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The abortion myths Republicans are recycling to reframe a losing issue

“‘Late-term abortion’ isn’t a thing,” said Katherine Kraschel, an assistant professor of law and health at Northeastern University. “It’s a term created by people who oppose abortion to spread disinformation and shame people who have abortion. It has no basis in medicine or science.”
TechTarget

Getty’s AI-generated image tool allays some artist concerns

“It looks like they have taken Stability to task,” said Michael Bennett, director of education curriculum and business lead for responsible AI at Northeastern University.
Medium

NS/ Jellyfish, with no central brain, shown to learn from past experience

An international research team from Nagoya City University (Japan) and Mills College at Northeastern University (USA) has revealed the possibility that the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans possesses basic “emotions.”
News Nation

Moody’s: Government shutdown could negatively affect US credit rating

Back when Fitch first gave the U.S. its first AA+,  Robert K. Triest, professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, said it’s doubtful that there would be a “discernible impact on any real economic activity.”
WBZ

Celebrating Lynn: Local Professor Designs Line of Lynn T-Shirts

Michael Aghahowa is an adjunct professor at Northeastern University and Emmanuel College.

Worms Might Have Basic “Emotions” In Response To Electric Shocks

Following research suggesting that C. elegans has roaming and sleeping behaviors, scientists from Nagoya City University and Mills College at Northeastern University set out to determine if the roundworms might have other behavioral states that could be regulated by emotions.
Daily Mail

Processed junk foods you had no idea were once made by cigarette giants – from Oreos to Kool-Aid and Kraft Mac & Cheese

A 2022 study from Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, for example, estimated that 73 percent of the United States food supply is ultra-processed. 
Medium

Data + Bodies + Territories — A Data + Feminism and Tierra Comun event

We asked Prof. Saiph Savage, director of the Civic AI Lab at Northeastern University, to talk about her group’s work on crowdworking and participatory research, as well as data colonialism in HCI.
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Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of urban and public policy at Northeastern University.
Portland Press Herald

Questions remain about who funded sale of Maine newspapers to nonprofit

“I definitely think people around the country are watching what’s happening in Maine to see how well this arrangement works,” said Dan Kennedy, a professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
Her Agenda

How ChatGPT Is Changing The Landscape Of Teaching In Today’s Classroom

When I started my first class of the term at Northeastern University last spring, I ran my students through the usual housekeeping items: assignment due dates, class attendance, how to access course materials, plagiarism, etc. New this year, however, was a discussion on artificial intelligence (AI).
Inside Higher Ed

Student Housing at Sea

“It’s very hard to find a neighborhood where you can put in a large-scale residence hall without getting tremendous resistance. Not in my backyard,” explains Northeastern University economist Barry Bluestone.