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‘Draw students in’: Local colleges adding classes that focus on Taylor Swift

Northeastern University offered a class with a different objective.
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Will ‘Texas tough’ work in fighting fentanyl fatalities?

“The emergence of fentanyl … is the result of missteps in how this crisis was addressed in previous years,” says Leo Beletsky, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law who researches homicide laws tied to drug overdoses.

Universities must transform to ensure no one is left behind in the era of AI

The universities we oversee – The University of Tokyo in Japan and Northeastern University in the US – are steeped in very different cultures, and our personal backgrounds are decidedly dissimilar, too. 
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Could an AI ‘death calculator’ actually be a good thing?

he researchers, drawn from the University of Copenhagen and Northeastern University in Boston, exploited that similarity.
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A plan to save the yellow school bus

Launched as a capstone project by then-students Keith Corso and Neil Bhammar at Northeastern University in 2021, BusRight, which builds and sells cloud-based software for school transportation offices, has gained tremendous momentum in the past three years.
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The age of mass spying is upon us

A report from Northeastern University revealed that “smart speakers accidentally activate as many as 19 times a day, recording 43 seconds of audio each time.”

Scoop: Antisemitic hate crimes hit record high in Boston

Antisemitic hate crimes increased in Boston after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, but the uptick is also part of the yearslong trend of rising white nationalism, says Jack McDevitt, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University.
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Teens won’t be able to see certain posts on Facebook, Instagram: What Meta’s changes mean

In a statement, Rachel Rodgers, a psychologist at Northeastern University, called the measures “an important step in making social media platforms spaces where teens can connect and be creative in age-appropriate ways.”
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2024’s new gun laws change the rules of firearm ownership in America. Here’s how

But in 2023, there were 39 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed, not including the perpetrator, which surpasses the previous year’s record of 36, according to the USA TODAY/Northeastern University/Associated Press Mass Killings Database.
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Can Taking Acetaminophen While Pregnant Affect a Child’s Speech Development?

Megan Woodbury, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate at Northeastern University who helped conduct the study explains what they found.
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2024’s new gun laws change the rules of firearm ownership in America. Here’s how

But in 2023, there were 39 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed, not including the perpetrator, which surpasses the previous year’s record of 36, according to the USA TODAY/Northeastern University/Associated Press Mass Killings Database.
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Instagram tightens its teen policy: Meta-owned app will now automatically hide content related to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders from users who are under-18

Meta’s changes are in line with ‘expert guidance’ from professional psychologists, including Dr Rachel Rodgers at Northeastern University.