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Music may lower risk of dementia by up to 39% in older adults

An earlier study out of Northeastern University found that specific music – songs that evoke feelings of nostalgia in an individual – could activate areas of the brain important for cognitive functioning.
The Independent

Expert names one aspect of A House of Dynamite that is a success despite inaccuracies

However, Stephen Flynn, a director of the Global Resilience Institute at America’s Northeastern University, who also worked as a White House military officer under President George HW Bush, believes the film achieves its goal of scaring people about the devastating capabilities of nuclear war.
The Telegraph

How accurate is A House of Dynamite’s nuclear attack? Experts weigh in

Professor Stephen Flynn is a director of the Global Resilience Institute at America’s Northeastern University, and spent time in the White House military office under President George HW Bush at the Cold War’s end.
City AM

Why are we even considering China’s ‘super-embassy’?

One senior Corporation figure said “the cable issue is a concern and it does ring alarm bells that they’re pushing very hard for this particular site”, while Professor Sophia Economides of Northeastern University London told City AM “it’s very easy to tap into those cables, it’s very easy to see what’s happening – and it won’t be detected”.
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An argument for how to tell the story of the civil rights era

Caleb Gayle is an associate professor of journalism and Africana studies at Northeastern University and the author, most recently, of “Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State.”
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‘Society needs monsters’: why are Americans so obsessed with the idea of serial killers?

Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox, author several books on the subject, said: “There is little commonality among the victims.”
Mass Live

Boston police launch website listing 62 years of unsolved homicides, seek public help

The dashboard comes after recommendations from the Peace Institute in a report titled “Unsolved But Not Forgotten,” published in March in partnership with Northeastern University. 
Barron's

Long-shot Socialist Mamdani In Touching Distance Of Becoming NY Mayor

Mamdani has attracted scorn from President Donald Trump, who calls him a “little communist” but — like the president — he is something of an establishment “outsider,” according to Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University.
People Magazine

A New ‘Quasi-Moon’ Has Been Discovered Near Earth and Will Stick Around for Another 60 Years

Northeastern University astrophysicist Jonathan Blazek said the new quasi-moon is “roughly the size of a small office building.”
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How a polka-dotted pumpkin became the world’s most coveted art installation

“I have no problem with the ubiquity of the work because when she first produced it, it was consciously shut down,” said Gloria Sutton, a contemporary art historian focusing on art, technology and feminism at Northeastern University. 
Mass Live

Parrots video calling each other? This Mass. prof uses tech to help enrich animals’ lives

Since the project with Sampson in 2019, Kleinberger, now an assistant professor at Northeastern University, has pioneered research focused on animal enrichment through her Interspecies Technology for Enrichment and Research on Animal Connection and Togetherness (INTERACT) Animal Lab.
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Gavin Newsom Gets Prop 50 Poll Boost

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that the poll’s findings “suggest that, for most voters, the redistricting battle in California is all about Donald Trump.