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Microsoft global outage forces health systems to cancel appointments, delay procedures

“CrowdStrike is just one of 100 companies that manage these tiny little components that are everywhere. And if any of the other 99 go down, we’re going to have the same effect…This is just a sign that we can’t wait anymore. We need to stop the bleeding,” said Kevin Fu, a professor of electrical engineering […]
Food & Wine

A Multi-State Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats Killed 2 and Sickened 28 — Here’s What to Know and How to Keep Safe

“It is important to note that it can take up to 70 days after exposure to listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop,” say Darin Detwiler, LPD, an associate teaching professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions. 
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Posts falsely claim US ballot deadlines prevent new Democratic nominee

“The state ballots have no reason to be printed yet because even if Biden had stayed in, he had not formally been nominated,” said Jeremy Paul, a law professor at Northeastern University (archived here).
Motherly

Inflation causing more teens to enter workforce to help their families pay bills

Alicia Sasser Modestino, a professor who studies economics and public policy at Northeastern University, told USA Today that more than half of teens in the U.S. have jobs so they can either cover their own expenses — like a cell phone, clothing, and shoes — or help contribute to household expenses, such as rent, utilities, and groceries. 
Teen Vogue

Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Her Blessing to Use “Freedom” For Campaign

Northeastern University media and law professor Alexandra Roberts told the school’s student newspaper that waging a publicity campaign or threatening legal action can be an easier way to get an undesirable candidate to hit pause without having to go through a copyright lawsuit.
Vanity Fair

Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Her Blessing to Use “Freedom” For Campaign

Northeastern University media and law professor Alexandra Roberts told the school’s student newspaper that waging a publicity campaign or threatening legal action can be an easier way to get an undesirable candidate to hit pause without having to go through a copyright lawsuit.
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The internet is enthralled with Harris. Will that get her more votes?

“When your opponent says something, you just take it and you make it your thing, and then you’ve taken the power away from them,” said Katherine Haenschen, a Northeastern University professor who researches the effect of digital communications on voter turnout.
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Will Michelle Obama Join Kamala Harris’ Campaign?

Obama “is a gifted speaker and an effective surrogate on the campaign trail,” Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
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The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners

There’s a lot of money to be made in this space,” says Amanda Choflet, dean of the school of nursing at Northeastern University in Boston, where there are eight students per clinical course and the acute-care program is taught in person.
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Donald Trump Gets No Black Votes vs. Kamala Harris in New Michigan Poll

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, previously told Newsweek that the “swift shift in support for Trump to Harris among Black voters tells you something about how fickle Trump’s support was among these voters.
Vox

Scientists are trying to unravel the mystery behind modern AI

“But in machine learning, you have these systems that have many billions of connections — the equivalent of many millions of lines of code — created by a training process, instead of being created by people,” said Northeastern University computer science professor David Bau.
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Asphalt burns, delirium, body bags: extreme heat overwhelms ERs across US

“People who are taking certain medications for psychiatric illnesses, those medications can interfere with your sweating mechanism,” said Gredia Huerta-Montañez, a pediatrician and environmental health researcher at Northeastern University.