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NU’s Adam Gaudette seized upon this golden opportunity

Northeastern junior Adam Gaudette had been strongly considered for the US Olympic team, which would have meant playing in PyeongChang this week. But Gaudette was good with remaining at Northeastern University, lifting the Beanpot trophy instead of having a chance for Olympic hardware.
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At Northeastern, fans rejoice over first Beanpot win in 30 years

On Monday night, the Northeastern Huskies ended their Beanpot drought, beating the Boston University Terriers 5-2. Outside TD Garden, jubilant fans celebrated the long-awaited victory.
Boston Herald

Northeastern ends 30-year drought with win over Boston University

Earlier this week, Northeastern coach Jim Madigan said his team needed to win the Beanpot to become “relevant” again in the 66-year-old tournament. Consider last night’s 5-2 victory over crosstown rival Boston University mission accomplished as the Huntington Hounds claimed their first title since 1988.
Vox

Flu season 2018: President Trump has been dangerously silent on the epidemic

“We haven’t seen that from the White House, which considering the number of American lives at stake, it’s really somewhat astonishing,” said Wendy Parmet, a professor of health policy at Northeastern University. “They have been remarkably invisible on this.”
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Northeastern wins its first Beanpot title in 30 years

The Beanpot trophy is not a gaudy thing, it’s just an old silver crockpot, but it shines like the sun when you hold it over your head in Boston on the second Monday of February. Thirty years is a long time to wait for a celebration. And to a man, the Northeastern Huskies jumped, tumbled, […]
Tech Republic

PyeongChang Olympic committee hacked during opening ceremony of 2018 winter games

Major events like the Olympics are large targets for hackers, according to cybersecurity experts. Fans of a large event are often seen as easy targets for a wide range of attacks, including phishing emails, domain theft, ransomware, and fake social media posts, Engin Kirda, professor of computer science at Northeastern University, told TechRepublic during the […]
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8 legal experts on what due process is in law, culture, and the context of #MeToo

Michael Meltsner, law professor, Northeastern University, and author of With Passion, An Activist Lawyer’s Life: It might help to remember that due process as a set of legal principles is different from due process as a range of cultural signals and beliefs. The law of due process is rich and varied but it generally evokes the […]
NCAA.com

Northeastern wins its first championship in 30 years with 5-2 win over Boston University

The drought is over. Ushered in with spectators throwing their hats on the ice and Northeastern skaters piling on top of each other in celebration, the Huskies won their first Beanpot championship in 30 years – their fifth overall – with an emphatic 5-2 win over Boston University.
WCVB TV

Northeastern University wins Beanpot for first time in 30 years

Adam Gaudette had a hat trick and Cayden Primeau stopped 38 shots on Monday night to lead Northeastern to a 5-2 victory over Boston University in the 66th Beanpot championship game.
Poynter

What a billionaire can do for a paper (Hint: It’s not always good)

If anyone knows the mixed bag a billionaire buying a media property can be, it’s Dan Kennedy. He’s an associate journalism professor at Northeastern University and author of “The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the 21st Century.” We asked Dan about the recent purchase of the […]
Chicago Tribune

Black neighborhoods still see most bike tickets, police data show

It is possible that because there are more police patrolling high-crime areas, there are more chances to see unlawful biking and issue tickets, criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern University in Boston told the Tribune. Reckless biking could also be seen as falling under the “broken windows” theory of law enforcement, which holds that graffiti […]
The Times UK

The more machines learn, the less we shall grasp

The brilliant Hungarian-American physicist Albert-Laszlo Barabasi told me last week that computers in his laboratory at Northeastern University in Massachusetts already do a better job of assessing the performance of football players than human experts.