Op-ed by James Alan Fox, Lipman professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.”

Reports that cloud seeding caused this week’s flooding were likely erroneous, but the reaction they inspired “represents a healthy kind of skepticism about what happens when we interfere with natural systems,” Laura Kuhl, a public-policy professor at Northeastern University who studies climate adaptation, told me. 

Ted Landsmark, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, joins Radio Boston to discuss the Parcel 12 project.

However, Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, cautioned that polling estimates “can frequently appear to bounce around somewhat even if real change is elusive.”

He also made some shaky arguments that undercut his musings and seemed intended to signal his readiness to having his words weaponized by the right wing of American politics and media. Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University eloquently critiqued Berliner’s complaints about “Russiagate”, Hunter Biden’s laptop and the origins of the Covid pandemic.

“You pretty much have to be living under a rock or not in Boston to not have heard of the Karen Read case. So the question is, you’ll find people who are familiar with the case but at least have the ability or claim to have the ability to keep an open mind,” said Daniel […]

In a publication for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Laura Kuhl, a public policy professor at Northeastern University, argues that cloud seeding may do “more harm than good” due to these uncertainties and because, given its limited effectiveness, it promotes a sense of “techno-optimism” that “can obscure deeper structural drivers of vulnerability like unsustainable water use and […]

The Cambridge-based artist behind the sculptures considers herself a nature lover, and through a partnership with Northeastern, wanted to make something that felt connected to the surrounding natural elements while tying into the university’s horticultural department. 

There’s a “false sense of precision” in such estimates, says Sam Scarpino, an epidemiologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, who has worked on COVID-19 data systems.

“We need housing for them that’s appropriate. Unless we can make housing more affordable, our labor market will suffer,” said Barry Bluestone, professor emeritus at Northeastern University.

Jury selection started Tuesday in Norfolk County, south of Boston. The case’s heavy publicity complicates the process of picking an impartial jury, which may come down to selecting jurors who are familiar with O’Keefe’s killing or have read about it but have not formed an opinion, said Daniel Medwed, a criminal law professor at Northeastern […]

Workers’ comp lawyers will generally only take cases involving injured workers who have been fired for filing claims, and those are difficult to prove, said Emily Spieler, a recently retired Northeastern University labor law professor specializing in workers’ compensation.