Find coverage of Northeastern University in the press.
A South Shore AI-generated news site put up a paywall. Hundreds of readers, including a police chief, opened their wallets.
Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University journalism professor who researches local news, said that in terms of reach alone, there’s no other outlet on the South Shore that is comparable.
House Robots Are Coming—and They Will Be Dangerously Cute
“These are vulnerability manufacturing machines,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University who studies anthropomorphic robots. “Even if we know our companion is just a robot, it doesn’t stop us from being manipulated.”
WCVB TV
Despite police reforms, these Massachusetts officers resigned to avoid discipline — and got hired again
5 Investigates collaborated with Northeastern University’s School of Journalism to review state disciplinary data and internal affairs reports obtained through public records requests.
Entrepreneur
Colleges Want Students to Sign Up for Degree Programs in This Emerging Field: ‘We’re Basically the Test Subjects’
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Center for Inclusive Computing estimate that students can already choose from at least 74 AI majors and 89 minors on U.S. campuses.
CBS News
How to buy SpaceX shares as its blockbuster IPO readies for liftoff
Participation is limited to accredited investors with certain asset thresholds, said Karthik Krishnan, an associate professor of finance at Northeastern University.
White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms
“Should we start having some outbreaks in the United States, it could be deeply problematic,” says Wendy Parmet, a public health law professor at Northeastern University.
Nearly five years in, the ‘Nicotine-Free Generation’ movement could go up in smoke, advocates warn
Now it also faces “a mortal threat,” with two industry-supported bills pending in the Legislature that would repeal all generational bans and strip health boards of authority to approve them, said Mark Gottlieb, director of Northeastern University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute and one of the architects of the generational initiatives.
WCVB TV
How George Floyd’s murder has sparked police reform in Massachusetts and revealed ‘wandering cops’
A joint analysis by 5 Investigates and Northeastern University’s School of Journalism of disciplinary data from the commission identified more than 50 cases where officers resigned or retired to avoid discipline and later found jobs in law enforcement.
‘Go Make Your Own Luck’: Inside the Halftime Speech That Saved the Knicks’ Season—and Why It Worked
Experts in sports leadership applauded his decision. “That kind of confidence and belief in his players is what sets great leaders apart,” Robert Prior, the director of Northeastern University’s graduate program in sports leadership, told Inc.
How beer fueled the American Revolution
Purinton teaches courses on American history – and beer – at Northeastern University. He gestured at the antique guns, tricorner hat and maps of early Boston on the tavern’s brick walls.
Colleges Are Building A.I. Degrees, Hoping Students Will Come
Only five schools offered A.I. majors in 2021. Now, universities are setting up programs so quickly that researchers are struggling to track them. At least 74 A.I. majors and 89 minors are available on American campuses, according to Northeastern University’s Center for Inclusive Computing.
Wired Italia
Will the start of the 2026 World Cup be the spark that triggers new epidemics?
In particular, a research team led by Alessandro Vespignani of Northeastern University analyzed the potential risk of introducing and spreading pathogens associated with the arrival of over a million fans from all over the world.