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Are First-Year Abroad Programs Reshaping College Admissions?
At Northeastern University, programs like N.U.in send fully admitted freshmen abroad for their first semester before they arrive on campus. Students are already enrolled, paying tuition directly to the university, and remain part of the institution from day one. Financial aid typically travels with them.
Roux Institute forges ‘innovation’ partnership with bank
Roux Institute, which is based in Portland, is part of Northeastern University. The M&T Charitable Foundation will support the Roux Institute’s Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation initiatives, which are focused on building workforce and talent pipelines, supporting founders and advancing innovation.
Three more public campuses in Massachusetts to launch co-op programs
Co-op programs have helped some private universities like Northeastern University rocket ahead of the competition, offering students the chance to gain valuable work experience and networking opportunities before heading into an increasingly brutal labor market.
This pharma company makes a miracle HIV drug, but is blocking access for millions of low-income people
Although Gilead has applied for or received patents for lenacapavir in 15 of the excluded countries, “it has made no promises that it will sell or license the drug in those countries,” says Brook Baker of Northeastern University Law School, who has followed the licensing issue closely.
U.S. News & World Report
Disputing Link, Raw Dairy Farm Recalls Raw Cheese After Outbreak
“Think of it like a crime scene,” Darin Detwiler, a professor of food regulatory affairs at Northeastern University, told The Times. “Multiple witnesses describe the same suspect. Security footage shows the same person entering each location.
US Birth Rates Declining Among Gen Z Mothers
Mindy Marks, a professor of economics at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that, with the exception of 2006, the “mean age of mothers at birth has either increased or remained stable every year since 1970,” but that many factors are responsible for this.
U.S. News & World Report
One New Thing: Colleges Use AI to Address Civic Challenges
At Northeastern University, AI for Impact has produced more than two dozen tools to address specific civic challenges in such areas as procurement, grant applications and public communication.
Slate
J.D. Vance Is Stumping for a Dictator. The Reason Should Make Us Very Nervous.
“They recognize their power is tenuous,” said Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, a religion professor at Northeastern University who has experience studying right-wing Orthodox Christianity
Mass Live
Co-op programs aren’t just at Northeastern. They are expanding to Mass. public higher ed
Northeastern University is most commonly known for its co-ops, which is part of why it has broken its application record for a seventh consecutive year.
Commonwealth Beacon
What it means that a state ‘AI assistant’ will handle your data
The Massachusetts AI Hub, backed by $100 million from the Mass Leads Act, was set up at MassTech to coordinate between government, industry, and academia. Student cohorts from Northeastern University and UMass Amherst have been embedded in state agencies, building tools that are already live.
Experts Warn New Highly Mutated COVID Strain May Be Spreading More Among Children
“The reports do seem to indicate that this variant is more prevalent in children, as opposed to older populations,” said Dr. Neil Maniar, a professor in public health at Northeastern University in Boston.
Outside Magazine
Japan Is Fighting a War Against Bears. The Bears Are Winning.
Daniel Aldrich, a professor of political science and Asian studies at Northeastern University and co-director of the Global Resilience Institute, believes this staggering demographic shift is contributing to the country’s bear crisis.