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John Lewis’ March on Washington speech is still relevant 57 years later

As Margaret Burnham, a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law, wrote after Lewis’ passing in July, “But for a short revival after the Sixteenth Street Church bombing (in 1963), Title III would never get out of the committee rooms.”
Harvard Gazette

National Science Foundation awards $20M to launch artificial-intelligence institute

The AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, announced Wednesday, is a cross-discipline collaboration between 20 physicists and seven AI experts from Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and Tufts University.
Venture Beat

The utopian promise and dystopian potential of real-time detection of police, fire, and medical emergencies

 A Northeastern University study released earlier this year found that Black people are twice as likely to die from police shootings as white people are.
Inside Higher Ed

Alternative Credentials on the Rise

Few have more experience monitoring alternative credentials and consumer interest in online learning than Sean Gallagher, an executive professor of education policy at Northeastern University. “This looks to be a catalytic moment,” said Gallagher, who is the founder and executive director of Northeastern’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. “Like what’s happened […]
Nevada Public Radio

Is The Strip In Danger of Super-Spreading Covid-19? A Contact Tracing App May Be The Answer

Guests:  Megan Messerly, health reporter, Nevada Independent; Brian Labus, assistant professor, UNLV School of Public Health; Marshall Allen, health reporter, ProPublica; Samuel Scarpino, assistant professor, Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute    

The cost of closed schools

13% of them lost their jobs or cut back hours due to child care challenges during the pandemic, according to a June survey conducted by Northeastern University. And even if parents can work and care for their kids at the same time, it’s impossible to be as productive. On average, a working parent loses around eight hours a week […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Remote work from Las Vegas a new frontier for the city

… flexibility to do something like that,” said Barbara Larson, an executive professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.  
San Francisco Chronicle

Trump’s convention: Scare the base, then soften the tone

“The Republicans weren’t trying to persuade anyone or talk about any themes that anyone but their base already buys into,” Alan Schroeder, a Northeastern University professor emeritus and expert on the theatrical aspects of politics, said after the convention’s first night.

How To Keep Schools Safe As College Students Return To Campus?

Our guests are Kathy Spiegelman, vice president and chief of campus planning and development at Northeastern, and Dr. David Hamer, professor of global health at BU’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine, and a member of the medical advisory group, which advises the university on the public health measures.  
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US campuses try chiding and suspending students to stay open

Northeastern University threatened to expel students who, in an online survey, merely expressed plans to attend parties. Madeleine Estabrook, Northeastern’s senior vice-chancellor for student affairs, told the students that such a sentiment “is unacceptable [and] will not be tolerated”, and she demanded they renounce it in writing.
NBC Boston

Northeastern University Boosts Coronavirus Testing Efforts

Northeastern University students will be tested for COVID-19 every three days and workers will be tested twice a week throughout the semester as part of the schools efforts to prevent outbreaks.
WCVB TV

Inside the lab built to process thousands of COVID-19 tests for Northeastern University

To handle all of those tests, Northeastern University built the Life Sciences Testing Center is on the university’s Innovation Campus in Burlington. It secured state and federal certifications earlier this month to process coronavirus samples.