Violence and mass shootings surge during the summer months as temperatures rise and people gather in large crowds for activities. Each year, the Fourth of July ranks as the most violent day of the year, according to Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox.

UPFs, which are made using ingredients and processes you wouldn’t find in a regular kitchen, are a key feature of the Western diet. A 2024 research paper by Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute found they made up 73% of the US food supply.

“It’s kind of hard to get around the question of what exactly a ‘word’ should be for a language model, and even if we got human experts to agree on a perfect token vocabulary, models would probably still find it useful to ‘chunk’ things even further,” Sheridan Feucht, a PhD student studying large language model […]

Op-ed by Christopher Bosso, professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.  

“King Pompey was an esteemed leader in the Black community but his home and property have always been a mystery,” Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Northeastern University, who was involved in the investigations.

Jim Madigan, director of athletics and recreation at Northeastern University, said in a statement that school officials are “very proud” of Plihal.

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, says the best way to counteract the negative press is to change the subject, though he’s unclear whether it’s too late for Biden’s campaign to stop the bleeding.

Researchers from Northeastern University examined the link between individual perceptions of partisan polarization and the occurrence of various health disorders. The impact on mental health was more significant than on physical health.

 Some of the birds have even figured out how to communicate using modern video conferencing technology. Researchers from Northeastern University, MIT, and the University of Glasgow recently trained 18 parrots to use a specially designed tablet to communicate with one another. 

Researchers at Northeastern University looked at tokenization, or the process of breaking down text into units called tokens that the models can more easily work with.

“It’s the gathering, the free time, the drinking,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University, who oversees a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with the university.

5 Investigates speaks with Northeastern University Assistant Professor Jacob Stowell for perspective on this year’s homicide rate decline in Boston.