What’s at stake for Facebook’s Zuckerberg as he testifies for Day 2 Traditionally, the FTC will settle these type of cases because proving consent decree violations is difficult, says Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. But this situation with Facebook could be different, he says. “We can learn a lot from watching what happens after FTC reaches the conclusion of its investigation.”
State House News Service U.S. Army expanding research hub in Burlington The U.S. Army plans to increase its research presence in Massachusetts after choosing to partner with Northeastern University as part of nationwide effort to work with academic institutions to advance soldier and battlefield technology capabilities.
CBS News Great-grandson of lynching victim faces the past: “This is American history” “I knew that he was lynched in Georgia,” said Lewis. “I knew that it was a pretty horrific incident and there wasn’t a lot said about the history because folks were frankly afraid to speak to it.” That changed when the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Boston’s Northeastern University Law School started digging […]
Defense One U.S. Army eyes faster weapons development with a new collaboration hub Like the others before it, the northeast open campus will have ARL employees housed with partners in the region — in this case, Northeastern University will be the primary one. It’s a way of bringing together “expertise [that] is probably substantially greater than what might be located in our brick and mortar” labs, said Maj. […]
An ambitious African-science project is getting into its stride It also included presentations by a score of African scientists under 42, selected by a forum committee as “Next Einstein Fellows” and willing to act as role models for youngsters. Among them were Yabebal Fanteye, an Ethiopian cosmologist who is now a researcher at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Muizenberg, South Africa; […]
Quartz Regulating technology companies like Facebook will depend on the states The privacy rights attached to that kind of data are also difficult to understand and preserve because of the companies that deal in data. Places such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Google have designed an internet ecosystem that gives people the illusion that their data are safe and that they are in control of it. […]
Vox Why women are worried about #MeToo It’s not surprising that women who were supportive of #MeToo were also more likely than average to have certain concerns, said Sarah J. Jackson, a professor of communication studies at Northeastern University who studies racial and gender justice activism. People who support the movement “understand the stakes,” Jackson said.
With changing students and times, colleges are going back to school Higher education is facing a new threat in the business of creating and transmitting information. That keeps Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University in Boston, up at night. While other presidents in local college towns worry about competing for endowments and enrollment, Mr. Aoun sees another threat: robots.
With the drug industry as its partner, an addiction policy group invites tough questions “The practice of funding astroturf patient advocacy organizations is an industry-wide practice,” said Leo Beletsky, a public health and law professor at Northeastern University who focuses on drug policy. “This is no different, and certainly there is a huge business opportunity that Alkermes has happened upon here.”
Octavia Butler 101: Two scholars on the sci-fi genius who inspired Janelle Monae Twenty-five years ago, author Octavia Butler published her iconic Parable of the Sower with the epigraph: “All that you touch you Change. All that you Change changes you. For those who have yet to read her books, TIME asked two Butler experts, Northeastern University professor Dr. Moya Bailey and Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network founder […]
The Conversation Gaza’s nonviolent protesters exploited by Hamas, but feared by Israel What happened in Gaza last Friday was, in fact, quite different from what many people might assume, says Northeastern professor Dov Waxman. While the violence has dominated the news headlines, it is not the only big story from that day.
SF Gate Handgun used at YouTube afforded less chance for massive death toll But even though AR-15-style rifles have been used in many of the deadliest mass shootings, handguns are used more often, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist and researcher at Northeastern University, and co-author of “Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder.”