Peter Furth, a professor at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering whose research includes traffic signal control, said if the system is successful, it could shave a few minutes off each school bus trip. And those savings add up quickly, he said.

James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said that trend has been relatively consistent over time, thanks in part to the state’s strict gun laws and top hospitals. On homicide data, “we’re not always number one lowest, but we’re always on the low end, as is our state,” Fox said.

Northeastern University surveyed 151 new moms from around the state and found that nearly two-thirds (64%) in metro areas had some parental leave after childbirth while only 43% of mothers in rural areas had paid leave. The study was co-authored by Louisa H. Smith, an epidemiologist at the Boston-based school.

ALICIA SASSER MODESTINO, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston, on employers freezing roles or cutting seasonal positions, hitting teenagers the hardest.

“Publishers tend to go under the radar,” David Herlihy, a professor at Northeastern University who specializes in music licensing and copyright, told BI. “Licensees may become hesitant to use the music, but that tends to be more artist-centric and not song-centric.”

Case studies show that cameras that aren’t actively monitored do little to deter crime, said Eric Piza, a national expert on crime control technology and director of Crime Analysis Initiatives at Northeastern University.

Helpful as it may be, though, freezing is not a miracle worker: Sorry, but it “doesn’t restart the clock” on your products’ expiration dates, Darin Detwiler, PhD, a food safety expert and associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, tells SELF.

The loss of local newspapers is “really damaging to civic life and civil discourse, and the ability of average people to be informed about their community,” says Meg Heckman, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston.

Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University, said that “the term ‘dupe’ itself doesn’t tell us much about legality,” noting the word has also been used to describe more traditional counterfeits.

Bilge Erten, an associate professor of economics and international relations at Northeastern University and one of the study’s authors, explained the complex reasons behind the unnerving rise in intimate partner violence that appears to have followed.

In the event of a conviction, Combs’ punishment could also include financial penalties and a requirement that he pay restitution to some victims, Nikos Passas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University, told ABC News.

But as farming declined in the U.S. in the 1900s and people abandoned their pastures, areas near cities were reforested—and many towns and cities on the East Coast and up in the Great Lakes were built smack in the middle of those forests, says Nick Takacs, a Northeastern University biology professor.