In the Press Archive

Buffalo mass shooting witnesses sue gun industry, others for trauma

At least 159 people have died in 32 U.S. mass killings this year, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.

How heat affects the body – inside and out

“Not everyone is going to show the same symptoms,” said Gredia Huerta-Montañez, a pediatrician and environmental health researcher at Northeastern University. “It’s easy to ignore them, so we need to continue educating communities.”

IEEE Spectrum

Meta’s AI Agents Learn to Move by Copying Toddlers

These simulated body parts were the latest showings from the MyoSuite platform, and were included in the MyoSuite 2.0 collection, which was released today by Meta AI, working in collaboration with researchers at McGill University in Canada, Northeastern University in the United States, and the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Engadget

With some tech savvy, you can disconnect your robot vacuum from the cloud

Robot vacuums may seem like mindless suction machines with wheels. But today, “basically these devices are like smartphones,” Dennis Giese, PhD student at Northeastern University who researches robot vacuum security, said.

The lifelong effects of ‘the favourite child’

That’s because feeling less-favoured can be very subjective, says Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University in the US. “It is the experience that people have, that a parent prefers another child to them,” she says.

Boston Herald

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu weighing ordinance to ban tents at Mass and Cass

Amelia Caramadre, a senior legal fellow at Northeastern University’s Health and Justice Action Lab, criticized the mayor’s plans for a potential anti-encampment ordinance.

When Hackers Descended to Test A.I., They Found Flaws Aplenty

Dr. Ghosh, a lecturer at Northeastern University who specializes in artificial intelligence ethics, was a volunteer at the event.

We spearheaded state’s 2014 gun law; new legislation can build on it

In 2014, we worked together to update Massachusetts firearm laws following the mass killings of school children in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Following that mass homicide, one of us, as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, formed a task force, chaired by the other, a Northeastern University expert in criminal justice issues, to determine if […]

Let’s be more discerning when it comes to sentencing

By James Alan Fox, professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University.

Grist Magazine

What one school’s fight to eliminate PFAS says about Indian Country’s ‘forever chemical’ problem

“We can certainly say that PFAS is an issue for every single person in the United States and its territories, that includes tribal areas,” Kimberly Garrett, a PFAS researcher at Northeastern University whose work has highlighted the lack of PFAS testing on tribes.

Fatherly

7 Fool-Proof Ways To Leave A Great First Impression

“You go to great pains to correct it,” says Heidi Kevoe-Feldman, associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern University.

The Washington Examiner

Trump ups effort to try legal cases in court of public opinion

For Northeastern University political science professor and chairman Costas Panagopoulos, Trump’s trial by media strategy is likely to consolidate his base and boost his fundraising.

Researchers decode the chemistry behind a deadly genetic disorder

How this entrepreneur built an e-commerce network for Latin America

Why we get — and how to beat — the ‘holiday blues’

Reiner killings an ‘unusual form’ of family violence