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AI hiring tools can be biased, new study finds

If you apply to five different places, “it could be that the same system is actually screening your resume at all five of those,” said Kathleen Creel, an assistant professor at Northeastern University and one of the co-authors on the Stanford study. 
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Jane Fraser defied the ‘glass cliff’ to engineer Citi’s long-awaited turnaround

“By simply accepting what the world was offering to me, I was losing my own voice.” Actress and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff delivering the commencement address at Northeastern University
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Blood pressure wearables flood the market after FDA relaxes oversight, concerning experts

David Simon, an associate professor at Northeastern University School of Law, called the mandate “quasi-regulatory” — something the FDA could enforce if it sees the need but which otherwise offers just a guideline for manufacturers to follow.
Live Science

War has brought Iran’s water crisis to a breaking point: ‘Things will collapse unless there is meaningful structural change’

Most water infrastructure cannot function without power, Auroop Ganguly, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, told Live Science in an email.
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Financial Report Card: The Weakest And Strongest Private Colleges In America

Unfortunately, there aren’t enough white knight institutions like Northeastern and Vanderbilt to save all the small colleges in need of rescuing. Moreover, according to Mazzone, by the time most college presidents grasp the problems of their institutions, it is often too late.
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Northeastern professor among those whose quotes were misattributed, fabricated by AI in book outlining its effects

One chapter about the effects of social media and fabricated videos on teenagers attributes two quotes to “How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain,” by Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University.
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It’s Maddeningly Difficult to Ban Smoking

“It is a slow and gentle policy change which will result in changes over the mid and long-term,” Mark Gottlieb, the executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at the Northeastern University School of Law, told me in an email.

Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says

“At this point, it’s really a race against time,” said Alessandro Vespignani of the Center for Advanced Epidemic Analytics and Predictive Modeling Technology in the United States, known as EPISTORM. “Every day is important.”

Floating wetlands bring back Boston’s natural landscape lost to development

She partnered with Max Rome, then a Ph.D student at Northeastern University studying urban water quality, to set the Charles River island afloat.
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From AI Policies To AI Literacy In Education

Northeastern University last year partnered with Anthropic to pilot AI tools across its curriculum, including a “learning mode” designed to support instruction with AI.
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The Coming College Crisis: What Colleges, Students, And Government Must Do Now

Examples include Northeastern University, long known for its cooperative education model, and Purdue University Global, which works closely with employers to train the workforce.
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Map Shows Drinking Water ‘Forever Chemicals’ as EPA Plans to Scrap Limits

“This is a terrible situation,” Phil Brown, a professor of sociology and health science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek. “Many scientists and affected communities have worked for years to get the standards.”