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New Selena album ‘Moonchild Mixes’ sparks voice-aging debate

Rupal Patel, a speech scientist at Northeastern University, said although some fans may be uncomfortable, the producers of Moonchild Mixes haven’t created a whole new synthetic voice or voice clone for Selena. They’ve just tweaked her original tracks. 
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Is Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte inflation-proof?

“This is a company that buys a lot of ingredients so they’re able to negotiate a very good deal,” said Bruce Clark, an Associate Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University. “In fact, in a time of supply chain disruptions, they may actually have better access to supplies than some others.”
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How the AP, USA Today, and Northeastern built a database of mass killings that tracks more than shootings

Public mass shootings — ones that unfold in elementary schools, supermarkets, and parades — tend to receive the most media attention but a new database compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today, and Northeastern University reveals mass killings are far more likely to take place in private homes than in public spaces.
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Is that shirt a Gucci . . . or a Cuggl?

“This is very clever,” says Alexandra J. Roberts, professor of law and media at Northeastern University School of Law, who specializes in fashion law. But she points out that a similar legal strategy is unlikely to work in the United States.
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The SEC Sets Its Sights on Mutual Fund Fees

One of the primary conflicts of interest addressed by SEC’s enforcement actions involve dual-registered advisors. In a 2019 study called “The Worst of Both Worlds? Dual-Registered Investment Advisers,” Nicole Boyson, a professor of finance at Northeastern University, wrote how 12b-1s influence “dual-registered” advisors who operated as both commission-based brokers and RIAs.
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How your family shapes your body image

There’s a reason why parental influence is so strong. Rachel Rodgers, a psychologist at Northeastern University, says that when a parent is concerned with their own body image, they will be modelling behaviours that show “this is important”.
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Wendy’s removes romaine lettuce used in sandwiches as CDC investigates E. coli outbreak in 4 states

Dr. Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, told “Good Morning America” that “lettuce has a long history of being a ‘culprit food’ with E.coli.”
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This technology makes data accessible to blind and visually impaired people

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
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“Feels like a real slap in the face”: there’s new money in local news, just not at the papers

That reality has created a fundamentally different product than what local newspapers offer, Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and media critic who has spent the past dozen or so years studying the trajectory of local news, said.
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Why Experts Say High Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon, Even if the Worst Is Behind Us

Like Stein, Robert Triest, department chair and professor of economics at Northeastern University, expects inflation to decrease over the next two years if the COVID-19 pandemic continues to slow down and the Russian war in Ukraine ends.
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Mass killings database reveals trends, details and anguish in every US event since 2006

An Associated Press, USA TODAY and Northeastern University analysis shows high-profile public shootings are only part of all mass killings.
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The Psychology Of Panic Buying

“Disaster preparedness refers to purchases made to keep your family alive while panic buying could be associated with purchases meant to keep your family comfortable,” says Deb Colameta, a Boston-based consumer expert and adjunct professor of organizational communication at Northeastern University.