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What does it take to lose faith in your politician?

When you discover that someone has told a lie, does the discovery change your feeling about that person? According to a new study by a team that included a Northeastern researcher, if that person is a politician you support, the answer is: probably not.

by Molly Callahan April 22, 2019

Attorney General Barr cleared Trump of obstructing justice. Should he have?

Attorney General William P. Barr characterized the report by Special Counsel Robert F. Mueller released Thursday as much more favorable toward President Donald J. Trump than the actual report appears to be, according to Northeastern law and political science professors. The gulf between Barr’s assessment of the report and the findings of the report could erode the trust Americans have in the rule of law, they said.

by Molly Callahan April 18, 2019

It’s time to bust some neuroscience myths

Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychology professor at Northeastern who has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship, finds misinformation and myths about the brain everywhere. So she’s setting the record straight in a new book called Seven Insights About the Brain.

by Molly Callahan April 18, 2019

Northeastern students awarded two Truman, nine Fulbright scholarships

The university boasts two Truman Scholars in a year when more students than ever before were nominated in the U.S. It’s also home to nine Fulbright Scholars, the most ever in a single year for the university. The honorees will be celebrated by President Joseph E. Aoun at the Academic Honors Convocation on Thursday.

by Molly Callahan April 16, 2019

How Notre Dame’s 13th-century architecture stood up to a devastating fire

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is a “spectacular work of architecture,” and it may just be its iconic Gothic architectural features that save it from total devastation after Monday’s extensive fire, according to architecture and engineering professors at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan April 15, 2019

All these Brexit extensions ‘are getting to the point of ridiculousness’

With yet another extension on Brexit, it’s clear that there’s extreme internal turmoil within the United Kingdom’s government. But it’s only serving to make the bond among the 27 other member states in the European Union stronger, says Northeastern political science professor Mai’a Cross.

by Molly Callahan April 11, 2019

‘The longer you’re planning to be here, the more you have a stake’

During a wide-ranging conversation at Northeastern’s Boston campus Wednesday, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who is exploring a run for the presidency, dug into issues that he said will have an outsize effect on millennial voters.

by Molly Callahan April 3, 2019

Is Apple News Plus good for journalism?

Apple has launched the “Netflix for news,” a subscription service that gives users access to hundreds of magazine and newspaper publications all in one place for $9.99 a month. Apple News Plus may appeal to users, but it’s not good business for publishers, according to Dan Kennedy, who is an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan April 1, 2019

How confetti cannons, Jiffy Pop, and Hula Hoops ended up in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters

How do you turn the city of Moscow into a character for the stage? When acclaimed Russian director Igor Golyak mused that perhaps the Russian capital should be turned into a living, breathing character in Northeastern’s performance of the Anton Chekhov play The Three Sisters, the challenge was one his student-actors had to figure out.

by Molly Callahan March 28, 2019

Will an ISIS bride be allowed to return to the US?

In 2014, a woman fled the United States to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria. Now, widowed twice, she wants to return to the U.S. with her 18-month-old son. Whether she’ll be able to could set a major legal precedent, says Hemanth Gundavaram, who is co-director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan March 28, 2019

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