The woeful TSA doesn’t need more staff. It needs this tech The Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) Center at Northeastern University is a Department of Homeland Security “Center of Excellence” (a swanky name for funded R&D centers) that is looking into the future of security checkpoints, and it’s got some intriguing ideas. Those include making checkpoints painless—maybe even invisible—and new video recognition techniques to […]
MSN Money 5 key issues OPEC must wrestle with at its June meeting The OPEC meeting will also be the first with Khalid al-Falih as Saudi Arabia’s oil minister. Al-Falih, chairman of Saudi Arabia Oil Company, replaced longtime Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi earlier this month. “The appointment of a new energy minister is significant because it signals that Saudi Arabia, under Prince [Mohammed bin] Salman, intends to […]
CCTV Ravi Ramamurti discusses China-India’s investor’s ties To take a deeper look at China and India’s investing ties and both countries economic future, CCTV America’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Ravi Ramamurti, distinguished professor and director for the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University.
Louisiana’s new ‘Blue Lives Matter’ bill on cop killers is actually pretty redundant Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University, worries that HB 953 may actually scale back current hate crimes statutes if police officers are included. “We might very well dilute the hate crime law so that it is weakened beyond repair,” he said. “Originally the idea of hate crime statutes was to protect vulnerable groups of […]
ABC News Report: Vermont troopers more likely to search black drivers The data were collected by state troopers on traffic details between July 2010 and December 2015 and analyzed by the Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University in Boston. The collection began amid nationwide concern about racial profiling by police.
Vermont Public Radio Study finds racial disparities in Vermont State Police traffic stops Associate Director Jack McDevitt, who presented the data, said unlike Vermont State Police, most police agencies in the country don’t collect traffic stop data to help them determine the extent of racial bias. “There’s no glaring areas,” McDevitt said of the information, which he presented to a group that included state police commanders and members […]
Charlotte Observer Northeastern University starting nursing program in Charlotte With last week’s approval by the North Carolina Board of Nursing, Northeastern University’s Charlotte campus is now taking applications for its new accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program. The Boston-based college, which has had an uptown campus for five years, is offering a 16-month nursing program designed for professionals with bachelor’s degrees in non-nursing […]
WGBH Dueling media columnists help spark renewed rivalry between the New York Times and the Washington Post One of the last great newspaper rivalries got a boost on Monday with the debut of Margaret Sullivan’s media column in the Washington Post. Sullivan’s first piece was more a preview of coming attractions than an attempt to dig deep. But with Jim Rutenberg having replaced the late, great David Carr at the New York […]
Charlotte Business Journal Northeastern University takes on nursing shortage with new degree Northeastern University has gained state approval to add nursing to its offerings in Charlotte. Starting this September, the university will offer a 16-month accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree. That program is designed for individuals with a prior bachelor’s degree — including those in a non-nursing field — who want to transition into a […]
A cure for digital addicts’ ‘text neck’? To achieve a neutral position, I needed to not only tilt the phone as prompted by the app, but also move it high in front of my face. That illustrates the “trade-off” between improving your neck angle and potentially causing your shoulders and arms to hurt, says Jack Dennerlein, director of the occupational biomechanics and […]
The Conversation It’s easier to defend against ransomware than you might think Ransomware – malicious software that sneaks onto your computer, encrypts your data so you can’t access it and demands payment for unlocking the information – has become an emerging cyberthreat. Several reports in the past few years document the diversity of ransomware attacks and their increasingly sophisticated methods. Recently, high-profile ransomware attacks on large enterprises […]
WGBH We are punishing women for their abortions Over the course of his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump has made scores of derogatory comments about women. Detailing them here would exceed our word limit. But we will mention one of his claims—his suggestion that women should face criminal sanctions for abortions. Activists and the media properly skewered Trump for this idea. The […]