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Explainer: What are patent waivers for COVID vaccines?

“They are going to propose the text that addresses some of the concerns and move the agenda forward, the initial meeting will be on what products should be covered,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law.
PBS NewsHour

7 takeaways from NewsHour’s investigation into harassment Black women in politics face

Moya Bailey of Northeastern University coined the term “misogynoir” to describe the anti-Black misogyny that Black women face. 

Cambridge-Based Online Learning Platform edX To Be Acquired By 2U

“The world of online education has been maturing and growing rapidly,” said Sean Gallagher, the founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. “There’s a lot of momentum for online education companies to be publicly traded and scaling and competing.”
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Engineer explains what witness accounts of pool deck collapsing first could mean in Surfside investigation

If the pool deck area did collapse first, Northeastern University engineering professor Mehrdad Sasani explained what that could indicate for the investigation: “That collapse potentially could lead to two different scenarios. … One is the potential instability of the foundation of the building. Which given that the building was on some more than — the portion that collapsed — on some more than […]
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Street violence is up throughout US, but not in Boston

Jack McDevitt, director of Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice, said he recently heard from police chiefs of major cities throughout the country talking about substantial increases in violent crime, including shootings and homicides.
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Northeastern move for Mills meets big Silicon Valley demand

Northeastern University’s move to bail out Mills College in Oakland was projected by experts to answer a huge demand for technical training around Silicon Valley that online education so far has proven unable to fully serve.
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As engineers hunt for answers in the Surfside building collapse, signs point to the building’s lower reaches

The disaster most likely resulted from a combination of foundational and structural problems, said Mehrdad Sasani, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University. The collapse likely started at lower floors of the condo and could have been influenced by “40 years of exposure to salt, water and salt air and the indication […]
GBH

How Do Prosecutors In Massachusetts Prove A Hate Crime?

Daniel Medwed, GBH News Legal Analyst and Northeastern University Law Professor, joined Craig LeMoult on Morning Edition to discuss how hate crimes are defined and prosecuted in Massachusetts. 
Reason

Charging Bit Players With Drug-Induced Homicide Is Unjust and Potentially Deadly

According to a tally by the Health in Justice Action Lab at the Northeastern University School of Law, Pennsylvania prosecutors filed DDRD charges 781 times between 1974 and 2018.
Science Magazine

‘If you can name it, you can tame it’: How exposing academic culture helps students

But that doesn’t mean she thinks the data are unimportant. “I’m personally very interested in understanding the ‘whys’ behind that,” says Wrighting, who now works as executive director of the ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development at Northeastern University.

Family And Friends Remember Victims Of Winthrop Shooting

Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin said the killings appear to fit a pattern of recent race-fueled attacks. “There’s a much larger group of white supremacists who were inspired by organized hate groups on the right,” Levin said, “who give to these individuals what they never got before. And that is a feeling of power.”
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Is that Android or iPhone app safe to download? 3 red flags to look out for

What a policy agreement says about data collection is another important factor to consider before hitting download, according to Engin Kirda, a professor at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences.