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Children’s Tylenol in short supply – here’s what parents can do

“In most seasons, it is rare to experience shortages of these medications, especially as widespread as this,” said Brandon Dionne, an associate clinical professor at Northeastern University School of Pharmacy in Boston, Massachusetts.
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‘The Anxiety Is Unreal’ for Parents at Boston Intersection Where Kids Have to Dodge Cars

Peter Furth, a professor at Northeastern University, has been studying the traffic issues and says he met with officials at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Tuesday in an effort to find a solution.
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‘It’s a bit like musical chairs right now’: Big employers like Google, IBM no longer require college degrees in a tight job market, but experts warn that may not last

“It’s a bit [like] musical chairs right now,” says Alicia Modestino, an associate professor and labor economist at Northeastern University. “We’re seeing a lot of people shift jobs, move up in the labor market. That’s great.”
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Jennifer Ives, Connecter Extraordinaire, Sees Green Shoots Ahead for Women in STEM

At the college level, Dr. Carla Brodley, Northeastern University’s Dean Inclusive Computing, and Maria Klawe, the President of Harvey Mudd College, are making it a priority to attract female students to the industry. 
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Taylor Swift Could Earn $620 Million On ‘Eras’ Tour While Ticketmaster Makes A Pittance

Swift should earn around 48 times more than Ticketmaster from her ‘Eras’ tour. Her proceeds from the concert could be around $620 million based on assumptions from David Herlihy, a Northeastern University Teaching Professor and Music Industry Program Coordinator.
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Data brokers raise privacy concerns — but get millions from the federal government

Piotr Sapiezynski, an associate research scientist at Northeastern University presented a study at the FTC’s PrivacyCon in November finding that one particular data broker was more likely to have inaccurate information about people of color, and people with lower incomes — a discrepancy that could result in people being denied services like housing or loans, or […]
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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

“Transportation is one of those issues — we don’t talk about how integrated it is into everyone’s lives,” said Alicia Modestino, research director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. 
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What We Learned About Hybrid Work in 2022

“It’s more difficult to make blanket statements now than it was even a year ago,” says Barbara Larson, a professor of management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.
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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

“Transportation is one of those issues — we don’t talk about how integrated it is into everyone’s lives,” said Alicia Modestino, research director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.
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Is Eggnog Made With Raw Eggs Safe?

That type of infection “will make the holidays memorable for all the wrong reasons,” says Darin Detwiler, a food-safety expert at Northeastern University.
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ChatGPT taught me something powerful about human collaboration

Article by Evan Selinger, a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity, and a scholar in residence at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
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The new Sandy Hook school offers lesson on safety

Article by James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.”