Since COVID’s arrival, experts have been fearfully predicting a winter worst: three respiratory-virus epidemics washing over the U.S. at once. Last year, those fears didn’t really play out, Sam Scarpino, an infectious-disease modeler at Northeastern University, told me.

Michael McCluskey, an associate teaching professor of English at Northeastern University, instructs his business classes the importance of spending time on an email signature. “You’re telling a story, whether or not you know it,” McCluskey told Northeastern Global News. “However you speak, however you write … it’s not just about the information you’re putting together. It’s […]

What’s more, not everyone pays attention to recall notices, said Darin Detwiler, an associate teaching professor and food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston. “Many times, when we’re eating cantaloupe, we don’t know what farm it came from, or who’s the company behind this,” he said in an interview. “So that becomes problematic.”

Economist and housing specialist Barry Bluestone, professor emeritus at Northeastern University, called Wu’s proposal “as close to the perfect rent control bill as possible. It should not have any impact on new housing construction, but it would possibly reduce some of the dramatic increases in rents.”

Adam Hosein, a faculty member at The Ethics Institute at Northeastern University said he saw no issue with the party. “It’s perfectly acceptable for elected officials of color to get together to discuss their shared experiences and challenges,” said Hosein, who is an associate professor of philosophy, an affiliate law professor, and director of the […]

“They’re saying it’s up to the doctor, but they also seem to be saying that the doctor’s affidavit was not sufficiently harrowing,” said Wendy Parmet, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University in Boston. “That, I think, is going to put shivers down the spine of a lot of […]

There’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach, said Sarah Peck, director of the UnitedOnGuns initiative of Northeastern University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute. Officials’ biggest consideration should be the psychological impact on those affected, said Peck, who helped create a handbook for local officials on handling mass shootings. Survivors should “have a big voice” in the decision, she said.

“This particular case illustrates how norms have changed in the field,” said Katherine Kraschel, assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University. “You could see how, if the norm is collecting a fresh sample from a medical resident on site that day, the opportunity for physicians to do this would be readily available,” […]

5 Investigates teamed up with Northeastern University’s School of Journalism to review PILOT payments and community benefits in Boston. Across the board, tax-exempt institutions are falling far short of what the city is requesting. While hospitals contributed 91 percent, colleges contributed only 68 percent, and museums donated just 35 percent of what the city requested.

In a paper from 2016 by Mary Steffel of Northeastern University and her co-authors, volunteers were told that they had to book hotel rooms at a conference, either for their own use or for their boss, and asked them if they would like to reserve the rooms themselves or delegate the task to an office […]

Alarmingly, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, ultra-processed foods, which Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute says make up an incredible 73% of our nation’s food supply, can be as addictive as alcohol or cigarettes.

At Northeastern University, Catherine Fairfield is taking a similar approach. Her intersession course in January, “Speak Now: Gender & Storytelling in Taylor Swift’s Eras,” will explore how Swift engages with histories of women’s storytelling techniques across her musical eras and how she has engaged a global audience.