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Colleges Worried About Covid-19 Cases Tell Students to Stop Partying
Northeastern University in Boston is trying to stay ahead of the curve. Students will start moving in next week, but the school caught wind of a poll on social media by a first-year student asking his classmates whether they planned to attend parties when they got to school. Despite restrictions by the university, 115 said […]
Syracuse students suspended in latest crackdown by colleges
On Friday, Northeastern University sent warning letters to 115 freshmen who had responded “Hell Yeah” to another student’s Instagram poll on whether they planned to have or go to parties, spokeswoman Renata Nyul said.
Northeastern warns students: Don’t even think about parties
In an effort to preempt a COVID-19 outbreak among students this semester, Northeastern University on Friday sent stern e-mails to 115 freshmen — and their parents — warning them against partying.
Is a 20 second handwash enough to kill Covid-19?
Thomas Gilbert, an associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, says coronavirus’s chemical make-up can be disrupted by nothing more specialised than cheap soap and warm water.
NBC Boston
Analysis: What Made Obama Rebuke Trump?
Northeastern University professor Costas Panagopoulos said it was clear Obama was trying to articulate a sense of urgency.
Science 2034
Fabien Cousteau’s Proteus Could Be The ISS Of The Ocean
“If you need to be out in the water column — making your measurements, collecting the weird organisms that are there, doing engineering tasks — and you’re operating from the surface, you don’t have the luxury of time,” Mark Patterson, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, one of Cousteau’s partners on […]
Secret to dinosaurs’ huge size may be in unusually lightweight bones
“Trabecular bone is an exceptional, lightweight structural material,” says Donahue. Until now, no one had studied the properties of this bone tissue in dinosaurs. The focus on trabecular bone makes the new study unique, says Sandra Shefelbine at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, who wasn’t involved in the work.
PolitiFact
Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention
Northeastern University professor Costas Panagopoulos said this has happened before with second-place finishers: Hillary Clinton in 2008, Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Ted Kennedy in 1980.
How key bottlenecks scrambled COVID-19 testing in Sacramento
“It’s pretty stunning that we are still having these bottlenecks,” said David Lazer, a professor at Northeastern University and co-author of a recent report on turnaround times for test results across the U.S.
Massachusetts Delegates Discuss The Divide In Party Philosophy
Silvia Dominguez is an associate professor of sociology at Northeastern University, and a pledged delegate for Bernie Sanders.
The Politics of Postal Reform Have Always Been Part of USPS History
Ryan Ellis is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and a previous recipient of the United States Postal Service’s Moroney Award for Scholarship in Postal History.
Mass shootings: Limiting magazine capacity saves lives and doesn’t infringe on gun rights
James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors and co-author of “Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder.“