James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University professor who studies mass killings, said the connection between domestic violence and such wider-scale violence appears more anecdotal than anything else.

Last week, Frederick Clay was freed after 38 years in prison for a Roslindale murder that the evidence suggests he did not commit. WGBH’s Morning Edition anchor Joe Mathieu spoke with WGBH News’ legal analyst and Northeastern law professor Daniel Medwed about the Clay case and how it compares with other documented wrongful convictions.

Martin Blatt, Northeastern University’s director of public history, said there should be a discussion at the local level about adding context to existing Confederate statues and adding new statues to mark prominent slavery or lynching sites throughout the South.

Nazi and fascist American groups, whose rhetoric is echoed by those marching in Charlottesville, allowed nervous politicians to believe they were enough of a force that xenophobia-riddled policies prevailed, argues Northeastern professor Laurel Leff.

“People always complain that this is a slap on the wrist compared to Europe,” says Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University School of Law. “But there’s only so much the FTC can do.”

The disparity between the number of men and women working in the industry is one of the highest in finance, according to a study by Northeastern University in 2015. Only 439 hedge funds employ a female portfolio manager, compared with 9,081 that employ a male in the same position.

“The results suggest the amount of physical activity when we’re young, at least for rodents, has implications for brain and cognitive health—in the form of better memories—when we’re older,” says Arthur Kramer of Northeastern University in Boston, who has found that, in humans, exercise stimulates the growth of new brain cells.

Northeastern’s Physics Department is hosting a viewing event on the Centennial Common. They plan to have students and faculty available to answer questions about the solar eclipse. Admission is free.

Today, many food companies that prioritize food safety continue to involve victims and advocates to support the mission of mitigating outbreaks and recalls. Corporate training at some organizations has evolved to include annual “Food Safety Day” events for all employees with victims and advocates sharing the real stories behind data and policies. National associations in […]

Some educational institutions have created data science degree programs, including Northeastern University, Boston University, CUNY and Merrimack College. Some of these schools offer online courses, and lower-cost programs and seminars are available through the IEEE Computer Society, Panetta said.

A new system called the Botometer, built by researchers at Indiana University and Northeastern University, is the perfect example of why. The system looks at over 1,000 factors, ranging from the tweets themselves (including metadata on how and where they were posted) to the composition of followers. “We are using a wide range of signals […]

Northeastern professor Patricia Illingworth writes that access to health care is critical for the health of individuals and for the well-being of the community, but health depends on more than medical care.