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Keller: Dispute over the rules of the Harris-Trump debate

When we spoke with Northeastern University Professor Emeritus Alan Schroeder, an expert on presidential debate history, before Trump’s announcement, he correctly predicted, “I don’t think there is any way on God’s green earth that Trump would skip this debate.”
TechCrunch

Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’

“It’s kind of hard to get around the question of what exactly a ‘word’ should be for a language model, and even if we got human experts to agree on a perfect token vocabulary, models would probably still find it useful to ‘chunk’ things even further,” Sheridan Feucht, a PhD student at Northeastern University studying […]
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Northeastern University posts acceptance rate of 5.2 percent, placing it among most competitive schools in the US

Northeastern University has posted a record-low acceptance rate for its incoming class of 5.2 percent, underscoring an insatiable appetite for the school’s co-op program.
Fortune

Men are seen as creative geniuses—but women come up with creative ideas that actually solve problems, according to a new study

 Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business professor, Manuel Vaulont, and his colleagues, decided that instead of analyzing creative output, they would examine the behaviors that lead to creativity.
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Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency

In a study published this year, researchers estimated that about $50 billion annually, or roughly a third of Google’s search ad revenue, comes from ads on queries in which users are looking up a specific website or brand. “I suspect Israel is paying a significant amount to make those ads show up consistently,” says Christo Wilson, […]
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Commentary: Summer jobs are back this year, but for how long?

Op-ed by Alicia Modestino, the executive director of Community to Community, a new research initiative at Northeastern University that uses data and analysis to design, implement and evaluate public policies to push the needle forward on complex problems found in urban areas.
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Bread Recall Update as FDA Sets Concern Level

Professor Darin Detwiler, an expert in food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, previously told Newsweek: “While not as urgent as Class I recalls, Class II recalls should still be heeded, and the products should be returned or disposed of according to the instructions provided.”
The Independent

Trump insider said he ‘legit has PTSD’ because he watches shooting video on repeat. Here’s what experts say

Laurie Kramer, a clinical psychologist and former director of the university honors program at Northeastern University in Boston, would not comment directly on the mental health of the former president for ethical reasons.
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Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers

“We are living in a hybrid media reality where the non-credentialed and non-mainstream press voices are very important,” said John Wihbey, an associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University.
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What to know about Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ahead of her DNC speech

After two years playing in Austria, Healey returned to Massachusetts to attend law school at Northeastern University.

Free Booze, a Lake Cruise and Selfies Galore: How Democrats Courted Influencers at the D.N.C.

John Wihbey, a professor of journalism and media innovation at Northeastern University, said it made sense that the party would reach out to influencers.
ABC

Yes, party conventions matter

“I can remember … listening to Barack Obama speak, and [saying], ‘This guy’s going to be president of the United States one day, right?'” said Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Northeastern University.