Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture at Boston’s Northeastern University, says that even with the lessons history can teach us about the interplay between health and architecture, we still have a lot to learn about how to adapt — or rebuild — our homes, schools and workplaces to better protect ourselves against COVID-19.

Northeastern University, in Boston, has also kept case numbers down in part through frequent testing. Students get tested every three days, and faculty members, staff and contractors get tested twice weekly. Since the start of the semester, Northeastern has completed 320,764 tests and turned up 165 positive results — 135 among students and 30 among faculty and staff members […]

Public approval of his handling of the pandemic had dropped from 60 percent in April to 39 percent in late August, according to a consortium of academic researchers at Northeastern University, Harvard University, Northwestern University and Rutgers University. 

Facebook’s ad quality algorithms also analyze an ad’s content, not just users’ reactions to it. An apparent effect of these algorithms is that Facebook charges more to show liberal ads to conservative Facebook users or vice versa, compared to showing liberal content to liberals, according to a Northeastern University study.

The president’s clemency power is unilateral, but it’s not absolute. “Offering a pardon for silence is not allowed. That’s like witness tampering,” said Jeremy Paul, a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law.

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors and co-author of “The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder.”

“If what he’s saying is true, it shows some problems,” said Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law. He said Paxton’s actions raise serious questions, regardless of the merits of Paul’s claims.

Christoph Riedl is an associate professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, at Northeastern University. His research focuses on collective intelligence, crowdsourcing, and digital business transformation, including the role of AI for the future of work.

We’re joined by Shalanda Baker, professor of law, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University, and Emily Reichert, CEO of Somerville-based Greentown Labs, the largest climate tech startup incubator in North America.

 “For too long we’ve been focused on the climate crisis in a really kind of technocratic way,” Jennie Stephens, director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and author of the new book Diversifying Power, told VICE News. “These new emerging leaders…bring a better capacity to center social justice, racial justice, and economic […]

“Older adults consume more misinformation and are more likely to share misinformation,” said Briony Swire-Thompson, a senior research scientist at Northeastern University who specializes in social media networks.

“The only tool we have besides mask-wearing and social distancing is testing-tracing-isolation-quarantine,” said Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University epidemiologist. It is an approach that has worked well for universities in the Boston area, as well as a number of countries around the world that have kept cases from ballooning out of control.