The samples were divided and cultured in Amiji’s Northeastern lab at the normal body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius as well as at 32 degrees Celsius, which is the plummeting temperature of the nasal pathway when people are outdoors in cold weather.

“For me,” wrote Professor Deborah Ramirez, of the Northeastern University School of Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race, “the heroine in this tragedy is RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mom.

Article by Darin Detwiler, LP.D., an associate teaching professor of food policy at Northeastern University. After his son died of E.coli poisoning in 1993, he consulted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen food safety policies. He continues to raise awareness about food safety, fight to stop foodborne disease and push for reform. Detwiler […]

Article by Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University and the author of ‘Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change.’

There is legal precedent in Massachusetts of securing a murder conviction even when the victim’s remains are never found, and the internet searches could help overcome the lack of a body, Northeastern University School of Law professor Daniel Medwed said.

Joining host Bruce Pannier to discuss the dramatic events unfolding in Kyrgyzstan are… Bakyt Beshimov, a former member of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament and a former ambassador to the OSCE who currently teaches at Northeastern University.

Another study – involving 16,442 Twitter accounts in the period around the 2016 US election, and led by David Lazer, professor of political science at Northeastern University, Boston – suggests that the proportion of people actually spreading fake news is quite small.

“We have to find out a mechanism that will make a family member see they need to step in” and try to stop a relative who might pose a threat of gun violence, said Northeastern University criminology professor emeritus Jack McDevitt.

“Jails and prisons see that and say, ‘Oh, if you’re currently using drugs, we’re not required to provide this treatment.’ And that’s what happens a lot, unfortunately,” said David Howard Sinkman, a senior fellow at the Northeastern University School of Law and former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.