New England Public Radio “When the fun stops, stop.” Addiction experts consider the rise of gambling in the U.K. a test case “It may or may not be doing what they set out to do, but I think the concept struck us as a very solid one,” said Mark Gottlieb, the executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.
Al Jazeera What Israel’s attack on Iran means for the future of war Op-ed by Hossein Dabbagh, an Assistant professor of philosophy at Northeastern University London.
ABC News Why domestic violence survivors may not be able to ‘just leave’ abusive relationships Hayat Bearat, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and director of the school’s Domestic Violence Institute, told ABC News that a couple also might have dissipated assets, or the abuse perpetrator may have moved all funds into an account over which they have sole control.
Asleep at the cyber wheel A yearlong investigation from ChinaFile’s Jessica Batke and Northeastern University’s Laura Edelson found that China’s online censorship is getting harder to evade.
The Telegraph The Med is now too hot for summer holidays Deeply ingrained behavioural factors won’t be helping Britons abroad. Dr Stephen Wood of Northeastern University in Massachusetts says: “Tourists are especially vulnerable to heat stroke and related illnesses for a few key reasons. Travel often involves a lot of walking and sightseeing, frequently in the hottest parts of the day, without sufficient hydration or rest.
Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs “If you look at youth unemployment before the pandemic, that’s pretty much where we’re headed,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a labor economist at Northeastern University who studies teenage employment.
ChinaFile The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters New research by Laura Edelson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, studies China’s “Great Firewall”.
The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away Uncertainty about the economy is a major reason, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/06/30/survey-americans-back-boosting-medical-research-funding The nationwide survey from the Civic Health and Institutions Project, which is made up of researchers from Rutgers, Harvard and Northeastern Universities as well as the University of Rochester, asked respondents about their views on cuts to grant funding at the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation as well as layoffs at science […]
AARP Adults 65-Plus Now Outnumber Kids in 11 States “The number of years a given individual lives over 65 has been steadily increasing,” says Mindy Marks, an economics professor at Northeastern University. “That’s going to make that group a larger and larger share of any population block.”
U.S. Dollar Dips to Three-Year Low. Here’s What That Means for You “The institutional quality that the U.S. had in terms of being a safe haven has been really undermined,” says Bilge Erten, a professor of economics at Northeastern University. “Why would you invest in U.S. assets when you know that the U.S. dollar is likely to continue to lose value?”
Map Shows 11 States Where Older Americans Outnumber Children Explaining why these states have more older adults than children, Mindy Marks, a professor of economics at Northeastern University, Massachusetts, told Newsweek “one reason is immigration,” or more precisely, a lack of it.
