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Northeastern University awarded CHIPS funding for wireless innovation

Northeastern University was among three entities to receive several million dollars in federal research funding in the first round of grants from the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.  
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The Founder of OceanGate Wants to Send 1,000 People to Colonize Venus

“It’s basically like what I imagine Hell to look like,” said Belen Ou, mechanical engineer at Northeastern University, who is working on a drone that could potentially touch the surface.
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As students head back to school, should parents worry about shootings? The math says no.

By James Alan Fox , Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University and a member of the USA TODAY Board of Contributors.
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Can Threads overtake X, formerly known as Twitter? Experts weigh in.

“There was an enormous amount of early hoopla in a very smart and timely way,” John Wihbey, a professor in the School of Journalism and Media Innovation at Northeastern University, told ABC News. Wihbey has served as a research consultant for Twitter.
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In-Person Work: Unplanned, Unexpected And Unforced Happy Accidents

“It seems to be the prevailing consensus, at least if you ask managers, that, ‘Oh, if you’re all remote, it has to be bad,’ and hence you have to bring people back to the office,” said Christoph Riedl, an associate professor at Northeastern University who’s been studying team collaboration and processes for nearly a decade. 
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In the ’weeds (in a good way): The New Bedford Whaling Museum looks at seaweed as cultural artifact

Lively and highly informative, without being at all didactic, “Seaweed” has been curated by the museum’s Naomi Slipp and Maura Coughlin, of Northeastern University.
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Hillary Clinton presents civil rights activist Hazel Dukes with NAACP’s highest honor

She was first elected president of the New York State Conference in 1977. Charlotte M. Nelson, a program coordinator for Northeastern University’s School of Law and friend of Dukes, recalled at the ‘82 convention in Boston when Dukes ran against a “gentleman from Boston” for New England’s seat on the NAACP national board.
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The Hottest College in Boston Is… Northeastern?

Think your list of safety schools is foolproof? Think again. T&C introduces the 15 Alt-Ivies of 2023—and there are a few surprises.
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Covid’s Summer Wave Is Rising—Again

With lower case numbers over the past few months and many people not receiving a booster shot in 2023, immunity from vaccinations and prior infections could be decreasing, making more people susceptible to the virus, says Sam Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.
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Few childcare workers have retirement benefits amid workforce, cost crisis

“Everyone should be able to age out of their of their work in a dignified way, if that’s what they’re looking for,” said Northeastern University researcher Kimberly Lucas, who wrote the brief during a fellowship with The Fed.
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What Is a J.D. Degree?

“If you look at the roster of corporate executives, you’ll find a lot of them have a law degree or law background,” adds James Hackney, dean of the School of Law at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. “It’s obviously a requirement for being a lawyer, but I think it’s also a valuable degree for a whole host of […]
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Bombshell UFO testimony dubbed ‘implausible’ as expert demands real evidence of spacecraft

The physicist told Northeastern Global News: “I think what I find most surprising is that lawmakers seem to be taking him so seriously at this point. I’m sure they know things that I don’t.”