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Black Women Asked Their Party for What They Wanted. What Happens Next?

“It is going to be a long road to the White House,” said Moya Bailey, a professor in the department of cultures, societies and global studies at Northeastern University in Boston and who coined the term misogynoir, referring to the way Black women experience both sexism and racism. “I do think that the way our […]
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The Brutal Truth About Success Jeff Bezos and Reese Witherspoon Understand That You Don’t

 In it, the author and Northeastern University-based expert on network theory explains how his team has developed a dead simple formula for success.
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Telework-Life Balance: 5 Ways to Clock Out at Home

He quotes Laura Dudley, a behavior analyst and associate clinical professor in applied psychology at Northeastern University, who explains the importance of rituals at the end of the workday, noting that “many of us are working in the same space where we are then spending time unwinding,” and any behavior that signals that shift between […]
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‘It’s The Hunger Games for Laboratories.’ Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results

Nada Sanders, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University, says that without a national, authoritative body to oversee all the moving parts, every stage of the U.S. testing system, including the testing sites, the labs and the manufacturers, will continue to be overwhelmed.
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Texas court holds jury trial in traffic crime case over Zoom

Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, said one concern is that video won’t allow jurors to assess witness’ credibility through demeanor and body language.
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Water cooler moments don’t have to disappear in the virtual workplace

Malone thinks he can prove it with a piece of videoconferencing software he built with collaborators at Northeastern University and Seoul National University, called Minglr. 
Deseret News

Utah COVID-19 test turnaround times vary widely, audit finds

Slower-than-needed turnaround times is a problem facing states across the U.S. months into the pandemic, according to Harvard and Northeastern University researchers.
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App developed at MIT, Northeastern looks to connect strangers via video chat

Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management and Northeastern University think they’ve found a way to generate the same kinds of accidental meetings in the virtual world.
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Virus Job Losses, Evictions Seen Risking Mass Attacks in Future

“You don’t have large crowds of people gathering together— you don’t have concerts, you don’t have crowded restaurants, you don’t have crowded churches. You don’t certainly have schools open until now,” said James Alan Fox, professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University and author of the 2019 book, Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial […]

How to Choose the Best Cloth Face Mask for You

A recent Northeastern University paper (PDF) reports that a surgical mask sealed to the wearer with a band cut from a pair of nylon stockings went from blocking out 50% to 75% of small particles (less than 0.3 micron) to blocking 90%.  “The fit was already good,” said study co-author Loretta Fernandez, an associate professor of civil […]
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Baystate Business: Pandemic Fallout (Radio)

– Professor David Lazer, Northeastern University, on their new study that shows not everyone will be clamoring to get a Covid vaccine once it becomes available.

This Is Not a Desk Chair

The chair is “an essential component” for body support, said Michelle Robertson, a lecturer at Northeastern University and the director of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee.