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CDC seeks to block ‘never use alone’ messaging used by overdose prevention groups

Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, said the philosophy behind this language is called “moral hazard”.
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Friday’s ‘ICE Out’ Shutdown Is In Minnesota, But You Can Join The Movement From Anywhere — Here’s How

Koen Pauwels, a professor of marketing at Northeastern University, doesn’t think this boycott will work at getting ICE out of communities because Trump’s power is too consolidated right now — but it could make a difference for who is elected after Trump.
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Tommy Lee Walker exonerated 70 years after execution for rape and murder of Venice Parker

Smith — Walker’s son — is represented by attorneys at the Innocence Project and Margaret A. Burnham, who is the director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School.
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The Worrying New Trend in Online Fitness Videos

Rachel Rodgers, an associate professor of Counselling Psychology at Northeastern University, told Newsweek in a phone call, “We don’t yet have many data on the ways in which synthetically generated images influence people’s body image and the way to which that is modulated by people that understanding that these are generated images rather than humans.”
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U.S. crime has dropped sharply since the pandemic. Here’s where it stands.

For its mass killings tracker and all its reporting on mass-casualty gun violence, The Post uses data collected by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that goes back to 2006. 
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How Much Should You Worry About All the Recent Food Recalls?

“We literally have almost a recall a day,” says Darin Detwiler, PhD, a food safety activist and associate professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University. Detwiler says he’s concerned about the amount of people getting sick from food recalls year after year.
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Polyester clothing has been causing a stir online. But how valid are the concerns?

Even the polyester clothes people keep can leach microplastics into the environment when they’re washed, said Aron Stubbins, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University.
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This just in from The New York Times: Its first 2-player game, and an evolving business model

“It has been a huge boon to the journalism,” said Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University professor. The Times says it has about 3,000 journalists on staff, its most ever and more than twice what it had a decade ago.
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This just in from The New York Times: Its first 2-player game, and an evolving business model

“It has been a huge boon to the journalism,” said Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University professor. The Times says it has about 3,000 journalists on staff, its most ever and more than twice what it had a decade ago.
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The Campus AI Crisis: Young graduates can’t find jobs. Colleges know they have to do something. But what?

There are a handful of schools that build internships or what’s known as cooperative education into the undergraduate curriculum — including Northeastern University, Drexel University, and the University of Cincinnati — so that workplace experience can be structurally part of earning an undergraduate degree. But, for now at least, they remain very much exceptions.
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Polyester clothing has been causing a stir online. But how valid are the concerns?

Even the polyester clothes people keep can leach microplastics into the environment when they’re washed, said Aron Stubbins, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University.

Boston commuters face higher air pollution exposure during rush hour, new study shows

Northeastern University PhD candidate Nail Bashan wanted to better understand how air pollution exposure changes over time in different locations.