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Data brokers raise privacy concerns — but get millions from the federal government

Piotr Sapiezynski, an associate research scientist at Northeastern University presented a study at the FTC’s PrivacyCon in November finding that one particular data broker was more likely to have inaccurate information about people of color, and people with lower incomes — a discrepancy that could result in people being denied services like housing or loans, or […]
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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

“Transportation is one of those issues — we don’t talk about how integrated it is into everyone’s lives,” said Alicia Modestino, research director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. 
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What We Learned About Hybrid Work in 2022

“It’s more difficult to make blanket statements now than it was even a year ago,” says Barbara Larson, a professor of management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.
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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

“Transportation is one of those issues — we don’t talk about how integrated it is into everyone’s lives,” said Alicia Modestino, research director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.
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Is Eggnog Made With Raw Eggs Safe?

That type of infection “will make the holidays memorable for all the wrong reasons,” says Darin Detwiler, a food-safety expert at Northeastern University.
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ChatGPT taught me something powerful about human collaboration

Article by Evan Selinger, a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity, and a scholar in residence at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
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The new Sandy Hook school offers lesson on safety

Article by James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.”
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What Food Trucks Reveal About Gen-Z Business Strategy

Add to this the results of a 2014 Northeastern University study of students aged 16 to 19, which found that 63% of respondents wanted to learn about entrepreneurship in college, while 42% expected to work for themselves—four times the percentage of Americans who were self-employed at the time. These figures point to a business landscape […]
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Supreme Court likely to ‘dismantle’ student loan forgiveness plan after it hears case, says Harvard law professor

Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, also predicted the Supreme Court will rule against Biden. He said the conservative justices believe government agencies exert too much authority and “violate the separation of powers.”
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Does exercise really help ageing brains? New study raises questions

“Given other studies have found a significant relationship between mindfulness and exercise and cognitive and brain health, how do we explain the current results?” wondered Art Kramer, the director of the Centre for Cognitive & Brain Health at Northeastern University in Boston, who has extensively studied exercise and the brain, but was not involved with […]
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Robot created by Northeastern University allows a person to control, feel from a distance

At Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential Robotics — they are working on what they call “tele-existence” — And they’re making astonishing strides.
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Sterilization, Execution, Labor Camps: Rhetoric Against Drug Users Is Escalating

In fact, media coverage about such cases have led to spikes in overdoses because people get scared to call the authorities if someone needs help, according to a 2021 report from the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University.