And in September, a separate study by online-safety groups and Northeastern University researchers found that more than 40 child safety features promised by Instagram were flawed. Meta called that study “dangerously misleading.”

The shooting in Leland was the 14th mass killing in 2025, according to The Associated Press/USA TODAY/Northeastern University Mass Killing Database. The database tracks all homicides in the U.S. since 2006 in which four or more people were killed intentionally within a 24-hour period, not including any offender.

Sixteen students spent a month in Spain learning video storytelling, exploring Spanish culture, and bringing back compelling stories.

Harry Levant has always been a rower against the river: a former criminal-defense attorney who lost his license, and nearly lost his life, to his own gambling jones a decade back; a second-chance crusader and addictions counselor who mainly treats folks gutted by gambling disorders; and a peripatetic opponent of the online gambling behemoths DraftKings and FanDuel, […]

“It is focused on disclosures. But given that knowledge of frontier AI is limited in government and the public, there is no enforceability even if the frameworks disclosed are problematic,” said Annika Schoene, a research scientist at Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI.

Our five horror experts include New York Times best-selling local author Paul Tremblay, known for “A Head Full of Ghosts,” “The Cabin at the End of the World,” and “Horror Movie: A Novel”; and Gary Goshgarian, Northeastern University Professor Emeritus of English who taught horror fiction for 40 years and wrote nine novels under the pen name […]

This rare calico lobster was caught off the coast of Massachusetts, and her striking orange and black coloring sent her right to Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center.

According to DeVries, staff from about 25 different city departments attended a workshop in April at Northeastern University’s Mills College campus.

Dr Claudia Flores-Saviaga, a digital activism researcher at Northeastern University’s Citizen AI Lab, explains to MEE that participation in online movements typically follows a pattern of self-regulation.

“If you’re thinking about music culture right now, he’s at the top of the summit,” said Amílcar Barreto, a political science professor at Northeastern University.

Amílcar Barreto, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek: “If you’re thinking about music culture right now, he’s at the top of the summit. But by doing it in Spanish, he’s challenging the idea that English is the only legitimate language in American life. That’s why it reads like a provocation—it’s not just music.”

“I am very concerned, as are all the scientists and affected residents whom my colleagues and I speak with all the time,” Phil Brown, the director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.