The Verge End of watch Stephen Intille, an associate professor at Northeastern University who studies health technology, has run studies on sensor systems that connect to mobile phones to track movement. One of the studies he’s co-authored is specifically about how people’s intention to exercise connects with whether they do, in fact, work out.
Charts: A closely watched model shows that more COVID-19 cases could be coming to Mass. this fall Samuel Scarpino, an epidemiologist who is managing director of pathogen surveillance at the Rockefeller Foundation and an affiliate faculty member at Northeastern University, said models at the beginning of the summer predicted that Massachusetts would be sailing now into a time of zero deaths, but the “Delta variant has completely changed the game.”
Health Experts Watch For Post-Thanksgiving Virus Spike, Anticipate Upcoming Holiday Travel Sam Scarpino, an assistant professor of network science who heads Northeastern University’s Emergent Epidemics Lab, joined WBUR’s Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss what trends may emerge in the latest numbers.
Public health experts closely watch COVID-19 rates as Thanksgiving travelers return home “We need to be strong, not generate more cases, and to do that, we need to be careful,” said Dr. Alessandro Vespignani, the director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University. “We don’t want to go into lockdowns or things like that.”
Scientific American Watch for these 7 U.S. science regulations/deregulations in 2018 In the early years of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) the Department of Health and Human Services was kept busy issuing and implementing regulations to support the monumental health care law, notes Wendy Parmet, faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. Now the tax bill has a provision […]
WNPR Bay Watch: What Connecticut Can Learn From Massachusetts’s Job Growth Labor pains and lessons from the north. As Connecticut comes to terms with recent job loss, Massachusetts emerges as a regional leader in statewide job recovery. This hour, we explore the latest job market trends and find out what Connecticut stands to learn from the Bay State. Are you a Connecticut or Massachusetts resident? What […]
So long, frozen yogurt. The latest trend is Thailand’s rolled ice cream. Frollz is owned by Elias Brassitos and managed by his brother, Hikmat. Brassitos, a graduate student at Northeastern University studying mechanical engineering, first came up with the idea to sell the cylindrical treat after seeing it made online. “We’ve all watched those YouTube videos,” Brassitos said. “I had the idea: Why not actually do this […]
Someone is watching your Uber driver Ride-hailing service Uber will begin tracking personal driver behavior after a series of app updates, the company announced last week. Starting last Friday in 26 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and the District, the app will score drivers on how well they brake, if they accelerate smoothly, use their phone while driving, drive within […]
Boston.com Watch this Northeastern a capella group’s flawless cover of Sam Smith’s ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ A Northeastern University a capella group pulled off an impressive rendition of Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall.” The group, known as The Nor’easters, performed the song during the Best of the Northeast Region a capella showcase in March.
Clinton crushed it? Not for this debate watcher n 1987, when I was a senior in college, my debate partner and I won the National Debate Championship, and I finished first individually. Before and during law school, I coached high school and college debate. Now, my son competes, and I spend many weekend days judging high school debate. Last night, I watched every […]
WGBH All revved up: Bernie Sanders, Pope watch, and Straight Outta Compton The Reverends Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe were back on Boston Public Radiofor their regular Monday feature, “All Revved Up.” Price and Monroe discussed Bernie Sander’s relationship with Cornell West, Black Lives Matter and the black vote, their opinions on Straight Outta Compton, the Pope’s planned visit to Cuba and the United States, […]
New York Daily News Google Doodle honors ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ author Zora Neale Hurston, luminary of the Harlem Renaissance Hurston, best known for her seminal novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” was born in Florida on Jan. 7, 1891, but she moved to New York in 1925 with only $1.50 to her name. She soon became friends with Langston Hughes and Dorothy West. Carla Kaplan, a professor of American Literature at Northeastern University and […]