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GBH
Mass. highest court to review manslaughter case of former BC student whose boyfriend died by suicide
Daniel Medwed, GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor, joined host Henry Santoro on Morning Edition to talk about the case.
Filter Magazine
Austin, Indiana to Restart Syringe Access After Scott County Shutdown
“It’s an encouraging development, but it’s unfortunate we continue to have these very contentious debates about basic public health issues,” Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, told Filter of Austin’s news. “We’re still letting moral panics guide policy, to everyone’s detriment.”
Business Insider
Universities are using vaccine mandates and testing to pave the way to a new norm in the pandemic
This year, Northeastern University in Boston required students, staff, and faculty to get COVID-19 vaccines and get tested once a week. Jared AuClair, Technical Supervisor for the Life Science Testing Center told Insider they processed up to 35,000 tests a week but that testing was critical in resuming in-person classes.
Science Focus
Instant Genius Podcast: Brain myths, with Dr Lisa Feldman-Barrett
Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to Dr Lisa Feldman-Barrett. She’s a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain.
Pfizer Fights to Control Secret of $36 Billion Covid Vaccine Recipe
“Their approach has been, let us control supplies and we’ll work with countries to increase donations,” Brook Baker, a law professor at Northeastern University, says of Pfizer. “The industry knows the waiver is a threat to their business model.”
A Texas hospital suspends a doctor’s privileges for spreading ‘misinformation’ about Covid-19
“These doctors are taking advantage of the trust in them,” said David Lazer, a political science and computer sciences professor at Northeastern University. “They are using the prestige of that term ‘doctor’ to convey misinformation.”
New York Post
All the ways you’re being surveilled due to COVID-19
Ari E. Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, told The Post via email that these kinds of requirements are common. “If you’re looking for a federal law that prohibits employers from engaging in ongoing, intrusive and unnecessary surveillance of workers, you’re not going to find it,” he wrote. “In fact, worker surveillance […]
Mothers make their way back to work
The Delta variant is receding, and school-age kids are finally able to get the vaccine, notes Alicia Modestino, an economist at Northeastern University. That means more schools will be able to fully reopen and stay open, and the child care constraints that are keeping parents — usually mothers — at home will fade. Wages are […]
The Conversation
Hip-hop’s love-hate relationship with education
Nolan Jones Adjunct Professor of Education, Mills College
The Hechinger Report
As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening
Roux and his wife, Barbara, approached a dozen existing institutions and ultimately teamed up with Northeastern University to run the project, which was given temporary space in a tech company building on the Portland waterfront while it awaits the renovation of a historic B&M Baked Beans factory into its permanent campus. It reports enrolling 313 […]
How critical race theory went from conservative battle cry to mainstream powder keg
The same pattern is visible among conservative and mainstream news articles according to Media Cloud, a project hosted by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Northeastern University and Harvard University.
Recent violence involving Boston police could complicate Michelle Wu’s plans to reform the department
Jack McDevitt, director of Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice, hoped that the violence would not complicate needed reform. The incidents, he said, may speak to the need for some changes to better protect officers, such as additional training or equipment, but he did not think that should preclude the city from “trying to […]