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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.
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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. 
The Canadian Press

VP Harris, a former prosecutor, will lead new White House office of gun violence prevention

As of Wednesday, there have been at least 35 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 171 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
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A list of mass killings in the United States since January

The shooting was the country’s 35th mass killing this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. A total of 171 people have died in those killings, which are defined as incidents in which four or more people have died within a 24-hour period, not […]
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Suspect in fatal shootings of 4 people in suburban Chicago dead after car crash in Oklahoma

The incident represents the 35th mass killing in the U.S. this year, according to a database maintained by The AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. 
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White House to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, AP sources say

As of Monday, there have been at least 35 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 171 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
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Northeastern University granted $17.5 million by CDC to become infectious disease detection, prep center

Northeastern University in Boston will be given $17.5 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lead an innovation center focused on infectious disease detection and preparation, the university announced.