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When False Information Goes Viral, COVID-19 Patient Groups Fight Back

“Even if we’re not actively seeking information, we encounter these kinds of messages on social media, and because of this repeated exposure, there’s more likelihood that it’s going to seep into our thinking and perhaps even change the way that we view certain issues, even if there’s no real merit or credibility,” says Elizabeth Glowacki, a health […]
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How to make this winter not totally suck, according to psychologists

“When you feel grateful, your mind turns its attention to what is perhaps the greatest source of resilience for most humans: other humans,” David DeSteno, a psychology professor at Northeastern University and the author of Emotional Success, told me. “By reminding you that you’re not alone — that others have contributed to your wellbeing — it […]
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Former Boston city councilor Josh Zakim launches new prohousing nonprofit

Bluestone, public policy professor emeritus at Northeastern University, said rents in the Boston area have softened a bit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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Do Social Media Algorithms Erode Our Ability to Make Decisions Freely?

As Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, Boston, explains: If you want to know when social media companies are trying to manipulate you into disclosing information or engaging more, the answer is always.
Hindustan Times

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A recent (October 5) article in peer reviewed journal Nature Medicine by Benjamin Rader from the Boston University’s School of Public Health, Samuel V Scarpino from the Network Science Institute at Boston’s Northeastern University, Moritz Kramer at the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, and others, claims that the “degree to which cases of Covid-19 […]
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Calm before the storm? Not a chance with the election just three weeks away

As Northeastern University’s Dan Kennedy writes, “Now, was anyone who read the original text somehow fooled into thinking that the United States was actually founded in 1619? Did anyone go running to Wikipedia to double-check on that 1776 thing? Of course not. It is ludicrous to think that the idea of 1619 as our country’s […]
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New York Is Trying Targeted Lockdowns. Will It Stop a Second Wave?

But once again, New York City is just the first to deal with it. “They have the opportunity to write the playbook,” says Sam Scarpino, an applied mathematician at Northeastern University who studies how outbreaks move.
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Lessons for the Next Pandemic—Act Very, Very Quickly

She recently formed a “Trinity Challenge” coalition, which includes Northeastern University, Facebook, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to share data and insights on how to prepare more effectively for health emergencies.
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FTC Chairman Warns About Basing Policy On Recent Studies

As an example, Simons pointed to “Mergers, Merger Control and Remedies,” a book by John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University, that attempted to assess how well U.S. merger enforcement is working by looking at a set of merger retrospective studies. The House panel’s report cites the book and said Kwoka’s scholarship concludes that the agencies […]
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U of Maine System gets $240M to launch engineering college, expand programs

Other higher ed recipients of the grants are Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, the University of New England, Thomas College and Colby College. 
Hindustan Times

Odisha CM’s Twitter handle falls victim to fake news on Oxford University

However, a senior official of Odisha government later pointed out to a study titled ‘Crowding and the shape of Covid-19 epidemics’ by the Oxford University and the Northeastern University that was published in the highly-respected “Nature Medicine” journal on October 5. 
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New study says Trump could be in the lead on Election Night but lose by week’s end

“There will therefore likely be enormous shifts toward Biden after election day,” David Lazer, a Northeastern University political science and computer science professor who worked on the report, said in an e-mail.