Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University in Boston, said the ruling in the Sanders case could have an indirect effect on Ms. Clancy’s trial “by signaling that judges should err on the side of admitting, rather than excluding” evidence related to mental health.

The challenge now is separating science from marketing. Aaron Seitz, a professor of psychology, game design and physical therapy at Northeastern University, cautions that some companies continue to oversell the early science. 

Beth Simone Noveck, a professor at Northeastern University and former chief AI strategist of New Jersey, explained to the editorial board that AI tools have the ability to parse through thousands of pages of text, looking for the needle in a haystack.

Rachel Rodgers, who studies eating disorders and body image at Northeastern University, thinks the media storm around Grande is a “double-edged sword”, explaining that research has shown “the glorification of ultra-thin bodies in the media is a contributor to body dissatisfaction and to disordered eating behaviours”.

But the rise in cases is likely more complicated than that, according to Darin Detwiler, author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions and a professor at Northeastern University. “Our food system has become increasingly interconnected,” he says. 

Early mugshots were primarily used as a law enforcement tool for alerting a community about a potential offender or for gathering tips, says Sarah Lageson, an associate professor of law and criminology at Northeastern University.

Daniel S. Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, tells PEOPLE that the Massachusetts law surrounding a lack-of-criminal-responsibility defense is complex.

“The state’s labor force has continued to shrink, but productivity gains — running about half a percentage point above the corresponding U.S. measure — continue to keep Massachusetts’ growth slightly ahead of the nation’s,” Alan Clayton-Matthews, senior contributing editor and professor emeritus of economics and public policy at Northeastern University, said in a statement.

When Victoria Cain, a professor at Northeastern University who studies the history of museums and education, described museums’ role in life today, she made them sound like a tonic to the most charged parts of contemporary discourse. 

While Northeastern has been on our Alt-Ivy list several times in the past, it continues to qualify based on its numbers. 

“When I tell people I’m burning iron, they don’t believe it,” says Yiannis Levendis, a combustion engineer and sustainable fuel technologist at Northeastern University. 

Dr. Neil Maniar, a professor of public health at Northeastern University in Boston, added that this rise can be associated with summer travel, as people are spending more time in confined places with crowds.