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Boston readies royal reception for William and Kate

Michelle Carr, a communications professor at Northeastern University, also is a self-described royalist looking forward to the visit.
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Thwarting a Red Wave, Gen Z Emerges as Powerful Voting Force

“I think the data is going to bear out that young voters were quite consequential in many of these swing states and some of these elections,” says John Wihbey, an associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University.
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2022 Is the Deadliest Year Yet for U.S. Mass Shootings, New Data Shows

There have been 36 fatal mass shootings in 2022 so far, including 15 since Oct. 3, said James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University. 
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Adderall and amoxicillin shortages raise questions about transparency and accountability in Big Pharma

But when makers of generics compete mainly on price and aren’t forced to consider reliability, the marketplace can break down when demand surges or supply chains are disrupted, according to Ozlem Ergun, a distinguished professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, who served with Fox on the committee.

The U.S. Prison System Doesn’t Value True Justice

Article by Daniel Medwed, the author of Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison and Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent. He is the university distinguished professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University School of Law
Newsday

Don’t let Adderall scarcity trigger a repeat of the opioid epidemic

Op-ed by Leo Beletsky.
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Church should be more like Burning Man

Article by David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and host of the podcast “How God Works.”
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Boston, state must act on home heating changes

Article by Joan Fitzgerald, a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University and the author of “Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change.”
Maine News Center

Mobile Maine art lab raising awareness about PFAS contamination

This past spring, using different resources, including a PFAS contamination site tracker from Northeastern University, Smith traveled to 48 different sites of PFAS contamination from Maine all the way to Texas. 
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Why Maus Was Banned

This article is adapted from Maus Now: Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute.
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Sensing an imminent breakdown, communities mourn a bygone Twitter

Meredith Clark, author of a forthcoming book about Black Twitter, defines the virtual space as “a series of communities on Twitter made up of Black folks tweeting about issues of concern to people in Black communities.”
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‘Hardcore’ Musk drives into a culture clash at Twitter

Musk brings “this kind of swashbuckling bravado from being an entrepreneur interested in things like rockets and cars and big hardware that has impressive performance and really wows people,” said John Wihbey, a media professor at Northeastern University.