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The Greenway Institute – Making Transformative Engineering Education Affordable

The Roux Institute at Northeastern University launched in Portland, Maine in 2020, backed by tech entrepreneur David Roux and by the Harold Alfond Foundation, who each contributed $100-million gifts.
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Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ cancellation really about money, or something more?

Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.
Fortune

What comes after a startup exit? For women, it’s increasingly heading back to school

“Many women navigate what I call ‘perception gaps,’ being underestimated or typecast based on their past roles,” says Laura Huang, a professor and associate dean of executive education at Northeastern University. 
IEEE Spectrum

Researchers Stabilize Novel State of Matter for Faster Compute

“The idea is to heat the system above a phase transition and then cool it fast enough that it doesn’t have time to fully reorganize,” says lead author Alberto De la Torre, a physicist with Northeastern University.
Boston Herald

Gaskin: Underserved communities need more green funding focus

Greg King, Managing Director of TSK Energy Solutions LLC, and three Northeastern University graduate students — Hiovanni Gonzalez, Claren Copp‑LaRocque, and Nicholas Pietrinferno — developed the Environmental Justice Community Index Story Map system.
Ars Technica

Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say

And one of the most significant issues that Epoch may face in the courtroom could end up gutting all of its trademark infringement claims that supposedly entitle the toy company to all of Von Engelbrechten’s profits, Alexandra Jane Roberts, a Northeastern University professor of law and media with special expertise in trademark law, told Ars.
The Verge

Knock it off!

“[The thinking is] a little bit of an ‘I deserve it,’” Alexandra J. Roberts, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law who has written about the dupes market, says. “‘It’s not my fault the economy is the way it is, and if I want nice things, I should be able to get them and get […]
Boston.com

Boston is the worst city in the U.S. for auto collisions, Allstate reports

However, as Northeastern University professor Peter Furth told the Globe, collisions aren’t everything — and Massachusetts ranks near the top for safety in terms of injury and death rates.
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Your Smartwatch Could Carry a Hidden Health Risk

In the U.S. only Michigan has a maximum contaminant level for PFHxA, specific to drinking water contamination, while several other states “have advisory or notification levels, or cleanup levels in groundwater, soil or fish tissue,” Phil Brown, the director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
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After recent floods, Legislature must act now to strengthen climate resilience

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. 
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Massachusetts leans into artificial intelligence

Students with Northeastern University’s Innovate MA co-op program, for instance, worked on AI-based projects, including MBTA and MassHealth customer service improvements, improving state grant access, working with Massachusetts Department of Transportation highway design engineers, and creating a “generative AI sandbox” for state employees to experiment with AI tools. 
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Amid PFAS fallout, Maine residents navigate medical risks

Occupational and environmental health “is a very minimal part of the medical school curriculum,” said Phil Brown, co-director of the PFAS Project Lab at Northeastern University.