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Prosecutors increasing pressure on ‘Varsity Blues’ defendants with new charges, experts say

Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, said the additional charges will probably result in the remaining defendants trying to reach a plea deal in order to avoid a severe punishment after trial.
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She Was Sex Trafficked At 14 — Then Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

“Police officers and jurors and judges don’t come from Mars,” said Amy Farrell, an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University who co-authored the study. “The dominant American model of sex trafficking is coming from the movie ‘Taken.’ It isn’t surprising that’s the schema people are walking around with.” 
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An assessment of Trump’s Syria pullback: a misstep or a credibility calamity?

“US withdrawal is in principle a good decision, but the modality has been entirely wrong-headed: too abrupt, leaving allies in the lurch and enabling the Turkish invasion,” Valentine Moghadam, a professor of sociology and international affairs at Northeastern University, wrote in an e-mail.

Women Are Missing at Central Banks

Economics is a highly competitive, often unfriendly profession — especially if you’re a woman, according to research presented by Alicia Modestino, an associate professor at Northeastern University.
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Mistaken identity: Facial recognition tool falsely matches well-known local athletes to people in a database of mug shots

But some critics want to go much farther. Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, favors an outright ban on government use.
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Lagarde or Not, Women Still Face Discrimination in Economics

Among the presentations in Frankfurt, a study presented by Northeastern University’s Alicia Modestino coded interactions between speakers and their audiences at several hundred economics seminars.
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Ex-Pimco CEO’s ‘Guilty’ Starts Frenzied Day in College Scam

Among the presentations in Frankfurt, a study presented by Northeastern University’s Alicia Modestino coded interactions between speakers and their audiences at several hundred economics seminars.
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Climate change in ‘history’: New England artist uses signs to sound alarms

Northeastern University’s Thomas Starr came up with the time-travel project known as “Remembrance of Climate Futures.”
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‘You’ve got to let them fight’: Why Trump’s advice doesn’t work for kids

First off, Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University who studies sibling conflict, says parents need to be aware of how they themselves are handling their children’s interactions.
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Artist uses ‘historic’ markers to raise climate awareness

“The concept is to just really take that information that is on the websites and package it in a way to insert it into the landscape where people will bump into it,” said Northeastern University’s Thomas Starr, who came up with the project known as ”Remembrance of Climate Futures.” 
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Do ‘mad’ shoppers make happier customers? Yes, says local study

Alex DePaoli is an expert in emotion. His research at Northeastern University discovered that being mad when you shop can pay off.
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Juul Will Stop Selling Most Flavored E-Cigs — But Its Competitors Won’t

“They’re fighting for survival,” said drug policy expert Leo Beletsky of Northeastern University, about Juul. He was skeptical of any rush to wholesale ban vaping, saying, “banning a licit market product will drive people to an illicit market where consumer choice and consumer safety is much more limited.”