“Whereas there are hundreds of mass shooters, you can count the number of transgender and nonbinary assailants on one hand and still have unused fingers,” said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University, who is also a contributing columnist to USA TODAY.

There does tend to be a peak in colds during the winter months, but this has historically been put down to more people being indoors and closer together. ut researchers from Northeastern University have also found there might at least be something to the urban legends

“These [methadone] regulations were never built on a scientific foundation,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.

“There are probably thousands of places on webpages that describe a trip to Boston,” Kathleen Creel, a professor of philosophy and computer science at Northeastern University, told me. 

Victoria Cain is associate professor of history at Northeastern University. 

“There are conceptual tools we have in political theory and philosophy to think about it,” Northeastern University philosophy professor Candice Delmas, who has written extensively about the subject, told me. “There is the question of what, exactly, they’re trying to do.”

The Executive Office of Technology Services and Security and Executive Office of Administration and Finance have also partnered with Northeastern University to develop ways to implement AI solutions in state government. 

In addition, Healey announced a partnership with Northeastern University to develop AI tools for state government agencies.