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Professor: National monument reductions follow history of land theft in US

Last week, President Trump announced an 85 percent reduction of Bears Ears National Monument. According to Nicholas Brown, associate teaching professor in Northeastern’s Urban Landscape…

by Molly Callahan December 12, 2017

Watch

Take the quake

Which gingerbread houses will stand up to to the quake? Civil engineering students find out in this annual event. Video by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam…

by Molly Callahan December 8, 2017

AI/Robotics

Should robots have rights?

As robots gain citizenship and potential personhood in parts of the world, it’s appropriate to consider whether they should also have rights. For the sake…

by Molly Callahan December 8, 2017

Faculty Senate

President Aoun to Faculty Senate: ‘The name of the game is excellence’

In his annual address to the Faculty Senate on Wednesday, President Joseph E. Aoun outlined the challenges higher education faces at the federal level and…

by Molly Callahan December 7, 2017

Government

What happens if the government shuts down? Faculty experts explain

The U.S. government is going to run out of money on Friday. That is, unless lawmakers pass a stopgap measure that would extend government spending…

by Molly Callahan December 6, 2017

Campus events

December events to get on your calendar

December brings cold weather but plenty of ways get fired up. From discussions on resilience to gingerbread masonry, here are some of the events you…

by Molly Callahan December 4, 2017

Athletics

Finding a ‘brotherhood’ in rugby

The men’s rugby team just wrapped up an undefeated season. What’s the secret to its success? The brotherhood of the game, say two teammates.

by Molly Callahan December 1, 2017

Journalism

What the NY Times got wrong—and right—in its profile of a Nazi sympathizer

Last weekend, The New York Times published a profile of Tony Hovater, a man described as the “Nazi sympathizer next door.” The piece prompted…

by Molly Callahan November 30, 2017

Journalism

The story behind the Pentagon Papers, told by the journalists who lived it

On Tuesday, editors whose groundbreaking decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, and whose subsequent challenge of the Nixon Administration “created a bedrock for press protection”…

by Molly Callahan November 29, 2017

Supreme Court

SCOTUS case could redefine ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’

Today, the Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in Carpenter v. United States, a case that could redefine privacy in the digital era. At the…

by Molly Callahan November 29, 2017

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