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After ‘Fall Guy’ flop, Hollywood braces for uncertain summer

“Looking at the summer release calendar, what we don’t see is that guaranteed box office home run,” said Steve Granelli, a professor of film and pop culture at Northeastern University. “It’s something that’s pretty indicative of the overall health of the industry.”  
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The Protests That Anticipated Today’s Gaza Solidarity Encampments

Written by Dr. Adam Tomasi, a historian of 20th century social movements in the United States and the world, who recently graduated with a Ph.D. in World History from Northeastern University.
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Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes on bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle

Either way, it’s not good news, said Dr. Sam Scarpino, a computational biologist and director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University. “We now have a piece of data that suggests the risk profile is higher,” said Scarpino, who was not involved in the new study.

Giant flower sculptures bloom on Northeastern’s campus

The installation, by the Cambridge artist Cicely Carew, is called “Rooted.” The artworks were commissioned as part of Northeastern’s ongoing public art initiative, which was launched in 2014.
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Employees are secretly bringing their own AI tools to work so they can keep up

It’s titled, ” For Success with AI, Bring Everyone On Board ” by David De Cremer, a professor of management and technology at Northeastern University. Cremer argues that it’s counterproductive for leaders to avoid involving rank-and-file employees in AI projects.
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A gut health dietitian shares her 4 favorite fiber-filled, minimally processed Costco snacks

Around 73% of the US food supply is ultra-processed, according to a 2024 research paper by Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, which hasn’t been peer-reviewed, and a diet high in UPFs has been linked to health conditions including cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
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Just One Human Is Infected by Bird Flu in the US. More Cases Are Likely

“We’re playing with fire,” said Sam Scarpino, a professor at Northeastern University, who helped lead pathogen surveillance at the Rockefeller Foundation during the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re really not doing the surveillance to say that it’s not here.”
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How AI is encroaching on geopolitics

They teamed up with Northeastern University researcher Laura Edelson to collect and analyze data about the number of videos produced and how often they were viewed from Oct. 7 to January 29 of this year
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TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What’s the legal outlook?

Among key questions will be whether the legislation interferes with the overall content of speech on TikTok, Elettra Bietti, an assistant professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, noted following the law’s passage last month — as content-based restrictions meet a higher level of scrutiny.
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Abortion Pill Cases Test Whether FDA Rules Preempt State Limits

“The relationship between the FDA’s regulatory power and the state’s power to regulate the practice of medicine is a complicated one” and “the FDA’s involvement in mifepristone is much more complex than with most medications,” said Wendy Parmet, a health law professor at Northeastern University.
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Highly successful people use this mental shift to get ahead of stress at work, says neuroscientist

The best strategy for tackling those moments of stress actually involves some preparation: Highly successful people get ahead of their unsteadiness with a key mindset shift, according to Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist, author and psychology professor at Northeastern University. 
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What does divesting from Israel really mean?

“The movements themselves become a potent symbol for the other side,” said Matthew Nisbet, a professor of communication, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University.