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Know Your Professor

Until now, college students mostly have relied on word of mouth, professors’ reputations, previous student evaluations and the often rude and anonymous comments (complete with a “hotness” ranking) on RateMyProfessors.com before choosing a professor for a particular class.
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Should you trust your gut instincts? Ask these questions first.

Op-ed by Laura Huang, the author of You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition, due out July 29, and a professor of management and entrepreneurship at Northeastern University.
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Over Half of Gen Z Wants To Quit Their Job

Paula Caligiuri, professor of international business at Northeastern University, toldNewsweek:“[Gen Z] know jobs are temporary, so they treat them that way. They don’t buy the old myths of ‘stick it out’ or “do your time” in exchange for career rewards. 
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If AI steers a doctor wrong, who pays?

“You really need to tailor the policies to the place that you are, knowing what the socio-demographic of the population is, what the employment in your region is, understand what the feedback effects between different activities are,” said Matteo Chinazzi, one of the study authors and a research associate professor at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute […]
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What your email signature says about you — and what to use instead

Michael McCluskey, an associate teaching professor of English at Northeastern University, instructs his business classes the importance of spending time on an email signature. “You’re telling a story, whether or not you know it,” McCluskey told Northeastern Global News. “However you speak, however you write … it’s not just about the information you’re putting together. It’s […]
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How to actually get to know your neighbors

Unwillingness to chit-chat while taking out the trash undoubtedly makes for a less buzzing social life, but as Daniel P. Aldrich, Dean’s Professor of Resilience at Northeastern University, told Vox, refraining from community interaction isn’t just isolating; it’s dangerous.
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Bad Bunny Is the Most Popular American on Earth. Why the MAGA Backlash?

“If you’re thinking about music culture right now, he’s at the top of the summit,” said Amílcar Barreto, a political science professor at Northeastern University.
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An Ivy League professor suspected AI cheating, so he decided to fight back

“The reality is that students are going to be using AI, whether you know about it or not,” said Laurent Lessard, an associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University.
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Republican Senator Blast NFL Booking ‘Second-Rate’ Bad Bunny for Super Bowl

Amílcar Barreto, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek: “If you’re thinking about music culture right now, he’s at the top of the summit. But by doing it in Spanish, he’s challenging the idea that English is the only legitimate language in American life. That’s why it reads like a provocation—it’s not just music.”
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House Robots Are Coming—and They Will Be Dangerously Cute

“These are vulnerability manufacturing machines,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University who studies anthropomorphic robots. “Even if we know our companion is just a robot, it doesn’t stop us from being manipulated.” 
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‘The good old days are gone’: how will US prices stand as war in Iran surges on?

“The political risk premium on the pricing of oil will be with us for some time because you never know when this could flare up again,” said Ravi Ramamurti, a professor of international business strategy at Northeastern University. “This will be a persisting effect.”
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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 .