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‘If it’s not data driven, it’s a dog and pony show’: Wu’s new violence prevention guru shares his vision
Faulk got involved in street outreach work in his early 20s after seeing too many people not reach their 21st birthday. Faulk, who holds a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University, said he wanted to “give back to a neighborhood that had given me so much.”
Marveling at ‘The Embrace,’ Bostonians celebrate a ‘superhero’ on Martin Luther King Day
The Northeastern University student was underwhelmed when she saw photographs online of “The Embrace,” a 20-foot-tall sculpture depicting the interlocking arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, in brown patinated bronze.
Boston.com
Having some trouble sticking with creative 2023 resolutions? This local musician has 3 pieces of advice
Max Morton, the 20-year-old Northeastern University music major originally from Evanston, Illinois, has some advice on creative projects as his three-song EP is being released Jan. 20.
Wu considers 10% cap as part of rent control proposal
Northeastern University Professor Emeritus Barry Bluestone has studied housing policy for decades and traditionally opposes rent control measures. But he said Wu’s proposal reconciles tenant rights and developer interests.
Salon
“Problematic and dangerous”: Websites selling abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google
“This is an entirely new era,” said Ari Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University.
Black WWII soldiers asked a White woman for doughnuts. They were shot.
“This finding reverses a decision that is as wrong today as it was 82 years ago,” Margaret Burnham, founder of Northeastern University Law School’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which tracks such cases, wrote in an email. “It is never too late.”
Legal experts say a suspect can be charged with murder without a body but the case is tough to prosecute
Still, the lack of a body gives defense lawyers more “wiggle room” in their effort to establish reasonable doubt, said Daniel S. Medwed, who teaches courses in criminal law at Northeastern University School of Law.
WGBH
‘Working like a slave’: Why human trafficking in restaurants is underreported
Amy Farrell, director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, said if regulators spent more time listening to workers and focusing on lower-level crimes, they could stop exploitation before it develops into trafficking.
How scientists trained computers to forecast COVID-19 outbreaks weeks ahead
That’s exactly what the team led by a Northeastern University computer scientist has done. In their bid to create an early-warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks, the study authors built a “machine learning” system capable of chewing through millions of digital traces, incorporating new local developments, refining its focus on accurate signals of illness, and generating timely notices […]
Janet Echelman’s memorable 2015 piece wins Boston Society for Architecture’s Harleston Parker Medal
In 2024, Princeton Architectural Press will publish a book on Echelman’s work called “Radical Softness: The Responsive Sculpture of Janet Echelman,” edited by Gloria Sutton, an associate professor at Northeastern University.
San Francisco Chronicle
The Supreme Court wants state lawmakers to decide abortion. So far, it’s been courts and voters
One consequence of the Supreme Court’s ruling, said Martha Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, is that the right to abortion will no longer be determined by one national Constitution but by varying interpretations of 50 state constitutions.
Portland Press Herald
The Maine Millennial: Looking at Portland’s racial disparity in arrests, and weighing what it means
As you’ve probably heard, a recent study conducted by the University of Southern Maine and Northeastern University found that 17% of Portland’s traffic arrests between 2018 and 2020 were traffic arrests of Black people, despite Black people making up only 5% of the city’s population.