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College Courses Online Are Disappointing. Here’s How to Fix Them.

Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett) is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and the author, most recently, of the forthcoming book “Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain.”
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What to Do If You’re Not Ready to Return to the Office

“People are generally resistant to any requests in those situations,” says negotiation expert Parker Ellen, an assistant professor of management and at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
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Northeastern researchers find lack of child care has been a significant challenge for workers during the pandemic

A Northeastern University economics professor says her research indicates that lack of child care during the coronavirus pandemic is a challenge for the country’s workforce.
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Do you wear a mask when seeing your friends and family?

“We’re getting used to this new, ‘I’m going to assess my risk; I’m not going to just live in my house,’” Dr. William Sharp, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University, said. “I would say with 99 percent certainty, these [conversations] are going to come up.”
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The advantage of family businesses in a crisis, and how they can adapt and become more resilientDuring crisis times for family businesses, “family members tend to come together and do whatever it takes to promote the family’s health and prosperity,” says Kimberly A. Eddleston, a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University and a senior editor on the EIX Editorial Board. “Opportunities for a family to come together and work towards a common purpose make the family stronger.”

During crisis times for family businesses, “family members tend to come together and do whatever it takes to promote the family’s health and prosperity,” says Kimberly A. Eddleston, a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University and a senior editor on the EIX Editorial Board. “Opportunities for a family to come together and work […]
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Can an algorithm predict the pandemic’s next moves?

It integrated those data streams with a sophisticated prediction model developed at Northeastern University, based on how people move and interact in communities.

It’s Been ‘Such a Weird Year.’ That’s Also Reflected in Crime Statistics.

This stands in sharp contrast to an analysis by the Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox that there were more than 2,200 intimate partner murders nationwide in 2017.
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Want To Create A Better Mask? It’s Harder Than It Seams

We asked researchers Loretta Fernandez and Amy Mueller at Northeastern University to test the Bilio mask. They’ve been testing the performance of a range of various masks, measuring to see how well they protect the wearer from inhaling particles that may carry the coronavirus.
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3 Years After Hurricane Harvey, Many Houston Homeowners Don’t Know Who’s At Risk Next

“We would want to level that playing field as much as we can if we want a fair and equitable society, and therefore make risk information as widely available as we could to support that,” said Steven Flynn, director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. “In theory, every good capitalist should be behind […]
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As cases spike in California, a warning for Massachusetts

“It’s great news that the number of fatalities have come down. It’s an important indicator that the sacrifices we all made worked, at least in the sense of bringing the outbreak back under control,” said Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University professor who specializes in infectious disease.
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‘70% of our planet is oceans – Maybe we should call it Planet Ocean instead of Planet Earth’

Dr Hanumant Singh is a Professor at Northeastern University, USA. His research group has designed and built the Seabed AUV robot, as well as the Jetyak Autonomous Surface Vehicle, dozens of which are in use for scientific research across the globe.

Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves?

 It integrated those data streams with a sophisticated prediction model developed at Northeastern University, based on how people move and interact in communities.