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Shakespeare Becoming Shakespeare, With Help From His Working-Class Peers

The author of books about Shakespeare and Ezra Pound, Daniel Swift is also an associate professor of English at Northeastern University London. 
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New York between shock and cautious optimism after the Trump-Mamdani meeting

As if Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory on November 4 could rub off on him a little, Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told AFP.
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The week Trump lost his temper — and powerful women

Op-ed by Jill Abramson, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a former executive editor of The New York Times.
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‘Fra Angelico’ Review: Florence’s Master Storyteller

Book review by Cammy Brothers, a professor of art and architecture at Northeastern University and the author of “Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome.”
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More families sue ByHeart as company confirms botulism spores were found in its infant formula

Darin Detwiler, a professor of food regulatory policy at Northeastern University, agreed that ByHeart should have taken comprehensive action more quickly.
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Why big pharma is teaming up with AI giants to speed up drug discovery and make work easier for health care workers

“We now have AWS, Azure and Cloudflare outages in the span of a month,” said David Choffnes, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University, told The New York Times. “That’s a very large portion of the biggest cloud providers in the world.”
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Brian Walshe murder trial strategy could change after Tuesday pleas, law professor says

Tuesday’s change in plea means the trial will likely focus on “what happened” rather than “whodunit,” Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed said during a live interview on NewsCenter 5.
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At Harvard, researchers explore secrets of salamander superpower

In June, researchers at Northeastern University discovered how axolotl flesh cells at the site of an injury respond to retinoic acid, a molecule similar to the retinol in many skin creams.

Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts

“From an institutional perspective, I get it, you’re excited about growth,” said Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, an assistant professor of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University who has written about Americans who convert to Russian Orthodoxy. “But when that growth comes with violent political tendencies, that is not good and it has to be checked.”
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New Serial Killer Identified in Massachusetts

Northeastern University Criminologist James Alan Fox, in comments to Boston 25 News: “The homeless are vulnerable. They are easy targets. They are defenseless. And when they are killed, or disappear, we just don’t have the same response. 
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Release the Epstein files!

Yet the narrow focus of the criminal investigations may disappoint those expecting damning new revelations about Epstein’s associates. “What’s crucial [in these cases] is what happened to the women, and not what people happen to be connected to Epstein,” says Jeremy Paul, a law professor at Northeastern University.
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Epstein, RFK Jr., and journalism’s week of shame

Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.