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Boston taps reparations researchers to help guide ‘an open dialogue with the community’
Separately, a cohort of Northeastern University scholars will research slavery’s longstanding legacy through inequality within the Boston Public Schools, Boston Police Department, Boston Fire Department, and Boston Housing Authority in the era after 1940.
Maine is starting 2024 in ‘good shape,’ state economist says
Panelists included Dava Davin, CEO of Portside Real Estate Group: Denis Garriepy, chief operating officer at Landry/French Construction; Chris Mallett, chief administrative officer at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute; Maine Bankers Association President Jim Roche; and Kierston Van Soest, CFO of L.L.Bean.
After milestone win, NU men’s basketball coach Bill Coen is both gratified and grateful
In an age when upward mobility largely defines the sport, Coen has found peace and purpose at Northeastern for close to two decades. He has followed the blueprint of his college coach, Tom Murphy, who is on his staff as coordinator of basketball advancement.
The Globe and Mail
On eve of New Hampshire primary, the status of the GOP and Democrat campaigns feels flipped
Political professionals here, obsessively protective of the state’s status as the site of the first-in-the-nation primary, like to cite the study by Northeastern University political scientist William Mayer showing that a victory in New Hampshire generally has increased a candidate’s total primary vote by 27 percentage points.
Will AI take our jobs? Maybe not just yet.
Christoph Riedl, associate professor of supply chain and information management systems at Northeastern University, called the study “absolutely plausible.” Riedl noted that it fits the pattern of other major innovations that only achieved their full potential many years after they were first invented.
Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches
For Daniel Wichs, a cryptographer at Northeastern University and a coauthor of the new paper, that seemed too good to be true. Around 2011, he started trying to prove that this kind of scheme was impossible. “I was convinced that there’s no way that this could be done,” he said.
Slate
Yes, Copying From Wikipedia Is Plagiarism
But that’s simply not true. Joseph Reagle, a professor at Northeastern University and co-editor of the book Wikipedia @ 20, said there are two overlapping and complementary frameworks involved: the legal framework of copyright, and the academic integrity issue of plagiarism.
NBC News
Clothing brand Kyte Baby under fire after employee denied remote work request while her infant was in NICU
According to Jamie Ladge, a professor and group chair of management and organizational development at Northeastern University, the backlash to Kyte Baby reflects frustration among working parents.
New work by the author of “Little Women” discovered
But it seems as if Louisa May Alcott may have been more productive then previously thought. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University in Boston, believes he’s found previously unknown material that can be attributed to her.
Christian Science Monitor
Boston scholar finds new Louisa May Alcott writings under pseudonym
Northeastern University literary scholar Max Chapnick has discovered stories written by Louisa May Alcott for Massachusetts newspapers under a different name. The early stories paint a picture of a burgeoning writer experimenting with form and genre.
Daily Mail
How Ella gave any song real… soul! Cole Porter said she wasn’t intelligent enough to sing his lyrics – but it’s thanks to her they’re remembered at all
But Tick, who is a Professor Emerita of music history at Northeastern University, doesn’t help things by lapsing into academic prose.
Narcan saves lives — but finding it can be onerous in Massachusetts
“Frankly, this level of inconsistency and confusion will cost lives,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. “The risk of overdosing is burden enough. People looking for [Narcan] shouldn’t face the additional burden of having to ask five people to find a life-saving product.”