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The FDA unveils a new food pyramid that promotes red meat and protein

The new guidelines place an emphasis on healthy fats and proteins while also telling people to limit their saturated fats.
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Perk of the Week

Perk of the Week: Fenway commencement special seating

Graduating Northeastern employees and their students may qualify for reserved Fenway Park commencement seating.
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Want to get better at using ChatGPT? Try empathy, research finds

New research from Northeastern reveals that social skills like empathy are extremely valuable when collaborating with AI.
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10-inch folding phones are coming. Is their market ready to expand?

Folding smartphones are still niche given their price, potential long-term durability issues, and few use cases.

University News

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The ABCs of Boston campus housing for continuing students

Northeastern has opened Boston campus housing applications for summer, fall and spring 2027, urging continuing students to apply early.
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This world-class rower bounced from the boathouse to working the rails

Ed Lopas’ journey has taken him from his hometown in New Zealand to Northeastern’s Boston campus.

Will local TV news survive? This guide could be a lifeline

The Reinventing Local TV News Project offers a survival guide with an urgent message: embrace social media.

Photos: Sudden snowfall, Joseph the lobster and coal samples

A students walks through the Boston campus during light snowfall and other photos of the week.

Why we remain attached to the music of our youth

Research argues that the social rewards when listening and experiencing music in our youth helps to ‘encode’ it onto our memories.

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Officials capture Nicolás Maduro, strike Caracas: Is the U.S. at war?

Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail

How string theory helped solve a mystery of the brain’s architecture

Was the death of Shakespeare’s son Hamnet inspiration for Hamlet?

Starfish are dying from a mysterious disease. She hunts for answers

Artificial intelligence

Does Trump’s executive order hurt responsible AI innovation in states?

The executive order establishes a new AI Litigation Task Force to be directed by the attorney general.

He tinkered with toys as a child. Now he’s revolutionizing with AI.

Working with a leading recycling manufacturer, Ajith Srikanth used AI to do what he’s always done: fix things.
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas.

The next great space race: Building data centers in orbit

Northeastern experts say that while early work on AI data centers in space may be ongoing, don't expect them soon.

2025 Commencement

Graduate from Northeastern’s Arlington campus turns successful co-op into dream job at Amazon

Soumya Hukkeri tells fellow grads at Northeastern’s Arlington commencement to “never stop believing in yourself.”

Degrees in hand, jobs secured, Northeastern grads in London are in high demand

‘I decided to take a leap. I’m so happy I did,” said Maria Abbadi, one of 110 students to graduate with a master’s or apprenticeship degree.
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Northeastern celebrates 215 graduates during commencement ceremony in Portland, Maine

The Class of 2025 included master’s degree recipients from 19 countries, nine U.S. states and 41 cities or towns across Maine.

Global University System

A graduate student played pollution detective off Nahant Beach.

Northeastern University graduate student Hannah Bray helped locate possible sources of pollution off Nahant Beach.

Students capture the spirit of cities across Northeastern’s network

Northeastern students across global campuses captured the spirit of their cities in a photo contest held by Global Learner Support.
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This mental health care startup launched from a chance encounter

Navimental helps parents navigate mental health challenges in the health care system.

Research

Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail

Research examines the complex, potentially dangerous miasma of chemicals released by crumb rubber, a fill material used in artificial turf.

Will local TV news survive? This guide could be a lifeline

The Reinventing Local TV News Project offers a survival guide with an urgent message: embrace social media.
A robot hand touching one finger to the finger of a human hand. The photo is overlaid with orange lighting.

Want to get better at using ChatGPT? Try empathy, research finds

New research from Northeastern reveals that social skills like empathy are extremely valuable when collaborating with AI.

World & National News

Icy mountains overlooking a frozen lake in a village in Greenland.

Does the US actually need Greenland for national security?

Do federal funding cuts spell the end for Big Bird and Cookie Monster?

The obstacles facing the case against Nicolás Maduro on US soil

Society & Culture

Two people embrace in front of flowers that had been laid for victims of a mass shooting.

Father-son mass killings are ‘very rare’ — but not unheard of, criminologist says of Bondi Beach massacre

Is Australia’s youth social media ban the ‘first domino?’

Mass killings in the US fall to lowest levels in 20 years, data shows

Health

A hand wearing a latex glove selects a flu shot inside a refrigerator.

This ‘super flu’ could cause widespread serious illness, experts say

Did Nick Reiner’s drug use mask longstanding mental health problems?

Why we get — and how to beat — the ‘holiday blues’

Business

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Bitcoin falls, but crypto is here to stay, Northeastern experts say

Are world governments in hock to bond markets?

After Google and Meta antitrust cases, experts say the courtroom may be the wrong venue for challenging Big Tech

Lifestyle

A group of women perform yoga in a park outdoors, each in the same pose, standing with their left arm extended overhead. The sun shine down from the top of the image.

Feel like your brain is a little sluggish? Try 10 minutes of exercise

Cuisines can be broken down into simple ‘culinary fingerprints,’ research finds

How a Victorian-era marketing ploy made chocolate the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift

Law

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Why was a ‘Mormon Wives’ star sued over sexual assault claims?

The mass shooting playbook guiding leaders in the aftermath of tragedy

What to know about the Brian Walshe trial as it comes to an end

Arts & Entertainment

A screen capture from a scene of 'The Pitt' showing a group of medical professionals standing around a patient on a stretcher, some looking at the patient and some looking at something off camera.

It’s July Fourth on ‘The Pitt.’ Why is it one of the deadliest days?

Everyone sees the ‘Avatar’ movies. Why does no one talk about them?

Can Timothée Chalamet make pingpong sexy? For many, it already is

Science & Technology

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Rare earth element extraction can be doubled with this new technique

With some help from AI, your next move can be predicted

You’ve heard of climate change. What is the climate debt doom loop?

Sports

A wide image of the ice and audience inside TD Garden with dramatic purple lighting during the 2025 Beanpot.

Women’s hockey team begins quest for fourth consecutive Beanpot title

Huskies bid farewell to Northeastern’s historic Matthews Arena

Salah v Liverpool FC: who wins in player-team disputes?

Israel-Hamas War

Trump peace plan greeted with ‘optimism’ in Israel, but leaves out a ‘vision for Palestinians,’ experts say

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a broad “peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration.

Pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok continue to vastly outnumber pro-Israel posts, research shows

For every pro-Israel post that appeared on TikTok in September there were roughly 17 posts supporting Palestinians, research finds.

BBC under fire after livestreamed IDF chants by Bob Vylan. Experts weigh in on the broadcasting ‘mistakes’

BBC and authorities' response to chants led by punk-rap band Bob Vylan show the regulatory system is working, says Northeastern professor.
A group of people observing from a distance destroyed buildings in Gaza.

‘Legitimate questions’ loom over Trump’s international stabilization plan in Gaza

President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan stipulates that the international stabilization force will comprise Arab and international partners.

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