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Katherine Parr: Political Powerhouse

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The Real Culture Wars Are Over Food

And research from Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute indicates that 73 percent of the United States food supply is ultra-processed.
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Journalists are becoming YouTubers, as creators say the platform holds the future for the industry

Meg Heckman, an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University, explains that marginalized groups, including people of color, women, and LGBTQ people, have long been left out of traditional newsrooms, and, in response, they’ve created their own independent publications.
POLITICO

New report says CDC overstated vax data

Flaws in CDC data led it to overstate how many people received Covid shots, according to a new report by the Covid States Project, a collaboration of researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Rutgers and Northwestern universities.
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Why journalism schools won’t quit Fox News

Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said in an email that the argument that Fox has “a news division dedicated to actual journalism” is increasingly difficult to make. 
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New FTC Order Pressures Tech Platforms Over Fraudulent Ads

The agency’s next step may involve increasing liability for cases in which the platforms’ AI tools and targeting platforms are used to help buyers create misleading ads or boost posts that include false claims without subjecting the final products to review by humans, said Alexandra J. Roberts, professor of law and media at Northeastern University.
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Boston scientists say they’re a step closer to growing human eggs in the lab Researchers in George Church’s lab at Harvard have made mini ovaries-in-a-dish

“If you’re making an egg to make a baby, the bar for quality is off the charts, because you can’t screw it up,” said Jonathan Tilly, a professor of biology who studies stem cells at Northeastern University.
Miami Today

Northeastern University to open Wynwood campus in fall

Northeastern University is opening a campus in Wynwood with degree programs designed to equip graduates for careers in Miami’s flourishing technology, health care and finance sectors.
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Investing in higher education is good for students — and the state

The program was our collective response to a call to action from then-Mayor Thomas Menino, after research from Northeastern University and the Boston Private Industry Council found that only about 1 in 3 Boston students who enrolled in college actually earned a degree.
MIT Sloan Management Review

Job, Career, or Purpose?

By Curtis L. Odom, executive professor of management in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston.
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In the Hot Seat, TikTok CEO Channels a Silicon Valley Style Icon: Mark Zuckerberg

“The hoodie helps him look more unassuming, like he’s not a threat to national security,” said Laura Huang, distinguished professor of entrepreneurship at Northeastern University. “And that by association, the company that he’s the CEO of also is not a threat.”
POLITICO

The Hill hears Moderna out

The CDC has a data collection problem when it comes to tracking Covid vaccinations — at least that’s what the Covid States Project, a collaboration of researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Rutgers and Northwestern universities, says.