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International Business Times
NASA embarks upon host of new technologies to study the dark side of the Moon
The other universities involved in the upcoming lunar mission are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan Technological University, Northeastern University and the University of Virginia. Teams from these universities will help NASA in collecting valuable data from the dark regions of the Moon.
WESA
Pennsylvania Uses The Charge Of ‘Drug Delivery Resulting In Death’ More Than Any Other State
According to data collected by the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University’s School of Law, Pennsylvania prosecutors filed the charge 644 times in the commonwealth between 2000 and 2017 — nearly twice as much as the next leading state, Ohio.
Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees?
Sean Gallagher, the founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, says that global economic expansion in the technology fields has “really highlighted the fact that there is a gap between the supply of people in the workforce coming out of university with skills and credentials to […]
Coming T shutdowns present an opportunity
Once completed, the middle of the roadway should be retained as transit-only lanes, perhaps with stop consolidation, as has been proposed by Northeastern University Professor Peter Furth.
TechTimes
Warning! AI Systems Claiming to ‘Read’ Emotions Are Dangerous
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University’s psychology professor, said that technologies drive a developing frame of evidence that weakens the notion that facial expressions are universal across cultures.
Colleges Need to Rethink Their Market — and Maybe Their Mission
Instead we are seeing more hybrid jobs, where students need a mix of the liberal arts and specific hard skills, such as business analytics and graphic design — something that Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, has called hybridized education.
AI systems claiming to ‘read’ emotions pose discrimination risks
Lisa Feldman Barrett, professor of psychology at Northeastern University, said that such technologies appear to disregard a growing body of evidence undermining the notion that the basic facial expressions are universal across cultures.
A husband, father, intern on his first day: How an Illinois city is remembering workplace shooting one year on
In 2019, the year of the Aurora shooting, the U.S. witnessed more mass killings than any other year dating to at least the 1970s, according to a former database compiled by the Associated Press, USA TODAY and Northeastern University.
Ars Technica
Researchers have already tested YouTube’s algorithms for political bias
Motivated by the long-running argument in Washington, DC, computer scientists at Northeastern University decided to investigate political bias in YouTube’s comment moderation.
Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
Two Northeastern University researchers, David Choffnes and Daniel Dubois, recently played 120 hours of television for an audience of smart speakers to see what activates the devices.
The Cut
Domestic Violence Survivors Want Legal Protections, Not Platitudes
The rate of murders committed by domestic partners has risen significantly, according to a Northeastern University study released in 2019, and most victims are women.
Business Insider
Chinstrap penguins are starving to death in Antarctica as the temperature hits record highs.
Researchers from Northeastern and Stony Brook universities are using drones and a machine learning program to measure the losses.