Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University who has studied the prosecution of overdoses as homicides, said the purpose of such cases is “performative. … They help policymakers, prosecutors, other folks, to signal to their constituents that they’re doing something about the crisis while actually likely making it worse.”

It was at Northeastern University that Levy fell in love with the sport, and her coach there said he couldn’t be more proud of her success.

Last year Emlyon, the French business school, took a stake in the London Interdisciplinary School, a UK university, and in 2019 Boston-based Northeastern University, which has bought colleges across the US and Canada, acquired the New College of the Humanities in London.

“Even if Google would like to do that, I think it would be a very bad decision because they could lose a lot of users,” said Ricardo Baeza-Yates, a professor at Northeastern University whose research includes web search and information retrieval.

There is no credible research showing that increased immigration leads to increased crime, said Ramiro Martínez, a sociology and criminology professor at Northeastern University. Instead, studies suggest that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the United States.

Scientists at Northeastern University developed a new ingredient that can solve that problem, so the sunscreen isn’t visible. It also better protects your skin. The inspiration comes from an unlikely source: octopuses and squid.

“The political arena has been sexist and racist for a really long time — what’s changed is the media ecosystem in which that problematic rhetoric grows,” said Meg Heckman, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University. 

Willard and her leadership team attended a two-day training in March led by Northeastern University’s Center for the Study for Sport in Society about addressing hate in schools. The Northeastern team then hosted a training session at a student assembly in June. 

Professor Daniel Urman, who teaches law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston, described the proposal as “too little, too late”. “Rarely do lame duck presidents secure major legislative victories, and, even if so, Republicans, who are happy with the current Supreme Court, control the House,” Prof Urman told the BBC.

“Both HCAs and PAHs are considered potential carcinogens, meaning they may increase the risk of cancer,” Darin Detwiler, PhD, author, consultant, and professor of food policy at the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, told Health.

Political scientist and Northeastern University professor Costas Panagopoulos said labeling Republicans as weird feeds into Democrats’ message that their opponents are out of touch with everyday Americans.

If Harris is nominated, it will be a “remarkable first for this country,” said Martha Johnson, associate professor of government at Northeastern University. However, “many questions remain about the process moving forward,” which in many ways “will not be easy,” Johnson said.