Psyche Loui Assistant Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice at Northeastern University and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory

Jack McDevitt, a Northeastern University professor and director of the school’s Institute on Race and Justice, has studied hate crimes for more than 30 years and co-written three books on how hate crimes have affected the nation.

Karthik Krishnan’s research is at least partially responsible for the simplest answer–the more debt you forgive, the better it’ll be for entrepreneurship–but the Northeastern University economist strongly warns against that argument.

But Samuel Scarpino, an epidemiologist at Northeastern University, said Baker is not paying attention to other indicators that show Massachusetts is doing poorly compared to many states, including death rates due to COVID-19 and vaccine rollouts. “The experts are saying it’s too soon to reopen,” Scarpino said. “And the response from the governor is, ‘Let’s […]

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, a member of the USA TODAY Board of Contributors and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.”

“Biden wanted to respond to the incident in Iraq,” said Max Abrahms, a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University, “but he wanted to do it in a way that didn’t seem too heavy-handed … the more fundamental question that needs to be asked, and isn’t, is what are Iranian militias doing in Iraq? The […]

 “That gives some plausibility to the authenticity of what they’re selling” on the black market, said Nikos Passas, the co-director of Northeastern University’s Institute for Security and Public Policy.

The groups include Boston Children’s Hospital, Northeastern University, and Google.org, as well as the University of Oxford and the Rockefeller Foundation. Google.org is the charitable arm of the technology giant (Nasdaq: GOOGL). The effort is funded through a $1.25 million commitment from Google as well as a $1.5 million commitment in funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. 

Researchers from Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts found wireless carriers slow down internet speed for selected video streaming services, not just for network management (which is permitted), but “all the time, 24/7, and it’s not based on networks being overloaded.” 

“Half of women are saying they don’t even want to present in a seminar,” Dr. Modestino said. “We’re losing a lot of ideas that way.”

“We could talk about buying American all we want but if we have not ensured the supply chain is functioning, we’re going to continue to have shortages and stock outs,” said Nada Sanders, a professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University.

By mid-January 2020, epidemiologists were doing just this for SARS-CoV-2 — but had not come to a consensus about their findings. Sam Scarpino, an epidemiologist who directs the Emergent Epidemics Lab at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, tweeted that the evidence didn’t confirm sustained human-to-human transmission. And he remembers Rivers responding to him in a direct message: […]