Not only do researchers often depict the brain and its functions much as mapmakers might draw nations on continents, but they do so “the way old-fashioned mapmakers” did, according to Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern University. “They parse the brain in terms of what they’re interested in psychologically or mentally or behaviorally,” and then […]

Lead study author Katie Lotterhos, from Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, said the ocean’s changing composition due to carbon pollution would likely impact all surface species.

Wendy Parmet, a professor of law, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, agreed. “The 1st Amendment does not limit the government’s ability to counter misinformation or focus on the dissemination of truthful information,” she said.

 According to a recent study conducted by Alicia Sasser Modestino and other researchers at Northeastern University, 26% of working women had to leave their jobs during the pandemic due to a lack of childcare. 

 But some neuroscientists, like Lisa Feldman Barrett of Northeastern University, argue that people construct emotions and thoughts, and there is no clear distinction between them.

At BU and Northeastern, students were required to submit proof of vaccination before getting a move-in assignment. Both schools stagger move-in times to limit large congregations of people.

Americans were not happy. The new passports were seen as a “symbol of eroding trust between citizens and their government,” writes Craig Robertson, an associate professor of media and communication studies at Northeastern University, in the Smithsonian Magazine.

The volunteers are part of Northeastern’s Alliance of Civically Engaged Students, which has freshmen complete service projects throughout Boston.

Evan Selinger is a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity. 

Wendy E. Parmet is the Matthews Distinguished University professor of law and director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University.

The added weight brought by the penthouse had the potential to exacerbate a failure and contribute to the progressive collapse that killed 98 people this year, said Mehrdad Sasani, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University who reviewed the building’s design plans. He also said the decision to add a new floor […]

Daniel Medwed, Northeastern University law professor and GBH News legal analyst, joined Aaron Schachter on Morning Edition to discuss what does come into play when a decision like this is make.