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FDA grants full approval for Biogen Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline
Hugh Courtney, a former Northeastern University economics professor who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 2½ years ago and has participated in the trial of Leqembi for 18 months, said he was “thrilled” with the FDA’s decision.
Biden decries gun violence as shootings across US mar Fourth of July festivities
The Philadelphia violence was the country’s 29th mass killing in 2023, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University, the largest number on record by this time in the year.
The Messenger
Biden May Have No Better Luck With Plan B on Student Loans, Experts Say
Without getting Congressional approval for cancellation, Biden leaves himself vulnerable to the same fate, said Dan Urman, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law who studies the intersection of law and politics, especially at the Supreme Court.
AI Will Make Data Analysis More Efficient And Secure For Retailers
I questioned Mr. Taglienti, who is a distinguished engineer and an adjunct professor at Northeastern University, about the specifics that relate to retailing.
How Threads Could Kill Twitter
“Suddenly, you have something that’s improbable: Meta has gotten into microblogging and people are actually digging it,” says John Wihbey, a professor in the School of Journalism and Media Innovation at Northeastern University who has worked as a contracted consultant for Twitter.
FiveThirtyEight
Extremist-Related Mass Killings Have Been On The Rise
Between 2018 and 2021, more than 5 percent did, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis of two databases from the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism and a collaboration between USA Today, The Associated Press and Northeastern University.
Responsible AI: A Mandate In Finance And Insurance
Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, Founder and Chairman, Open Insights.
This Robot Has All the Moves—Eight, to be Precise
Integrating so many modes of transport on a single platform is a first, says Alireza Ramezani, a robotics engineer from Northeastern University and one of the lead investigators. The task called for challenging design considerations: “In multimodal robot design, as the number of modes [of locomotion] increases, each mode introduces its own design requirements,” he says.
Kaiser Health News
A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?
Even though the data is sparse, several physiological factors suggest pregnant workers face higher health risks from chemical exposures than other adults, said Julia Varshavsky, a Northeastern University environmental health scientist focused on maternal and child health.
The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here’s what to know about the case
The 2019 Walmart attack is the deadliest of a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. linked to hate crimes since 2006, according to a database of mass killings in the U.S. compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
At least 10 dead amid public gun violence in US cities over long Fourth of July weekend
Since 2006, more than 550 mass killings have been reported in the United States, according to a database kept by USA TODAY, the Associated Press and Northeastern University.
The Independent
Titanic sub debris and human remains have been recovered. But we still don’t have answers to these 9 questions
But Northeastern University physics professor Arun Bansil said the wreckage is consistent with what officials determined happened to the Titan.