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The Independent

Why US food banks receive just 13 percent of surplus food from grocery stores

John Lowrey is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Health Sciences, Northeastern University.
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Why Experience Alone Is No Longer Enough To Stay Competitive At Work

One of my favorite conversations on this topic was with Dr. Laura Huang, Associate Dean of Executive Education and Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on perception and the ways people turn challenges into advantages.
Vox

How to actually get to know your neighbors

Unwillingness to chit-chat while taking out the trash undoubtedly makes for a less buzzing social life, but as Daniel P. Aldrich, Dean’s Professor of Resilience at Northeastern University, told Vox, refraining from community interaction isn’t just isolating; it’s dangerous.
Marketplace

In the age of AI, what will entry-level jobs look like?

Kenneth Henderson, chancellor for learning at Northeastern University in Boston, is thinking about this all the time. “It’s on us as educators to ensure that we adapt very quickly,” he said.
The Seattle Times

Many child safety features on social apps don’t work, report finds

Researchers at New York University and Northeastern University tested dozens of safety features promoted by Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube in recent years, as the products came under fire for enabling adolescent loneliness, bullying and sexual exploitation. 
The Observer

Another 250 years? Two-thirds of US citizens now fear democracy will fail

“We’re on a razor’s edge. There’s just no doubt about that,” Jeremy Paul, a constitutional law professor at Northeastern University, said of the ruling. “In the end, the court followed the constitution. Yes, it was 5-4, but at least it was five.”
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Young People Watch TikTok, Not Television

At Northeastern University’s Reinventing Local TV News Project, we conducted a national survey of Americans aged 18 to 34 who consume news weekly on at least one platform. Only 19% watch local TV news on television.

Shootings in Nine States Mar Fourth of July Celebrations

“Holidays and celebrations, they often involve drinking, sometimes drug use, and unfortunately also guns,” Dr. Fox, who works at Northeastern University, said in an interview. “If there’s lots of strangers, altercations and arguments can arise,” he said, and people may end up firing guns.
The Independent

How you can keep your child safe on social media as new study found ‘systemic issues’ with many features

“If you are a parent, you should know that we have found systemic issues with the design and implementation of many of these features,” reads the report from online safety nonprofit, Heat Initiative and the Cybersafety Research Center, a multi-university initiative led by researchers from New York University and Northeastern University.
The Seattle Times

Who can sell ‘6 7’ chicken nuggets? One company is asking a court to decide

“You can’t be the only producer of nuggets in the shape of ‘6 7,’ just like you can’t be the only producers of chicken dinos, or unicorn mac and cheese, or fish sticks in the shapes of fish,” said Alexandra Roberts, the faculty director of the Center for Law, Information & Creativity at Northeastern University […]
Portland Press Herald

How Maine’s economy benefits from billion-dollar defense contracts

That’s Jack Lesko’s impression after five years as director of engineering research at The Roux Institute of Northeastern University. Before that he was an engineering professor and researcher for 32 years at Virginia Tech, working with the Navy and companies such as Rolls Royce and Airbus on advanced manufacturing technologies and materials.
Scientific American

The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong

“Previous to this work, every response to questions about infertility or menopause was rooted in the concept that women only have a fixed number of eggs to work with,” says Jonathan Tilly, a biologist at Northeastern University. “But what if that wasn’t the case?”