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Mass. voters passed a ‘right to repair’ automotive law in 2020. Why is it still on hold?
“It is quite puzzling, to say the least, that it’s taken this long for this case to play out,” said Daniel Medwed, professor at Northeastern University Law School. And according to Medwed, there’s not much that can be done about it.
Ticketmaster Lawsuit Slows Live Nation Stock As Sales Expectations Dip
Swift keeps 105% of her average Era’s Tour ticket price of $456 because concert promoters are so happy to have their venues filled by her fans, according to my April 2023 interview with Northeastern University Professor David Herlihy.
How To Help Skills-Based Practices Stick Within America’s Businesses
Recent research from Northeastern University found that most HR information systems are unable to meaningfully collect, structure, and use skills data.
Science Magazine
Tiny number of ‘supersharers’ spread the vast majority of fake news
The scientists assumed supersharers were automating their posts. But they found no patterns in the timing of the tweets or the intervals between them that would indicate this. “That was a big surprise,” says study co-author Briony Swire-Thompson, a psychologist at Northeastern University. “They are literally sitting at their computer pressing retweet.”
Marymount Manhattan to Merge With Northeastern
Marymount Manhattan College, a small liberal arts school, has agreed to merge with Northeastern University. Marymount Manhattan’s name will change to Northeastern University-New York City when it joins Northeastern’s network, which includes campuses in London, Silicon Valley and Toronto.
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.
Tiny New York City College to Merge With Northeastern
Marymount Manhattan College, a small, private college on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is merging with Northeastern University. The move adds a sought-after New York presence to Northeastern’s rapidly growing footprint and would establish its 14th campus.
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Marymount Manhattan College agreed to merge with Northeastern University. (NYT)
Northeastern University to merge with New York City college
Northeastern University is merging with Marymount Manhattan College in New York, the Boston college’s third such merger with a smaller school in the past five years. The merger with Marymount Manhattan, a small private liberal arts school, gives the Boston school a foothold in the country’s largest city.
NME
Identity theft ring claims responsibility for plot to sell Graceland
Similarly a Northeastern University criminology and criminal justice professor, Nikos Passas, added that the scam artists likely knew that the auction of Graceland was going to fall through.
Christian Science Monitor
Boston has had only three murders this year. What is it doing right?
“It really comes down to dialogue. That’s the key,” says Jack McDevitt, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston. “You want to include the community in the decisions about how they are policed. You can give them feedback and really include them as an actual partner in your strategies.
The Independent
‘Nigerian scammer’ takes credit for bizarre Graceland auction scare
Nikos Passas, a Northeastern University criminology and criminal justice professor, also told the AP the scammers likely knew that successfully auctioning off Graceland was impossible.