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Office Spaces: Celia Pearce

Celia Pearce is an associate professor of game design in the College of Arts, Media and Design. She joined Northeastern in fall 2014, and specializes in multiplayer gaming and virtual worlds. She is also the co-founder and chair of IndieCade, an international festival for independent games.

by Greg St. Martin and Adam Glanzman June 6, 2018

Northeastern's Burlington campus expanding with new mixed-use research building

The three-story, 104,000 square-foot building will feature research labs, a meeting area for workshops, and a makerspace with a suite of high-tech equipment.

by Greg St. Martin June 6, 2018

President Aoun: Becoming ‘robot-proof’ is a lifelong journey

Robotics and artificial intelligence are primed to disrupt the future of work, Aoun said on Monday at a conference at MIT. “The question becomes what is it that we can do as a society in order to allow people to remain relevant and to be robot-proof.”

by Greg St. Martin June 4, 2018

Meet the Northeastern engineer, entrepreneur, and cologne connoisseur who is trying to woo The Bachelorette

Meet Northeastern graduate Jean Blanc, the “career-driven,” cologne-loving contestant on this season of The Bachelorette. Blanc, 31, first appeared in the season premiere of the…

by Greg St. Martin June 4, 2018

Northeastern appoints James Hackney as new School of Law dean

Hackney is an accomplished, long-serving professor in Northeastern’s law school who has also held key administrative roles in more than two decades at the university. He begins as dean on July 1.

by Greg St. Martin May 31, 2018

Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer, urges Northeastern law graduates to stand up to corruption

Northeastern celebrated the School of Law’s Class of 2018 on Thursday afternoon, as Commencement speaker and former White House ethics attorney Richard W. Painter urged graduates to use facts to stand up to power. “Our Constitution depends on you,” he said.

by Greg St. Martin May 24, 2018

We know you’re not reading all those G.D.P.R.-related privacy policy emails. Maybe you should.

A game-changing data protection law goes into effect in Europe later this week. Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog explains why it’s the reason many Americans are getting an influx of emails with updated terms of service policies, and why they shouldn’t avoid reading them.

by Greg St. Martin May 22, 2018

Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer, to deliver Northeastern School of Law Commencement address

Painter served as associate counsel to President George W. Bush, and is a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law. He will speak at the law school’s Commencement ceremony on May 24.

by Greg St. Martin May 22, 2018

As an athlete, Tramaine Shaw led track and field to a conference championship. As coach, she just won its next one.

Northeastern men’s and women’s track and field teams recently won their conference championships. But in that moment, interim head coach Tramaine Shaw was so focused on coaching the Huskies that she didn’t immediately notice a parallel to her own career.

by Greg St. Martin May 16, 2018

Supreme Court ruling will make watching sports more fun for some fans. You can bet on it.

The Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting sports gambling on Monday, giving states the green light to legalize the practice. “The concerns we might have about the immorality of sports gambling will not be as significant as the fun people have betting on their favorite teams,” says Roger Abrams, a law professor and leading authority on the intersection of sports and the law.

by Greg St. Martin May 14, 2018

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