In September, Northeastern University announced it will build a $10 million lab at its Burlington campus to explore applications for quantum technology, and to train students to work with it. And companies based in other countries are setting up outposts here to hire quantum-savvy techies. B

The company’s 3D-printed robotic hand sat in the middle of the conference room table as we spoke about Tatum’s origins. The whole thing started life in summer 2020 as part of founder Samantha Johnson’s master’s thesis for Northeastern University. 

But law professor Alexandra Roberts of Northeastern University School of Law, an expert on social media and intellectual property, told me via email that companies would still have to show that the fake tweets were not fair-use criticism or parody and that Twitter knowingly contributed to the alleged infringement. “Big picture, I think the answers […]

“We’re already seeing obviously tremendous strain on the healthcare system right now,” said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor. “We seem to be at the cusp of what might be the tripledemic. I think there’s probably a lot of concern at HHS that the situation may get worse before it gets better.”b

Even when that promise doesn’t play out, that doesn’t undermine the relationships built and the self-expression fostered in these spaces. Meredith D. Clark, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and author of a book on Black Twitter, recently wrote in The Grio: “Our digital records are evidence of our existence and our connections to each other, […]

From January 2019 through April 2021 alone, some 7.5 million U.S. adults became new gun owners, collectively exposing, in addition to themselves, more than 11 million more people — including millions of children — to household firearms, according to researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities. 

Marty Ross, a professor emeritus at Northeastern University in Boston, believes that some private universities patronize students in a country where students are routinely asked for feedback about professors and courses.

The company – unlike other Musk ventures – is largely dependent on advertising for funding, making his erratic behavior more consequential for the firm’s bottom line, said John P Wihbey, a professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University.

Online, Gen Z members confront political and cultural discourse with humor and satire, a response to the “whiplash-inducing” events of their lifetimes, said John Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University.

Host Michel Martin speaks with Meredith Clark, Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication Studies at Northeastern University, and the author of a forthcoming book on Black Twitter.

New research from Northeastern University suggests that women are at higher risk of long Covid.

Meredith Clarke, a communications professor at Northeastern University, is writing a book about Black Twitter.