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Hollywood’s superhero bubble popped. Now hit video games are taking the controls

“I’m surprised it took this long,” said Steve Granelli, a teaching professor of communication studies at Northeastern University, of a “Call of Duty” adaptation. “I’ve thought it was one of the most cinematic games I’ve ever played. There’s a lot about it that lends very well to film.”
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Map: Wu won all but a handful of Boston precincts in Tuesday’s prelim. See where.

South Boston and Dorchester “were the areas that, if Josh Kraft was going to have any pathway to victory, he absolutely had to win those,” said Dan O’Brien, director of the Boston Area Research Initiative and professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University.
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Hershey’s Ice Cream Recall Update as Consumer Risk Warning Issued

Darin Detwiler, professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, told Newsweek: “While not as urgent as Class I recalls, Class II recalls should still be heeded, and the products should be returned or disposed of according to the instructions provided.”
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10 actions to improve the transition from university to the professional world in the AI ​​era

Classroom exposure isn’t enough. Northeastern University’s co-op model demonstrates that students who integrate work and study earn higher salaries and faster job placement. It adapts these approaches with internships, co-ops, and AI-focused projects to ensure students graduate with practical experience.
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Scientists pioneer ‘animal internet’ with dog phones and touchscreens for parrots

A collaboration with Northeastern University in the US has pioneered long-distance communications between pet parrots, which typically live alone in their owners’ homes though their counterparts in the wild typically socialise within large flocks.
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‘A transformation’: New Supreme Court ruling sparks racial profiling concerns

The ruling changes how suspicion is legally defined, Northeastern law professor Jeremy Paul said. “This is really a transformation in the way that the country has previously thought about what suspicion means,” Paul said.
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Donald Trump’s Epstein Problem Keeps Coming Back

Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that Trump may have trapped himself. “Trump dug his own grave with the Epstein scandal when he reversed course about releasing the case files after winning the election,” he said. 
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Reimagining Education In The Age Of AI

Last week in London, we had the privilege of hosting the dean and associate dean in computer sciences at Northeastern University. The conversation was inspiring — NU’s work offers a glimpse of how education can be reimagined for this new era.
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Trump wants to win AI race, but his immigration policies could get in the way

Usama Fayyad, a vice provost at Northeastern University in Boston says that immigration restrictions have deep consequences to AI innovation when it comes to hiring and retaining talent and keeping companies based in the U.S.
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Justice Sotomayor on Legality of Trump Seeking Third Term—’Not Settled’

Jeremy Paul, former dean of Northeastern University School of Law, told Newsweek that Supreme Court justices generally have to be careful about what they say about potential cases in public remarks. If Sotomayor were to say she believes it is settled, she could open herself up to calls to recuse herself from a case if it comes […]
The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento extends controversial gunshot-detection tech for $2.6 million

A 2023 study from Northeastern University found the technology did not reduce crime, though it helped police decrease their response times to shootings.

OpenAI installs parental controls following California teen’s death

“These systems don’t really have that emotional and contextual understanding to judge those situations well, [and] for every single technical fix, there is a trade-off to be had,” said Annika Schoene, an AI safety researcher at Northeastern University.