NBC News Surgeon general wants Naloxone widely on hand. Is this feasible? This is an “unequivocally positive” step forward, said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.
If you read one higher ed book this year, make it ‘Robot-Proof’ Joseph E. Aoun, a linguist who also happens to head Northeastern University, makes the case that our economy is on the cusp of enormous change.
The Hill Democrats can campaign on technology for edge in 2020 Americans have taken this possibility to heart. Polls indicate that although public attitudes toward technology are generally positive, many are worried that innovation could exacerbate unemployment and inequality. Researchers at Northeastern University and Gallup found in a recent study that 58 percent of U.S. adults view new technology as a greater threat to jobs than […]
WGBH Explaining the ‘red flag’ bill that’s pending on Beacon Hill The Massachusetts legislature is considering joining seven other states in enacting a “red flag” law that would allow courts to issue protection orders to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who pose a significant danger. WGBH Legal Analyst and Northeastern Law Professor Daniel Medwed spoke about the “red flag” bill, currently pending in the Massachusetts House […]
Nursing homes routinely refuse people on addiction treatment—which some experts say is illegal “The imperative to provide people with addiction with medication has not percolated,” said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.
Facing historic labor changes, companies snap up teenagers The payoff of higher education was so great, many teens would forgo working in high school and early in college. Some focused on volunteering, sports and other enrichment activities, while others didn’t work because automation and competition with immigrants made some typical teen jobs harder to find, said Northeastern University economist Alicia Sasser Modestino.
Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users At a minimum, “Facebook is going to have to think about ways to structure their technology to give that proper notice,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a Northeastern University professor of law and computer science.
Too often juries comprise 12 confused men (and women) Janet Randall, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University, has found that rendering these instructions in plain English, stripping out passives and legalese especially, makes them much easier to interpret. Providing a written version brought an even bigger benefit. She first recorded modest results when testing psychologists’ favourite lab rats—their students. But these are people who did […]
Lobster shell disease nudges up slightly off of Maine The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than most of the world’s oceans, so increased vigilance about possible growth of shell disease remains very important, said Justin Ries, a marine biogeochemist with Northeastern University. The low percentage of Maine lobster with shell disease could be temporary, he said.
ThinkProgress This overlooked aspect of opioid recovery has become a focus for health centers “In many ways it’s even more important for that work because the response around substance use is primarily legal and not health focused,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, of medical-legal partnerships.
U.S. News & World Report Watch: Videos from the 2018 STEM Solutions Workforce of Tomorrow Conference Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun and Tyra A. Mariani, executive vice president of New America, sit down for a keynote conversation about how education must adapt for the automation age.
Boston Herald Army picks Northeastern University for lab site A highly coveted military research lab — the last of four the Army plans to establish — will call the Bay State home. Northeastern University’s George J. Kostas Research Institute in Burlington has been selected as the final regional hub for the U.S. Army’s Research Laboratory.