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British liberal arts university hits trouble after benefactor’s death

Richmond, the American International University in London, created almost 50 years ago by Cyril Taylor, an entrepreneur and educational consultant, has held talks on a possible merger in recent months with various groups, including New York University and Northeastern University, after a tussle with the Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation, which is its main backer.
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Three Scenarios For The Coronavirus

Those cases might escape quarantine and increase the spread of the disease, making it “very difficult to stop in China,” Alessandro Vespignani, an infectious disease expert at Northeastern University, told Science.
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Can a Woman Break Into New Hampshire’s Two-Man Race?

Alan Schroeder is a professor in the school of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston.
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Congress approved $25M in funding for gun safety research. Now what?

Approximately 80% of people die where they are shot, according to estimates by researchers at Northeastern University.
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Thinking of a College Co-op Program? Here’s What You Need to Know

These schools include Drexel University in Philadelphia, Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Cincinnati. 
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Don’t mess with success of voc-tech high schools

For those who choose not to, a Northeastern University survey of business owners and others found that voc-tech grads are more job-ready than other high school graduates.
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GREATER BOSTON’S PEOPLE PROBLEM

“That’s my hope, that this year will see some movement on housing policy,” Northeastern University economics professor Alicia Sasser Modestino said. “We’re at that point in the cycle where we’re just shooting ourselves in the foot.”
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The New Hampshire Newspaper Publisher Who Became the ‘Political Godmother’ of the Modern Right

Meg Heckman is an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
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New report: More English language courses needed in tight economy

The local economy “will depend on our ability to cultivate and draw upon the skills and talents of these newcomers,” says the report, written by researchers at the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University and released by the Boston Foundation.
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WHAT IS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

In fact, winning in New Hampshire increases a candidate’s expected share of the total primary vote by 27 percentage points, according to William Mayer, a political scientist at Northeastern University. 
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Will novel virus go pandemic or be contained?

Asymptomatic people are hard to find and isolate, so if they can spread disease, 2019-nCoV “will be very difficult to stop in China,” says Alessandro Vespignani, a modeler of infectious diseases at Northeastern University. But if asymptomatic transmission is rare, he says, “isolation and social distancing can have a big impact.”
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US leftists believe tide is turning ahead of election

The burgeoning sense of hope among the often-scorned American left “reflects a gradual movement within the party over several years,” Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told AFP.