National Geographic Bats have disease-defying superpowers. What if we could copy them? Could this intricate, intuitive movement be replicated in a machine? Bat flight is “dancing in the air,” said Alireza Ramezani, an assistant professor of engineering at Northeastern University
Bloomberg Balance of Power: Harris Cements Support Seth Harris, senior fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University, former top labor policy advisor to President Biden, former US Deputy Secretary of Labor and former-Acting Secretary of Labor joins to talk about how President Biden arrived at the decision to end his campaign
The Orange County Register What VP Kamala Harris likely leading Democratic ticket means for women in California Harris at the top of the ticket “is symbolic of how powerful women in California are in national politics,” said Martha Johnson, an expert in women’s studies and gendered[ politics who teaches at Northeastern University Oakland.
Business Insider It took less than 24 hours for the attacks on Kamala Harris to get deeply sexist and extremely ugly Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor from Northeastern University, echoed this sentiment. “As an African and Asian American woman, Vice President Harris is likely to face a barrage of subtle and overt racist and sexist attacks in this race, but many voters will reject these and be personally offended by them,” he said.
STAT News Microsoft global outage forces health systems to cancel appointments, delay procedures “CrowdStrike is just one of 100 companies that manage these tiny little components that are everywhere. And if any of the other 99 go down, we’re going to have the same effect…This is just a sign that we can’t wait anymore. We need to stop the bleeding,” said Kevin Fu, a professor of electrical engineering […]
Food & Wine A Multi-State Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats Killed 2 and Sickened 28 — Here’s What to Know and How to Keep Safe “It is important to note that it can take up to 70 days after exposure to listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop,” say Darin Detwiler, LPD, an associate teaching professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.
AFP Posts falsely claim US ballot deadlines prevent new Democratic nominee “The state ballots have no reason to be printed yet because even if Biden had stayed in, he had not formally been nominated,” said Jeremy Paul, a law professor at Northeastern University (archived here).
Motherly Inflation causing more teens to enter workforce to help their families pay bills Alicia Sasser Modestino, a professor who studies economics and public policy at Northeastern University, told USA Today that more than half of teens in the U.S. have jobs so they can either cover their own expenses — like a cell phone, clothing, and shoes — or help contribute to household expenses, such as rent, utilities, and groceries.
Teen Vogue Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Her Blessing to Use “Freedom” For Campaign Northeastern University media and law professor Alexandra Roberts told the school’s student newspaper that waging a publicity campaign or threatening legal action can be an easier way to get an undesirable candidate to hit pause without having to go through a copyright lawsuit.
Vanity Fair Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Her Blessing to Use “Freedom” For Campaign Northeastern University media and law professor Alexandra Roberts told the school’s student newspaper that waging a publicity campaign or threatening legal action can be an easier way to get an undesirable candidate to hit pause without having to go through a copyright lawsuit.
The internet is enthralled with Harris. Will that get her more votes? “When your opponent says something, you just take it and you make it your thing, and then you’ve taken the power away from them,” said Katherine Haenschen, a Northeastern University professor who researches the effect of digital communications on voter turnout.
Newsweek Will Michelle Obama Join Kamala Harris’ Campaign? Obama “is a gifted speaker and an effective surrogate on the campaign trail,” Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.