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Digital Without Data Leads To Blindness
Written by Usama Fayyad, Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, Founder and Chairman, Open Insights.
Boston.com
Northeastern researchers propose ‘Emerald Tutu’ to protect Boston from flooding
Dubbed the Emerald Tutu — a riff on Frederick Law Olmsted’s iconic chain of green spaces known as the Emerald Necklace — the project is being developed by a team at Northeastern University.
Science News
College COVID-19 testing can reduce coronavirus deaths in local communities
“It’s tough to think of universities as just silos within cities; it’s just much more permeable than that,” says Brennan Klein, a network scientist at Northeastern University in Boston.
The 19th
WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
“Keeping things low key offers more flexibility for those involved in the negotiation,” said Alexandra Meise, associate teaching professor at Northeastern University School of Law.
Resilient in name or nature?
This may reflect the well-known tendency for organisations (and the people who run them) to revert to pre-disruption behaviour. But resilience is about “bouncing forward”, as noted by Dr Stephen Flynn, Founding Director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University.
Daily Dot
AI wants to revolutionize healthcare—it may be doing more harm than good
As Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University put it, “Companies can say whatever they want, but the data are clear. They can detect a scowl, but that’s not the same thing as detecting anger.”
Daily Mail
Candles for the fallen: Mourners hold vigil at dusk for the Highland Park dead after rooftop gunman killed eight during July 4 parade
Since the start of the year, the U.S. has seen 15 shootings where four or more people were killed, including the one in Highland Park, according to The Associated Press/USA TODAY/Northeastern University mass killing database.
Bloomberg Law
Former AFL-CIO Trade Chief Named Top White House Labor Adviser
Drake replaces Seth Harris, Biden’s first labor adviser, who left the White House last week to take a job at Northeastern University.
Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
“The coverage has given people the impression that things are different today, that we’ve never really experienced these (mass killings) before. But we have. It’s more common now, but it’s still extremely, extremely rare,” given the size of the U.S. population, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who has been tracking mass […]
Devils name Kate Madigan as assistant GM, furthering trend
Madigan holds a master’s in accounting and a bachelor’s in business administration from Northeastern University. She worked two years as an accountant for Deloitte before switching careers.
Can Supreme Court justices be impeached? Could the court be expanded? Your burning questions, answered.
Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached, said Michael Meltsner, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law.
Can Biogen’s backup plan for Alzheimer’s succeed?
Alzheimer’s runs in Courtney’s family, so he always knew there was a chance of getting the disease. As a former professor and dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, he understands the value of research.