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Why Medicare Is Focused On Food Insecurity

“These findings highlight the appropriateness of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intensifying focus on social determinants of health, exemplified by the accountable heath communities model, which targets dual enrollees, and the recent expansion of allowable supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage plans,” Jeanne Madden a professor of pharmacy at Northeastern University in Boston and her colleagues […]
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Santa Barbara coastline: Preparing for the future

The paper specific to the Santa Barbara area is a joint effort between researchers at UC Santa Barbara, California Sea Grant, U.S. Geological Survey, UMass Amherst, Northeastern University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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The home garage is the design template for many start-up offices

“In the American psyche, the garage is a place of possibility and refuge. It offers the space to make a mess and to tinker. It is a space of refuge for teenage angst and mid-life crises,” Stroud said. She cited a joint-research initiative by Stanford University, Northeastern University, and WRNS Studio where she works.
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New ‘reverse genomics’ method brings previously hidden bacteria to life

Although other groups recently have reported other techniques that isolate and grow novel microbes starting from sequences, Slava Epstein, a microbiologist at Northeastern University in Boston who specializes in cultivating previously uncultivable organisms, says this new work stands apart. “Their approach is targeted, and all the others rely on statistics,” Epstein says. “That’s a new […]
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Boston Research Center embarks on archival mission

“After we had that prototype phase, we all got together and thought about what we could do next,” said Dan Cohen, the vice provost for information collaboration, dean of libraries, and professor of history at Northeastern. “We really thought a key aspect of it was connecting more concretely with communities in Boston.”
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State vaping bans spur a backlash from anti-tobacco advocates

“This is a classic drug panic,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Massachusetts.
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How the Value of Educational Credentials Is and Isn’t Changing

In a national survey of employers that we at Northeastern University recently conducted, a strong majority of HR leaders said that the value of educational credentials in hiring has either increased (48%) or held steady (29%) over the last five years. 
Psychology Today

The Neuroscience of Superaging and Youthful Memory Power

n 2012, Marsel Mesulam of Northwestern University published a landmark paper that explored the brain architecture associated age-defying youthful memory capacity in a handful of 80+ year-olds who seemed to have freakishly good memory power. 
Inside Higher Ed

‘College Made Whole’

Gallagher, a vice chancellor for global learning opportunities and a professor of English at Northeastern University, responded via email to questions.
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‘Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence’ Review: Out of the Shadows

Ms. Brothers is an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of “Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture” (Yale).
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YouTube pledged to disable comments on videos with young kids. It hasn’t

“Whatever they do, it’s never going to be perfect,” said Christo Wilson, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University. “We just have to accept that an adult could be flagged as a child, or it just doesn’t see a child. Regardless of how much machine learning they have, they need to have some sort […]
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Lawmakers Move To Create More Vaping Regulations

WGBH Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern University law professor and WGBH legal analyst Daniel Medwed about the legal issues at play in this debate.