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Donald Trump Facing ‘Five-Alarm Fire’ Over Election—GOP Strategist

Support for Trump “would need to drop sharply in today’s primaries to draw any solid conclusions about post-conviction defection,” Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
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What your sibling birth order does — and doesn’t — explain

New parents are often highly motivated to anticipate and meet every whim of their firstborn, explains Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology and the principal investigator of the Sibling Research Group at Northeastern University. 
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When a Lifetime Subscription Isn’t for Life

There are good questions about whether what Rolling Stone is doing constitutes a breach of contract with their subscribers—and if they even care. Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University School of Law, said there’s no reason to think this wasn’t a valid contract when it was struck. 
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Employers look to rip the ‘paper ceiling’ for non-graduates

Amanda Welsh, professor of the practice at Northeastern University — a rare example of a US college offering experiential learning through projects and a year working for an employer — argues: “The degree is still very much a proxy for high-order thinking and problem-solving. I don’t know if there’s an alternative process to provide that […]
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Top Baby Names in Florida

Newsweek previously spoke to linguist Adam Cooper, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to find out why some names like Liam aren’t going out of fashion despite being around 200 years old.
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Northeastern University and Marymount Manhattan College to merge, giving Boston school foothold in NYC

Northeastern University is expanding to the Big Apple where it will open its fourteenth campus, to be called “Northeastern University — New York City,” officials announced Wednesday.

Northeastern sets sights on New York, plans merger with Marymount Manhattan College

Northeastern University will merge with Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, according to Northeastern President Joseph Aoun.
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Women in AI: Sarah Myers West says we should ask, ‘Why build AI at all?’

She previously served as senior adviser on AI at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and is a visiting research scientist at Northeastern University, as well as a research contributor at Cornell’s Citizens and Technology Lab.
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Does String Theory actually describe the world? AI may be able to tell

“I thought, if this thing can outperform the world champion in Go, maybe it can outperform mathematicians, or at least physicists like me,” said Ruehle, who is now at Northeastern University.
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Google’s weird AI answers hint at a fundamental problem

It might also help to make the AI Overviews less prominent in search results, suggested Usama Fayyad, executive director of the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.
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‘Phantom Orbit’ and ‘Who Owns the Moon?’ Review: Conflict Overhead

A.C. Grayling, a professor of philosophy at Northeastern University London, seeks answers in a close analysis of international legal treaties: the Antarctic Treaty, which protects the continent as a wilderness in common for all states; the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and the Outer Space Treaty.
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Northeastern University seeking to replace historic Matthews Arena

Northeastern University has filed a proposal with the Boston Planning and Development Agency to replace 124-year-old Matthews Arena, billed as the world’s oldest ice hockey venue, with a new 290,000-square-foot athletics facility.