Attorneys for Tan and Zhang Hao spent much of Wednesday eliciting expert testimony from their first witness, Edmund Yeh, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University.

“We already know that PFAS are associated with preterm birth, low birth weight, reproductive toxicity, preeclampsia, decreased fertility, and single occurrence of miscarriage,” Phil Brown, a professor of sociology and health sciences and the director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

“Ideally, you would not use philanthropy simply to take away the symptoms of whatever is the problem,” said Patricia Illingworth, a Northeastern University philosophy professor who writes about ethics in philanthropy. “But, rather, you would want to address the root cause.”

The shift in rhetoric on Israel could be because Republicans are “reading the tea leaves in terms of public opinion” on the conflict, Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Now, a new study—led by scientists at Northeastern University—is investigating the next era of transistors that utilize a “hidden metallic state” capable of rapidly transitioning from a conductor to an insulator.

“Social media has certainly had an impact,” said Northeastern University criminology Professor James Alan Fox. “If someone has a grudge, a grievance, they can find other people online who will support them, who confirm their ideology.”

What began as a wartime necessity evolved into a profit-driven industry built on super-sized portions, synthetic additives, and relentless marketing. Today, these hyper-engineered products comprise more than 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, according to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute.

The long list of speakers included Mark Gottlieb, executive director of Northeastern University School of Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, which has worked extensively on tobacco policy and clinical addiction, as well as Harvard doctors and professors, select board members and Reading residents. 

“To be effective, the global plastics treaty must address the real world architecture of the plastics economy, where trade is the connective tissue,” said Professor Maria Ivanova, Northeastern University. 

Malcolm F. Purinton, an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University who studies the history of beer and alcohol, is skeptical.

Secondly, experiential learning can help individuals bolster their “human literacy,” or ability to understand context and culture and communicate nonverbally, Northeastern University President Joseph Auon said.

Meanwhile, Northeastern University has long recognized that academic fit includes professional fit. Its renowned co-op program integrates paid, full-time work placements with classroom learning, producing graduates who are more likely to land jobs quickly—and often with the very companies where they completed co-ops.