This is not a test Behind those familiar words lies a fundamental tenet of emergency management: Systems to protect the public need to be practiced and validated. As it is, first responders constantly test their response plans. These efforts can be small tabletop exercises, like those performed in the buildup to the Boston Marathon today, or large simulations of catastrophic […]
Analysis: To testify or not: U.S. teen Rittenhouse faces risky decision in self-defense trial “The annals of criminal law are full of cases where defendants insisted on taking the stand and paid the price,” Daniel Medwed, a professor of criminal law at Northeastern University.
C.T.E. Tests May Not Fully Explain N.F.L. Player’s Shooting Spree “What drives the overall suicide rate in the U.S. is gun ownership in the home,” said Matthew Miller, a professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern University, who has studied the intersection of guns and suicide. “It’s much easier to die when you can reach for a gun than when you can’t.”
The Jewish Daily Forward IfNotNow Made An Impact With Its Birthright Protests. Now It’s Stopping Them. “Had they not engaged in those publicity tactics, they wouldn’t have a front-page story in the Times,” said Dov Waxman, a professor at Northeastern University who studies American Jewish attitudes toward Israel. “So in a way, you might argue that now is the right time to move on.”
Colleges assure prospective students that protesting for gun control will not affect their admission Colleges nationwide, including Northeastern University, are standing by their future students, as teenagers across the country demand stricter gun control laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., earlier this month.
Can a 20 minute test tell employers what a college degree cannot? To be sure, the degree still matters. Employers pay a premium in salary for people with bachelor’s degrees, says Sean Gallagher, who studies credentials and hiring issues as executive director of Northeastern University’s new Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. But the interest in these tests, he says, is another sign […]
Columbia Journalism Review Boston authorities should not have blocked media from covering protest “I thought the police did a good job under difficult circumstances, but their failure to allow press access to the bandstand was an exception to that,” says Dan Kennedy, an associate professor at Northeastern University School of Journalism who was covering the counter protesters heading toward the Boston Common for WGBH.
NBC Boston Some airline pilots not tested for commonly abused drugs Doctor David Benjamin, a Northeastern University toxicologist, also expressed concern, “I’d call this an ostrich problem with the government putting their head in the sand.” The FAA initially told NBC Boston the agency requires airlines to test their pilots and “…yes, a drug like Fentanyl would be detected.” The NBC Boston Investigators dug deeper and […]
WGBH Another $75+ lets you jump the line for a road test at Mass. RMV “It’s appalling,” Northeastern University legal scholar Daniel Medwed said. “This is a classic pay-to-play system.” Medwed dismisses any comparison between driving schools and air travel. “Air travel is a private service,” he said. “You want to get from A to B through the air. You choose to do that. You go through a private carrier. […]
Question in Boston bombing trial: For Tsarnaev to testify or not Legal experts said that could be one possible reason to put him on the stand — for sympathy. “If he were to come across as injured,” Mr. Medwed said, “if they could show that he was a little boy trapped like an animal in this vessel, that could trigger some sympathy.” But, Mr. Medwed added, […]
What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US While it’s too early to quantify the potential economic impact of a bird flu outbreak, many of these latest developments are concerning, particularly the transmission of the virus from one species to another, said Darin Detwiler, a food safety and policy expert at Northeastern University.
Will you be able to buy Trump Tower at auction? Not anytime soon “There will be a lot of questions about the value of these assets and who else has interests in them,” said Nikos Passas, a Northeastern University law professor and asset recovery expert.