Instagram launches ‘teen accounts’ as child safety laws loom Rachel Rodgers, an associate psychology professor at Northeastern University, applauded this distinction.
Lexington leaders hear about business, public health impacts of generational nicotine sale ban Mark Gottlieb executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, said at the meeting that it’s common for towns and cities to go first with setting new public health policies that then become adopted statewide and nationally.
Boston.com Northeastern scores legal win in fight over Nahant marine research center In 2018, the university announced plans to expand its Marine Science Center. The town claimed it had promised to keep the 12 acres public.
The Globe and Mail Encore: How online reviews got gamed In an encore of our very first episode, we tackle the fake review economy: how online reviews got corrupted and if we can ever trust them again. Our guest is Joseph Reagle, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of several books, including Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the […]
Survey: At least 23 percent of New Englanders know someone with an opioid addiction The 50-state poll of more than 26,000 people nationwide was conducted in April and May by the Civic Health and Institutions Project and The COVID States Project, a joint initiative from Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University, and the University of Rochester. Their findings were released last week.
Marie Claire Is Gisèle Pelicot leading France’s MeToo Reckoning? “While there is still perhaps more scepticism in France than in the US about the legitimacy of sexual assault and sexual harassment, these attitudes are changing fast, especially as a younger generation of women and French feminists and their male allies … are willing to confront these issues head-on,” Laura Frader, a professor of history […]
Maine News Center Roux Institute construction underway following years of promise, debate Chris Mallett is the chief administrative officer of the institute, and spoke with us after the groundbreaking. “The feedback that we have from the people who live most immediately adjacent to the site has informed the design of what we announced today,” Mallet said.
Newsweek Donald Trump Opposes Looming Interest Rate Cuts. Not All Republicans Agree. Robert Treist, a professor of economics at Northeastern University who previously served as vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, agreed that everybody agrees the Fed must not be political in making decisions, but said considering the election at all would bring politics into the equation.
Scripps News Instagram is automatically putting teens into private, more restrictive accounts “Instagram Teen Accounts reflect the importance of tailoring teens’ online experiences to their developmental stages, and implementing appropriate protections. Younger adolescents are more vulnerable as their skills are still emerging and require additional safeguards and protection. Overall, the settings are age-specific, with younger and older teens being offered different protections,” Rachel Rodgers, associate professor of […]
CBC News Deadly device explosions in Lebanon mean supply chain may have been compromised The software could be something preprogrammed before it gets to the user, said Josep Jornet, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University and the associate director of the school’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things.
Why universities are fighting for these 7 acres in southern Florida “Universities are pushing themselves into new markets, but there’s also a pull,” said Stokes. “There’s demand in those regions. If we’re just talking about Florida, for example, Northeastern University recently opened a location in Miami. If you just look at the healthcare sector, every major university with health capabilities is active in Florida in some […]
France 24 US Fed expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020 “As much as I think the Fed tries to say that they’re not a political animal, we are in a really wild cycle right now,” Alicia Modestino, an associate professor of economics at Northeastern University, told AFP.