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Workplace is the next battleground in affirmative action fight

By Luke Landherr. The writer is the COE Distinguished Teaching Professor and associate chair of undergraduate studies in the department of chemical engineering at Northeastern University.
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An Indiana Senate committee hearing on a GOP proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, July 26, 2022. AP Photo/Michael Conroy 4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

By Alauna Safarpour, Postdoctoral Fellow, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University.
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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

American guns are concentrated in a tiny minority of households: just 3 percent own about half the nation’s guns, according to a 2016 Harvard and Northeastern University study. They’re called “super owners” who have an average of 17 guns each. 
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A Neuroscientist Explains the Truth of Emotional Intelligence

Chief among these researchers is Lisa Feldman Barrett, distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University. 
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How to write a bestseller

In 2018 a group of researchers from Northeastern University analysed almost eight years’ worth of New York Times bestsellers and observed a few general patterns. 
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GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law

As of Monday, there have been at least 33 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 163 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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GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law

As of Monday, there have been at least 33 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 163 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

New public art highlights Boston’s history-making Black women

The project, which secured funding from the Patriots Foundation, is also getting help from Northeastern University and the Boston Public Library to create online biographies for the women.
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Coventry Courier, Chariho Times newspapers to close, publisher says

“You really need a source of news and information for a community, because that’s how you keep up on what’s going on on local schools, the council, the select board,” said Dan Kennedy, a professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism, co-host of a podcast, “What Works: The Future of Local News, and co-author of “What Works in […]
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He won’t be there. But Trump is expected to haunt tonight’s Republican presidential debate

“I don’t think there’s anyway you can overcome his presence even if he is physically not on the stage,” said Alan Schroeder, professor emeritus at Northeastern University’s school of journalism, and an expert on presidential debates. “I think he’ll dominate.”
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Putin Will Emerge Stronger From Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death

By Max Abrahms, Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University.
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Common food additive found in ice cream, sauces and microwave meals may raise risk of health problems in children if eaten during pregnancy, study warns

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.