But Szoo had no doubt she would go to college, and she’s now a student at Northeastern University, studying chemical engineering and biochemistry.

“It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” said David Lazer, a professor at Northeastern University who has studied disinformation. “Wherever there’s a loophole in enforcement, it’s going to be a place that activity will go.”

Thirteen Boston Public School valedictorians have committed to go to Northeastern University in the fall, keeping the school’s record for the most number of Boston schools valedictorians committing to the university.

As an architect, Ivan Rupnik thinks the solution to America’s affordable housing shortage is obvious: Build more houses. 

Leo Beletsky, professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University and an addiction expert, said higher incarceration rates among Black men are a significant driver of overdoses. People who had been in prison are much more likely to overdose and die after their release, Beletsky said. Access to substance abuse treatment, including medication, also […]

“To foster that, she tried to make it look like home. For that reason, (when I was there) the inmates wore domestic clothes and prison guards were also un-uniformed. Often the same age as the prisoners, many of them were studying criminal justice at Northeastern University, a co-operative college.”

Nicolette Aduama, senior associate director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, said the WNBA’s success this season is more than just one player.

“The fact that al Qaeda leaders are now calling for foreign fighters to come to Afghanistan substantially increases the odds of foreign fighters heading there. This development will be unsurprising for hawks who warned about the dangers of withdrawing from Afghanistan,” Max Abrahms, terrorism expert and professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Fox […]

Ultra-processed foods (UFPs) make up around 73% of the US food supply, according to a 2024 research paper by Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute.

“Imagine what happens if CDC guidance changes to, ‘Vaccination is a question for families. CDC recommends that families talk to their provider or minister about vaccines,’ and doesn’t recommend anything,” said Wendy Parmet, who directs the Northeastern University Law School’s Center for Health Policy and Law. “Some state laws are going to change with a […]

Drivers of motorized two-wheeled vehicles are coming under much more scrutiny than was faced years ago by other gig workers in cars, such as Uber and Lyft drivers, because they can more easily violate traffic laws, said Hilary Robinson, an associate professor of law and sociology at Northeastern University.

Drivers of motorized two-wheeled vehicles are coming under much more scrutiny than was faced years ago by other gig workers in cars, such as Uber and Lyft drivers, because they can more easily violate traffic laws, said Hilary Robinson, an associate professor of law and sociology at Northeastern University.