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The Verge
Microsoft to retire controversial facial recognition tool that claims to identify emotion
“Companies can say whatever they want, but the data are clear,” Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University who conducted a review into the subject of AI-powered emotion recognition, told The Verge in 2019. “They can detect a scowl, but that’s not the same thing as detecting anger.”
GBH
What does the Supreme Court’s Arteaga-Martinez decision mean for immigration law?
Daniel Medwed, GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor, joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Jeremy Siegel to explain some interesting cases involving double jeopardy and immigration detention.
U.S. News & World Report
Law School Applicants and Social Justice Careers
Examples include the Center for Law, Equity and Race at Northeastern University School of Law in Massachusetts, the Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice at St. Thomas University College of Law in Florida, the Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law and the Racial Justice Law Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School.
How Older Adults Can Use Social Media To Market Startup Businesses
Kimberly A. Eddleston, the Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, said social media is a good tool for small businesses to stay “top of mind” with customers. “Social media is a great way to stay relevant,” she said. “It should be used as a strategic marketing […]
Kaiser Health News
As Biden Fights Overdoses, Harm Reduction Groups Face Local Opposition
“These programs are still running on a shoestring,” said Leo Beletsky, a public health law expert at Northeastern University. “That is not how public health is supposed to be done.”
A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog
Which makes it quite difficult for liquid to flow at adequate speeds when the frogs are rotating and rocketing about—as they are wont to do mid-flight, while they’re spinning “really fast,” says Marguerite Matherne, a mechanical engineer at Northeastern University who has studied animal motion. Like syrup caught in a pinched straw, “it’s harder for […]
Scientific Computing
A New Spin on Solid-State Physics
In March, Sergey Kravchenko, a professor of physics at Northeastern University, in Boston, Massachusetts, and eight collaborators threw such a wrench in the works. In a paper published in Scientific Reports, they describe an experiment into the resistivity of a slim slice of silicon close to absolute zero.
ABC News
WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
“Just like with COVID, there is no clear path for how poorer countries will be able to get vaccines,” Brook Baker, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in access to medicines, said.
The Potential Dark Side of a White-Hot Labor Market
“We worry about their long-term futures, if this derails them from ever going to college, for a $17 to $19 Target job. That’s a loss,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an associate professor at Northeastern University who researches labor economics and youth development.
GBH
What is ‘seditious conspiracy’? Could Trump face criminal charges for role in Jan. 6 insurrection?
Daniel Medwed, GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor, joined GBH’s Morning Edition hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to explain the legal standards involved.
EdSurge
Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.
There’s always been a worry that the tech titans will step in and disrupt education specialists, says Sean Gallagher, executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. There was speculation early on in the development of the Blackboard learning management system, for example, that a company like IBM […]
As Biden administration fights opioid overdoses, harm reduction groups face opposition
“These programs are still running on a shoestring,” said Leo Beletsky, a public health law expert at Northeastern University. “That is not how public health is supposed to be done.” Advocates for harm reduction don’t believe such efforts alone will suddenly halt overdose deaths. In 2021, overdose deaths jumped 15% from a year earlier, according to the Centers for […]