The Washington Examiner State of the Union 2023: Biden teases 2024 bid but doesn’t win over GOP The problem for Biden is that State of the Union addresses “rarely move the public opinion needle by very much,” particularly in such “a highly polarized political climate,” Northeastern University political science professor Costas Panagopoulos added.
Portland Press Herald Portland council approves rezoning for Roux Institute development The rezoning – which includes a change from industrial to mixed-use zoning and the creation of a special “institutional overlay zone” – is a key first step toward redeveloping the site for the Roux Institute at Northeastern University.
Time is running out to find survivors. Many of the buildings in the earthquake zone appear to be lightly reinforced concrete and masonry structures that are several decades old, said Jerome F. Hajjar, a structural engineer at Northeastern University who specializes in earthquakes.
A new bill in the Mass. Legislature could subsidize local newspaper subscriptions What remains to be seen is whether a tax credit would substantially boost the state’s local news landscape, said Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University who has focused on its struggles.
Philadelphia Inquirer While the Kelces face off in the Super Bowl, local siblings are quietly competing all the time The Kents, like the Lynches and the Leaks, grew up as athletic competitors, “the marker of truly engaged sibling relationships that brings fun and satisfaction,” according to Laurie Kramer, a psychology professor at Northeastern University.
Knowridge Science Report Scientists find new way to prevent the common cold 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.
The Boston Herald Robbins: Nichols’ killing another outrage for Black America “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.
Today Dad reflects on son’s death from E. coli: Don’t assume food is always safe 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 […]
Hundreds of ready-to-eat foods are recalled over possible listeria contamination The extra risk with ready-to-eat food is that “people are not going to take a kill step,” like cooking, which would kill dangerous bacteria, says Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University.
The American Prospect What Could Chill Heat Pumps 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.’
The virus threat is easing, but US hospitals are still as full as ever Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University, says it’s a “perfect storm” of issues: Covid-19 and the ongoing infection control measures that hospitals have to keep in place, a backlog of other patients with a delayed need for acute care, and work force burnout three years into a pandemic.
The Associated Press Internet evidence key, but not enough in no-body murder case 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.
