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How companies and colleges can get the U.S. back to work

The American higher education system has long been the envy of the world. To maintain that primacy in a globalized era, our universities are going to have find partners in the commercial world, while corporations will need to help shape the next generation of young workers.
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Trump just said the national murder rate is at its highest point in years – that is false

Criminologist Dr. James Alan Fox, from Northeastern University, says that Trump is “dead wrong” and “misunderstanding the situation.” Fox notes that one reason that this one-year spike in the homicide rate in 2015 occurred was because the number had reached such a low in 2014. According to the FBI’s UCR, in 2014 there were 4.5 […]

Reuters: Kerry jabs at Trump, warns against isolationism in Boston speech

Reuters: Kerry jabs at Trump, warns against isolationism in Boston speech U.S. Sec­re­tary of State John Kerry crit­i­cized pre­sump­tive Repub­lican pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Donald Trump on Friday, warning that iso­la­tionist poli­cies would take a toll on the country’s well-​​being. “You are the most diverse class in North­eastern his­tory. In other words, you are Donald Trump’s worst […]
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The protest goes mainstream (again)

Part of that has to do with the current generation learning lessons from the activists who came before them, said Sarah J. Jackson, a professor at Northeastern University who studies how activists use and are presented in media. Millennials, she said, were raised to believe that those who boycotted, marched and committed acts of civil […]
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Trump faces allegations of media bias after releasing terror attack list

Northeastern University Professor Max Abrahms believes the Trump’s criticism is all for political gain and that it’s the latest chapter in the his crusade against “fake news”. “There was an attack in Baga, Nigeria, which killed many hundreds of people. an entire village was basically decimated and that got almost no media attention,” Abrahms said. […]
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Ocean acidification may be good for thriving marine snails

The researchers took advantage of a natural gradient in ocean acidity near carbon-dioxide vents in shallow waters off New Zealand. This gave them an insight into what an acidified world might mean for some marine ecosystems, says team member Brian Helmuth of Northeastern University Marine Science Center in Massachusetts. “We found that the total plant […]
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Voc-tech schools are a Mass. success story

More than two-thirds of voc-tech graduates go on to post-secondary education. For those who choose not to, a survey of business owners and others conducted by Northeastern University’s Dukakis Center found that voc-tech graduates are more job ready than other high school graduates. What’s more, a number of respondents said they were more job ready […]

Dear Mr. President: Your big idea on drug pricing is half-baked

“Any smart country would fight back, though, because they’re at the mercy of [pharmaceutical] monopolies,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst for Health GAP, a group that advocates for wider access to medicines. “It’s not that these countries are getting a free ride. What you […]
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How Massachusetts’ cost of living compares with national averages

Our high concentration of academic medical centers, health plans that cover comparatively more services, and demographics that skew a bit older all add up to higher premiums, explains Gary Young, of the Northeastern University Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research.

Why do fans excuse the Patriot’s cheating past?

David DeSteno has a special vantage point for observing public response to the Patriots. He is a professor of psychology in Patriots country, at Northeastern University, in Boston, and he was a co-author of the study mentioned above. DeSteno is not a football fan, but he is an expert on the psychology of emotion, hypocrisy […]
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Northeastern University – Silicon Valley launches new program to build IoT skills

A new Internet of Things program at Northeastern University-Silicon Valley seeks to address the growing demand for IoT skills in the workforce. The institution is collaborating with Cisco to launch the program, which will “combine hands-on, experiential learning opportunities with essential coursework to prepare today’s workers for the demands of IoT technology,” according to a […]
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Getting Patients Hooked on an Opioid Overdose Antidote, Then Raising The Price

Still, experts say the device’s price surge is way out of step with production costs, and a needless drain on health-care resources. “There’s absolutely nothing that warrants them charging what they’re charging,” said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston.