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US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting

The case is funded by the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI), a Boston-based advocacy group chaired by Professor Richard Daynard, who spearheaded litigation against the tobacco industry in the 1980s. DraftKings’ Boston headquarters are located a mile from Northeastern University, where Daynard teaches.
The Messenger

Researcher Discovers Possible Trove of New Stories by Louisa May Alcott

Academic Max Chapnick told The Guardian that he was searching for one of Alcott’s unknown works, “The Phantom,” when he found the story under the name EH Gould. Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate in English at Northeastern University, at first thought it was a mistake, but then realized it could be one of Alcott’s pseudonyms.

Ella Fitzgerald, a Voice That Set the American Standard

Tick is a professor emerita of music history at Northeastern University whose books include a biography Ruth Crawford Seeger, the modernist composer who also happened to be Pete Seeger’s stepmother. She chronicles the slights and insults Fitzgerald faced as a Black woman on tour, especially in the South.
The Conversation

How I identified a probable pen name of Louisa May Alcott

Max Chapnick, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in English, Northeastern University
Daily Mail

You MUST eat these five foods on the same day you cook or open them to avoid getting sick, hygiene experts warn

Dr Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston and former FDA and USDA food safety advisor, told DailyMail.com that ‘cantaloupe should never be kept for an extra day in the fridge because pathogens like salmonella and listeria grow quickly. 
CBC News

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza. A ground invasion is expected. Does Hamas have an endgame?

“[It] could intensify grievances against Israel, strengthening a revenge impact among the Palestinian population,” said Max Abrahms, an associate political science professor at Northeastern University in Boston, and an expert in international security, especially in the areas of terrorism and counterterrorism.
Nature.com

Climate loss-and-damage funding: how to get money to where it’s needed fast

By Laura Kuhl, Professor at Northeastern University.
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‘Botticelli Drawings’ Review: A Master Painter’s Skills on Paper

Ms. Brothers is a professor at Northeastern University and the author of “Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome” (Princeton).
The Portland Press Herald

Roux Institute awarded nearly $1 million for clean energy incubator program

The Roux Institute, a part of Northeastern University, opened in Portland in 2020 as a graduate school and research center and has plans to expand its campus in the coming years.
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Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record

The Washington Post calls a shooting in which four people are killed, excluding the shooter, a “mass killing with a gun,” because the term “mass shooting” has no universal definition. The database The Post uses is compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University and dates to 2006. Learn more about mass killings here.
Washington Examiner

Biden admission about 2024 hesitancy fuels criticism of a ‘delusional’ campaign

While Biden announced presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008 and has repeated how he promised his late son Beau he would contest the White House, Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern University political science chairman and professor, concurred with Democrats that Joe Biden “may never have stepped forward if it were not for Trump in the first place.”
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Mass. families watch as Supreme Court questions Sackler shield in Purdue’s opioid settlement

Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, said he is concerned the high-profile bankruptcy case and the debate over financial accountability for the Sacklers have distracted from larger public policy issues, such as how to better regulate pharmaceutical companies and expand access to medications like naloxone that can prevent overdose deaths.