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Boulder supermarkert shooting renews concerns about gun violence

Boston 25 News sat down with Northeastern University’s criminology expert, Jack Levin, who has studied these killings for decades. The recent uptick this week, he said, is a vicious cycle.
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Governor races to test COVID-19 response, Trump influence

A survey from the Covid States Project, a consortium of researchers from Northeastern University, Rutgers, Northwestern University and Harvard, found a majority of voters approved of a governor’s handling of the pandemic in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York and Ohio, all states where governorships are up for election next […]
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When will there be enough herd immunity to return to the workplace?

The problem is, it isn’t a magic number, and it isn’t just one number at all. According to Dr. Samuel Scarpino, who directs the emergent epidemics lab at Northeastern University, “small changes in your assumptions, small changes in the way the disease is actually spreading in the population, lead to wildly different possible trajectories.”
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Supply Chain Feature: Hungry, Hungry Shoppers

“Consumer demand is pent up and it will be unleashed when this is over,” Nada Sanders, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University, said during her keynote presentation at last month’s PLMA Live! Presents Private Label Week.
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Supreme Court Decision To Consider Boston Marathon Bombing Case Could Have ‘Wide-Ranging Ripple Effects’ On High-Profile Cases

GBH Morning Edition host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern University law professor and GBH News legal analyst Daniel Medwed about the decision and its potential implications in other high-profile cases.
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World Happiness Report is out, with a surprising picture of global resilience

“The best individual levels of psychological resilience come when we take a really horrible event like a car crash or the death of a loved one [and] turn that into a story of, ‘You know, this really bad thing happened. It was really hard. And I got through it, and here’s what I did to […]
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New Partnership Offers Free Master’s Degree at Northeastern University’s Portland Campus

There are five open spots to earn a free master’s degree from Northeastern University right now, and requirements to apply are fairly wide open. Roughly two weeks ago, the school’s Roux Institute, a tech-focused campus in Portland, and Tilson Technology Management, a technology infrastructure company headquartered in the city, posted applications for what is being […]
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China’s Vaccine Sent to Developing Nations May Find Wary Reception

Daniel Aldrich, director of the security and resilience studies program at Northeastern University in Boston, told VOA Mandarin that “China has not offered vaccines to South Korea, Japan, or other neighboring countries; instead, it has focused on projecting its soft power abroad to developing nations where it hopes to create a favorable reputation and build […]
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Today’s Leaders Are In Deep Shift: The Digital Transformation Of Our Work-Life

Dr. Curtis Odom is the Managing Partner at Prescient Strategists, and an Executive Professor of Management at Northeastern University.
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Does Solving The Climate Crisis Require Antiracist Feminist Leadership?

“Climate isolation” is a term coined by Jennie Stephens, Ph.D., Director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, and Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy. 
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Mass. expected to ease business restrictions, expand eligibility for vaccinations Monday

“The advice from public health experts is pretty clear and specific with respect to the governor’s plans around reopening,” said Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University epidemiologist. “And that’s that we’re moving too quickly.”
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Drug companies defend vaccine monopolies in face of global outcry

“It doesn’t make any sense for rich countries to think they can vaccinate their own and let the rest of the world live off dribs and drabs,” said Brook Baker, a Northeastern University law professor.