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Photos: Holiday celebrations, gingerbread houses and Cooper

by Matthew Modoono

Northeastern community celebrates the first night of Hanukkah with lighting of menorah

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Two Oxford English dictionaries with black covers stacked on top of each other.

Linguist explains how slang like ‘rizz’ comes into being, catch fire with younger generations

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by Tanner Stening
Cher performing on stage in front of two backup dancers.

Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand and Cher: Why older women are in the spotlight like never before

headshot of Erin Kayata
by Erin Kayata
A person walks past foliage outside on a sunny day.

Photos: Fall colors, Taylor Swift and lab experiments

by Alyssa Stone
Bride slipping a wedding ring on the ring finger of a groom.

Why do most women still take their husband’s last name when getting married?

headshot of Erin Kayata
by Erin Kayata
Illustration of side profile heads layered in different colors with multi-colored speech bubbles next to them.

Where do accents come from? Linguist explains why we talk the way we talk

by Cody Mello-Klein
Multiple people sit around a large, blue-covered table at the United Nations Environment Assembly to discuss plastic pollution solutions.

Northeastern professor tells international group that public policy on plastics is ‘absolutely critical’

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by Erin Kayata
Isaac Moloney wearing a suit and speaking into a microphone at the World Universities Debating Championship.

What are the differences between American and British Parliamentary styles of debating? Northeastern students prepare for the global stage

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by Cyrus Moulton
MrBeast wearing a football jersey leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of the tunnel.

From the Ice Bucket Challenge to MrBeast — does ‘stunt philanthropy’ make the world a better place?

Headshot of Tanner Stening
by Tanner Stening
James Gutierrez plays the keyboard on stage with lights shining on him.

Photos: Food drive, shoe designer and pianist

by Alyssa Stone
Cover of Chris Bosso's new book, which is yellow with a blue bell on it and titled "Why SNAP Works".

Messy, resilient, ‘genius’: why this Northeastern food policy expert is thankful for SNAP

by Schuyler Velasco