Wendy Parmet, director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University, called the state’s position “amazing on so many levels.” She said the federal government has the authority to regulate international commerce, or who comes into and out of the country. And federal law, she said, trumps state law when there’s a conflict […]

Shortly after that, researchers from Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and nonprofit group Upturn found Facebook’s ad delivery algorithm could discriminate based on race and gender, even if that’s not what advertisers intended.

“Burlington had a long history of local control, local management … People in the city are involved and know where their energy comes from,” says Jennie Stephens, director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. “That is something that’s unique, that not all communities and cities have, that allows Burlington to be […]

Forecasting during a pandemic is a system subject to a feedback loop. “Models are not oracles,” says Alessandro Vespignani, a computational epidemiologist at Northeastern University and ensemble hub contributor, who studies complex networks and infectious disease spread with a focus on the “techno-social” systems that drive feedback mechanisms. “Any model is providing an answer that […]

According to a survey that will soon be released by Northeastern University, the perception of quality for qualifications earned online has been growing steadily, says Sean Gallagher, executive director of its future of higher education centre.

Patricia Williams is a professor of law at Northeastern University and a regular columnist for the Nation.

“Here’s an organization that’s committed to protecting the public but what they actually did is protect someone who had multiple allegations of severe domestic violence from multiple victims. As someone who’s done this work, I’m not surprised and I’m horrified,” said Margo K. Lindauer, director of the Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern University School of […]

Dan Kennedy is a professor of journalism at Northeastern University, a contributor at GBH News and the author of two books about the future of news: The Wired City and The Return of the Moguls.

“I believe that the CDC’s guidance was grounded in science,” says Neil Maniar, director of urban health in the Master of Public Health program at Northeastern University.

CNN’s core business model “is in danger” due to cord-cutters who are moving to streaming TV services, said Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University. “It makes sense for the network to experiment with different kinds of news products that aren’t dependent on cable,” he said.

“A lot of ethical stars and superstars had spent a few years there before going on to other jobs,” said John Basl, a former assistant professor at Bowling Green who moved to Northeastern University in 2013.

A new research paper from economists at the University of California (Irvine), Northeastern University in Boston and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board may provide some insight into how the next 18 months of Canadian political life will unfold. Readers who like their paper titles prosaic will enjoy the title of this one: “Politicians […]