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What’s wrong with the T-Mobile and Sprint merger?

The two wireless companies can merge, but only if they help create another major competitor to satisfy regulators. But the company they would create has never had a wireless operation. “It’s pretty unusual stuff,” says Northeastern economist John Kwoka.

by Molly Callahan December 17, 2019

Students from Dunbar Senior High School in Washington are silhouetted as they protest the city's plan to close 23 schools in the fall due to declining enrollment, at a gathering outside the office of the D.C. Schools Chancellor in Washington, on Friday May 23, 2008. Dunbar was not slated for closing. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Race, gender, shape high school students’ support for First Amendment protections

Boys and white students are less inclined than girls and students of color to agree with the statement: “The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees,” researchers at Northeastern and the Knight Foundation found.

by Molly Callahan and Tyler Machado December 16, 2019

Facebook has already decided how you’re going to vote

The social media giant is wielding significant power over political discourse in the United States, thanks to an ad delivery system that reinforces political polarization among users, according to new research from a team of computer scientists that includes Northeastern professor Alan Mislove.

by Molly Callahan December 10, 2019

Would it have been possible to predict the New Zealand volcano eruption?

The deadly eruption off the country’s North Island Monday may have been too small to appear in the data beforehand, according to Daniel Douglass, a geologist at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan December 9, 2019

Michael Tormey, who studies civil engineering and economics Northeastern, was awarded a Marshall Scholarship, which he will use to study transport engineering at the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This 2020 Marshall Scholar wants to fix the big transportation problems in the US

The scholarship will allow Michael Tormey to study transportation for the next two years in the U.K. He dreams of creating urban systems that will ease congestion, reduce pollution, and save lives.

by Molly Callahan and Ian Thomsen December 9, 2019

Could the ‘Grace in Boston’ Peloton ad have been designed to be controversial?

In the wake of a Peloton commercial that provoked a tidal wave of backlash, a new theory has emerged: The company intentionally made a controversial commercial in order to create buzz. Not so fast, says Yakov Bart, an associate professor of marketing at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan December 6, 2019

More than 100 students sat down for a traditional Thanksgiving lunch at an event hosted by the university’s Office of Global Services. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Thanksgiving at Northeastern: Where Friends gather ‘round

In one episode of the sitcom Friends, one of the characters (Joey) eats an entire 19-pound turkey on Thanksgiving. Cutting into his own slice of turkey, Omkar Reddy said, “I had to know what it was all about!” Reddy is among hundreds of international students who will celebrate Thanksgiving on campus this year.

by Molly Callahan November 25, 2019

Steve Leber graduated from Northeastern in 1964, and went on to represent some of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll acts of the last half century. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Meet the man behind some of the biggest acts in rock ‘n’ roll history

Steve Leber, who graduated from Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business in 1964, was the agent for some of the biggest acts in rock music. He produced the first-of-its-kind charity concert, the Concert for Bangladesh, and turned the show Jesus Christ Superstar into a smash hit—all without having filled out a formal job application.

by Molly Callahan November 21, 2019

The popularity of ‘ok boomer’ may well just ‘ok boomerang’

The slang term—coined by members of Gen Z to express frustration with the viewpoints of their baby boomer counterparts—is flippant and meant to agitate its subjects, but it’s so pervasive that its potency may soon be diluted, says Adam Cooper, who is an associate teaching professor of linguistics at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan November 20, 2019

Joanna Weiss, standing, left, editor-in-chief of Experience magazine, and Aliza Lakhani, regional chief executive officer and dean of Northeastern’s Toronto campus, led the Experience Solution Sprint, a two-hour search for novel ideas to seemingly intractable issues that was hosted by Experience magazine. Photo by David Chau for Northeastern University

To solve the world’s problems, start small

TORONTO—A group of experts and civically engaged Canadians tackled issues such as the refugee crisis, climate change, and fake news at the Experience Solution Sprint on Northeastern’s Toronto campus.

by Molly Callahan November 15, 2019

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