Universities that have partnered with the Broad Institute to conduct large-scale surveillance testing have kept reported Covid-19 cases among students, faculty and staff low compared with other select schools.

Economist Alan Clayton-Matthews, professor emeritus at Northeastern University, said this is a sign that more companies are laying off workers and federal pandemic relief money from the CARES act is running short.

“Even if we’re not actively seeking information, we encounter these kinds of messages on social media, and because of this repeated exposure, there’s more likelihood that it’s going to seep into our thinking and perhaps even change the way that we view certain issues, even if there’s no real merit or credibility,” says Elizabeth Glowacki, a health […]

“When you feel grateful, your mind turns its attention to what is perhaps the greatest source of resilience for most humans: other humans,” David DeSteno, a psychology professor at Northeastern University and the author of Emotional Success, told me. “By reminding you that you’re not alone — that others have contributed to your wellbeing — it […]

Bluestone, public policy professor emeritus at Northeastern University, said rents in the Boston area have softened a bit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

As Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, Boston, explains: If you want to know when social media companies are trying to manipulate you into disclosing information or engaging more, the answer is always.

A recent (October 5) article in peer reviewed journal Nature Medicine by Benjamin Rader from the Boston University’s School of Public Health, Samuel V Scarpino from the Network Science Institute at Boston’s Northeastern University, Moritz Kramer at the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, and others, claims that the “degree to which cases of Covid-19 […]

As Northeastern University’s Dan Kennedy writes, “Now, was anyone who read the original text somehow fooled into thinking that the United States was actually founded in 1619? Did anyone go running to Wikipedia to double-check on that 1776 thing? Of course not. It is ludicrous to think that the idea of 1619 as our country’s […]

But once again, New York City is just the first to deal with it. “They have the opportunity to write the playbook,” says Sam Scarpino, an applied mathematician at Northeastern University who studies how outbreaks move.

She recently formed a “Trinity Challenge” coalition, which includes Northeastern University, Facebook, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to share data and insights on how to prepare more effectively for health emergencies.

As an example, Simons pointed to “Mergers, Merger Control and Remedies,” a book by John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University, that attempted to assess how well U.S. merger enforcement is working by looking at a set of merger retrospective studies. The House panel’s report cites the book and said Kwoka’s scholarship concludes that the agencies […]

Other higher ed recipients of the grants are Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, the University of New England, Thomas College and Colby College.