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How the NFL is betting big on gambling
Harry Levant, a gambling addiction therapist and advocate for tighter regulation, highlighted the other side of that equation.
CBS News
As the Iran war rages, Israel continues killing senior Iranian figures. This is how they do it.
Northeastern University political scientist Max Abrahms told Britain’s Independent newspaper this week, citing past experience from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, that violence against civilians by authoritarian regimes often spikes after targeted killings by foreign powers.
WMTW
Behind-the-scenes tour of Northeastern’s Roux Institute construction project in Portland
Northeastern University’s new campus is taking shape on the waterfront of Maine’s largest city. The $500 million project is still two years away from completion, but Maine’s Total Coverage was able to get a tour of the Portland construction site on Wednesday.
Mass Live
Hilary Duff named Northeastern University’s commencement speaker
Northeastern University’s 2026 commencement speaker will be the famous actress and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff, according to a university social media post on Wednesday evening.
‘What dreams are made of’: Hilary Duff will be Northeastern University’s 2026 commencement speaker
Hilary Duff is headed to Fenway — not for a concert, but to send off the Class of 2026. Northeastern University announced the actress and pop star as this year’s commencement speaker in a social media video featuring school mascot Paws.
He helped shape Boston’s changing skyline. Now, Ted Landsmark is departing City Hall.
Landsmark, 79, is hardly taking a step back from civic service. That’s on top of his position at Northeastern University, where he’s a distinguished professor of public policy and urban affairs.
Boston.com
Hilary Duff will be Northeastern University’s 2026 commencement speaker
Northeastern University announced actor and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff as its 2026 undergraduate commencement speaker in a Y2K-themed social media post on Wednesday.
Republicans Get Early Midterm Warning as Democratic Turnout Surges
Republicans should be “very concerned” about these numbers, Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
Women's Health
It’s Time to Start Talking About ‘Almond Dads’
This is an example of modeling, says Rachel Rodgers, PhD, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University. Modeling is the idea that a child notices and internalizes a parent’s behavior and then recreates it themselves—whether that behavior is healthy or not.
The Trump Administration Just Gave Live Nation the Gift of a Lifetime
Live Nation would cap service fees at 15 percent of the ticket price at just a handful of venues and divest from a few others; it would let competitors have access to its back-end ticketing technology, though John Kwoka, a leading antitrust economist, told me that’s like competing against Amazon products on Amazon.com.
Grist Magazine
Big Oil has moved on from ‘greenwashing.’ Here’s the new playbook.
Along with researchers at Northeastern University and Columbia University, Stephens analyzed how BP, Exxon, Shell, and the French oil giant Total Energies discussed solar, wind, and other sustainable energy sources in their annual reports from 2016 through 2022.
LA Review of Books
Death by Optimization
Hilary C. Robinson is an associate professor of law and sociology at Northeastern University.