WGBH 50 years after busing, Boston leaders urge reevaluation of desegregation efforts Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, “I think we’re now at a point where we can really take a hard look at what busing was intended to do, what it has actually accomplished and what it is we need going forward, which I would suggest involves getting rid of busing […]
CBC News Can phones be rigged to explode like the pagers in Lebanon? Experts say it’s possible — but unlikely 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, says it’s also important to note that the technology used in pagers is very old.
The Most Surprising New Gun Owners Are U.S. Liberals Today’s liberal gun owners are much more diverse. Gun dealers saw the largest increase in Black Americans buying guns compared with any other racial group in 2023, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, an industry group. Women accounted for nearly half of new gun buyers“ from 2019 to 2021, according to the 2021 National Firearms Survey […]
Mass Live New Karen Read prosecutor a ‘very sharp, very talented’ lawyer, former boss says Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, said bringing on a “fresh set of eyes” to lead a new prosecution of Read could allow prosecutors to craft a new approach. … But perhaps more significant is the ability for the district attorney’s office to project a new sense of objectivity in a case where potential law enforcement conflicts of […]
Maine Public Radio Roux Institute breaks ground on Portland Campus Northeastern University held a groundbreaking for the Roux Institute and Alfond Learning Center Friday at the former B&M Baked Bean site in Portland. David and Barbara Roux said the idea to create a graduate school focused on advanced computing and artificial intelligence arose five years ago.
Spectrum News Roux Institute breaks ground on Portland campus, including renovated B&M building The former B&M Baked Beans factory on Beanpot Circle in Portland will soon be the permanent home to Northeastern University’s Roux Institute. The university broke ground today on the 300,000-square-foot campus that will be the institute’s permanent home. Right now, the university leases space for the institute from the WEX headquarters on Fore Street.
Boston.com Karen Read retrial: Legal experts weigh in on what the new special prosecutor means for Round 2 “What this case needs, I think, is truly a reevaluation, a sort of soup to nuts reevaluation of, ‘Is it worth expending resources on another trial, given what happened before and given all of the evidence that might be favorable to Karen Read,’” said Daniel Medwed, a criminal law professor at Northeastern University.
Northeastern breaks ground on new Portland campus Northeastern University held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark construction on a new campus in Portland, Maine, that’ll allow it to more than double the student body at that location.
The Washington Examiner Harris tries to shake incumbent label with call for ‘new generation of leadership’ “Even as her policies may not differ much from Biden’s positions, her generational outlook and sensibilities are worlds apart from both Biden and Trump and represent a type of fundamental change in perspectives that will be hard for voters to miss,” said Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University.
Food & Wine Only 6 Cinnamon Brands Were Deemed Safe for Consumption, According to a New Investigation by Consumer Reports “Lead can be present in the soil where cinnamon is grown, especially in countries with heavy industrial activity or where leaded gasoline and pesticides were once used,” says Darin Detwiler, L.P.D., an associate teaching professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions. “Plants can absorb lead from contaminated […]
JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate “Vance compares apples to oranges. His argument is specious,” said Matthew Miller, professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern University and codirector of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center.
Politico Mail-in mishaps Northeastern University reported that the amount of Black incoming freshmen slightly decreased from almost 8 percent to just over 5 percent.