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The Conversation
Bridges, bike lanes, electric car chargers and more: 5 essential reads on the infrastructure bill
“As we see it, this funding represents a down payment on restorative justice: remedying deliberate discriminatory policies that created polluted and transit-poor neighborhoods like West Bellfort in Houston, Westside in San Antonio and West Oakland, California,” write urban policy scholars Joan Fitzgerald at Northeastern University and Julian Agyeman at Tufts University.
State Alliances Are Leading the US Fight Against Covid-19
“If one state opens up— whatever that means—in a way that the other states are not ready to do, it could cause a catastrophe,” says Wendy Parmet, director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. “The virus doesn’t pay a toll on the George Washington Bridge.”
How firms move to secret offices amid Covid-19
Although some firms have spent huge sums of money to ensure they have backup offices ready and waiting, it’s important to realise that this is a luxury, says Daniel Aldrich, director of the security and resilience program at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Covid-19 is rapidly spreading in America. The country does not look ready
“The idea that people should have skin in the game kind of doesn’t work when you’re also playing with your neighbour’s skin,” says Wendy Parmet, a professor of public-health law at Northeastern University.
IEEE Spectrum
Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers Two IoT sensors from this year’s ARPA-E Summit can help farmers make better decisions
This sensor, developed by Matteo Rinaldi and his team at Northeastern University, shines infrared light on the leaves of a plant. By reading the reflected light, it can tell if the plant is dehydrated or not.
Teaching About the Pandemic
One innovative project came across my desk the other week: the Pandemic Teaching Initiative at Northeastern University, in Massachusetts. A couple of things stuck out to me in looking at what faculty members there have put together. First, it’s publicly available: Academics on other campuses are welcome to use the modules, which include lectures, readings, and assignments. […]
Don’t mess with success of voc-tech high schools
For those who choose not to, a Northeastern University survey of business owners and others found that voc-tech grads are more job-ready than other high school graduates.
Ars Technica
Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first
Researchers from Northeastern University bought 86 used devices on eBay and at flea markets over a span of 16 months. They first examined the purchased devices to see which ones had been factory reset and which hadn’t. Their first surprise: 61 percent of them had not been reset. Without a reset, recovering the previous owners’ […]
The Globe and Mail
Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings come at a consequential moment for the institution
“They read the papers – and they are part of the world,” said Daniel Urman, a Northeastern University constitutional law specialist. “They know that court’s credibility is what really matters, that its legitimacy is at stake, and they know that the court cannot be too far out of step. These decisions show us that the […]
The Logic of the Filing Cabinet Is Everywhere
Google figures only briefly in the The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information, a new book by Craig Robertson, an associate media-studies professor at Northeastern University, but it’s impossible not to think about the little search bars we live with every day while reading it.
Charlotte Observer
What is a living shoreline, and how could it save one of NC’s most valuable ecosystems? Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/weather-news/article254819557.html#storylink=cpy
After 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, though, researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and Northeastern University interviewed 295 homeowners on sounds in Carteret and Dare counties and the Intracoastal Waterway in Brunswick County. They found that about 24% of the homeowners with bulkheads and 12% of the homeowners with living shorelines reported damage to their property.
What Happens When You Click ‘Agree’?
“We have become so beaten down by this that we just accept it,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a Northeastern University law professor. “The idea that anyone should be expected to read these terms of service is preposterous — they are written to discourage people from reading them.” Contracts are, in theory, meant to be mutually agreeable. […]