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Today
What happened with Dr. Oz’s weight loss supplement class action lawsuit?
It’s a situation that media law expert Claudia Haupt refers to as “the Dr. Oz paradox. Within the confines of a professional doctor-patient relationship, the doctor’s free speech is essentially limited to make sure the patient gets good advice, Haupt, a professor of law and politics at Northeastern University, tells TODAY.com.
Neuroscience Discovered a Clever Trick for Squeezing More Joy Out of Everyday Pleasures
“It can certainly feel like emotions happen to you: that they bubble up and that they cause you to do and say things that are maybe ill-advised. But that explanation doesn’t really capture how your brain is making emotions,” explained Northeastern University neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on Big Think.
Northeastern University will replace Matthews Arena, built in 1910. Teams could be displaced for at least one season.
Northeastern University took another step forward in its path to replacing Matthews Arena, unveiling on Thursday plans to build a multipurpose athletics and recreation complex at the same site.
Fox News
Florida alerts first measles case of year in public school as experts stress vaccination
Neil Maniar, PhD, MPH, professor of public health practice at Northeastern University, stressed that the MMR vaccine is the “most powerful tool” in preventing and controlling outbreaks.
WGBH
COVID upended everyday life. What’s stuck around 5 years after lockdown?
The continuing popularity of hybrid work and e-commerce has already had an effect in regards to office and retail space, said Sara Jensen Carr, an associate professor of architecture, urbanism and landscape at the School of Architecture at Northeastern University.
‘His way has to be the model’: Team Trump turns to Hungarian strongman for inspiration on higher ed
“It is very much a McCarthy period,” said Suzanna Danuta Walters, a professor of sociology at Northeastern University.
Travel + Leisure
These Blind Travelers See the World in Ways Beyond the Visual
Mona Minkara, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University, has been blind from childhood. In 2019, she created Planes, Trains, and Canes, a YouTube series that follows her solo journeys around the world, including trips to Manila, Johannesburg, and Tokyo.
WCVB TV
Northeastern University unveils plans to replace Boston’s historic Matthews Arena
As of Thursday morning, Northeastern University officials described their planned replacement of Matthews Arena as a 310,000-square-foot “state-of-the-art, multi-purpose athletics and recreation complex” that will incorporate a new arena and training facilities.
Times of India
Trump’s tariff gamble: Will it curb migration or trigger inflation?
“There’s always the risk of opportunistic pricing,” warns Peter Simon, an economics professor at Northeastern University. “Some businesses might use tariffs as an excuse to raise prices beyond what’s necessary.”
Fox News
Vitamin A as measles treatment? RFK Jr.’s comments spark discussion of benefits and risks
While studies have suggested that vitamin A can help fight a measles infection, Neil Maniar, PhD, MPH, professor of public health practice at Northeastern University in Boston, reiterated that it does not prevent the disease.
How much longer will we have a free press?
Op-ed by Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.
How Parents Can Prepare Their Children For An AI-Driven Future
President Joseph Aoun of Northeastern University recently released a second edition of Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence underscoring the urgent need for AI literacy, with fifty percent new content addressing how higher education must evolve to foster human intelligence in an AI-driven world.