luck’: Inside the Halftime Speech That Saved the Knicks’ Season—and Why It Worked

Experts in sports leadership applauded his decision. “That kind of confidence and belief in his players is what sets great leaders apart,” Robert Prior, the director of Northeastern University’s graduate program in sports leadership, told Inc.
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Half-court kid wins free books

Zack Sampson walked onto the basketball court with one thought streaming through his mind: “Don’t look like an idiot.”
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Amid federal rollbacks, Boston marks MLK Day with full houses

Kabria Baumgartner, Africana studies professor at Northeastern University, urges her students to return to King’s own writing, not just “I Have a Dream,” but also his speeches on poverty and income inequality because “his words resonate deeply in our current moment.”
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What to know about New World screwworm after 1st human case detected in US

“New World screwworm kind of gets its name because these are little parasites and, when they actually land on an open wound, they’re going to screw down into the wound — that’s how they burrow in — and actually consume tissue,” Lori Ferrins, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University, told ABC News.
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Is it safe to eat dyed Easter eggs? An expert explains.

So, is it safe to eat dyed Easter eggs , or is it better to leave them alone? To find out, I asked Darin Detwiler , food safety expert and professor at Northeastern University, to give his opinion on the debate surrounding food colorings. This is what you need to know for Easter .
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There’s Now a Casino in Everyone’s Pocket. For Some Young Men, It’s a Near-Fatal Gamble

Harry Levant has always been a rower against the river: a former criminal-defense attorney who lost his license, and nearly lost his life, to his own gambling jones a decade back; a second-chance crusader and addictions counselor who mainly treats folks gutted by gambling disorders; and a peripatetic opponent of the online gambling behemoths DraftKings and FanDuel, […]