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What are ultra-processed foods? What should I eat instead?
The site was created by Giulia Menichetti and Albert-László Barabási, two scientists at Northeastern University who study ultra-processed foods and developed a database of over 50,000 foods sold in grocery stores.
Checking in on relief efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona hits the island
We meet authors Janie Victoria Ward, professor emerita in the Departments of Education and Africana Studies at Simmons University and Tracy Robinson-Wood, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University.
Popular Mechanics
Alexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice
“Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […]
Insider
Millennials and Gen Z want to stop a climate catastrophe. But first they have to get elected.
They’re more rigid and concerned with preserving their economic stability, while millennials and Gen Zers have fewer expectations of stability, Jennie Stephens, a professor of sustainability science and policy at Northeastern University, said.
Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides
More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, and with the help of the political scientist Melissa Nobles created a database of what Burnham calls a “forgotten history of racially motivated homicides” in the American South during the Jim Crow era.
New book is centered on the Black experience in higher ed, and how white women on campus can help
We meet the book’s authors, Janie Victoria Ward, professor emerita in the departments of education and Africana studies at Simmons University and Tracy Robinson-Wood, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University.
Popular Mechanics
lexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice, And That’s Probably Not a Good Thing
“Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […]
Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides
Margaret A. Burnham writes in “By Hands Now Known.” More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University.
Bloomberg Law
Talk of Covid’s End Sparks Fight Over Funding, Emergency Powers
“We do not have a health-care system that is equitable,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. When it comes to a vaccine or other Covid-related product, “if the government isn’t going to be the payer of last resort and ensure the supply, then people without means are not […]
Without the queen at its heart, Commonwealth faces uncertain future
“Yes, the queen is a powerful symbol,” said Nicole Aljoe, a professor of English and Africana Studies at Northeastern University in Boston in the United States.
How should we do research on human nature?
Op-Ed by Iris Berent, professor of psychology at Northeastern University.
Finger on the pulse: Five innovative startups set out to ‘disrupt’ health care
Startup costs so far have been minimal for JotLogs, which received a $25,000 grant from from Northeastern University’s Roux Institute via its Founder Residency that started in July.