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How neighbouring whale families learn each other’s vocal style
Network Science at Project CETI, Professor at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London and and Principal Researcher at the CENTAI Institute.
Long Dismissed, Chronic Lyme Disease Is Finally Getting Its Moment
Kim Lewis, a biology professor at Northeastern University who researches Lyme disease, thinks that’s because the medical system isn’t comfortable with uncertainty.
GBH
What’s next for TikTok? We asked GBH’s social media strategist
Northeastern University law professor Elettra Bietti told Waldman that this ban does very little in the way of regulating data privacy on social media, a problem that extends far beyond just TikTok.
With Debate Deal, Trump and Biden Sideline a Storied Campaign Institution
“The campaigns have always wanted to take the debates back for themselves,” said Alan Schroeder, a professor emeritus at the Northeastern University School of Journalism in Boston, who has written several books about presidential debates.
What to know about the history of presidential debates
“He’s the one that actually challenged Jimmy Carter to debates, and that set in place this tradition that has existed ever since then of presidential debates,” Alan Schroeder, professor emeritus of journalism at Northeastern University, previously told CNN’s Zachary B. Wolf.
GBH
How ‘Baby Reindeer’ reflects (and fails to show) realities of stalking, according to a criminology professor
“One of the challenges is that very often you have shows like this that become very popular and get a lot of attention, and often are not necessarily showing what the more common or typical experience is for individuals who are stalked,” said Carlos Cuevas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University.
Biden, Trump agree to debate on June 27 and Sept. 10
“Both candidates will be under greater scrutiny than they have ever been due to their age,” Alan Schroeder, a professor emeritus at Northeastern University who wrote the book “Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trial.” He called the debate “one of the only moments in which the candidates don’t have complete control.”
Our top-ranking cities for climate resiliency: 2024 study
Joan Fitzgerald, a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University: “The impact of climate change on coastal cities is happening now. About 40% of the nation’s population lives in coastal areas. Sea-level rise is increasing water levels on the Eastern coast sooner than expected and in many cases, land is subsiding.”
An identity thief stole $5,000 from me. I spent two years tracking down how.
Nikos Passas, a criminology professor at Northeastern University, employs a catchy phrase to describe corporate practices that are within the letter of the law yet have adverse social consequences: “lawful but awful.”
‘A Calculating Killer or a Damsel in Distress?’: The Trial Transfixing Boston
“Any one of those things would get attention, but when you add them all up, there is a fascination,” said Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University. “We’re all like rubberneckers, watching for the next bombshell.”
Rolling Stone
‘Black Twitter’ Shows How the Platform Reshaped Our Culture. Where Have Those Voices Gone Today?
MySpace was deemed a “ghetto” as more Black users joined up, Meredith Clark, a Black Twitter researcher and professor of communications at Northeastern University, says in the docuseries, while Facebook felt akin to a “digital gated community.” Quickly, Twitter filled the virtual void.
Working Moms Have a Secret: We Love Our Jobs
“I love my daughter, and I was thrilled to see her when I came home from work, but I was also happy to be at work,” as one mother told professors Jamie Ladge of Northeastern University and Danna Greenberg of Babson College.