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A college will reopen the site of a campus shooting. Some aren’t ready.
There’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach, said Sarah Peck, director of the UnitedOnGuns initiative of Northeastern University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute. Officials’ biggest consideration should be the psychological impact on those affected, said Peck, who helped create a handbook for local officials on handling mass shootings. Survivors should “have a big voice” in the decision, she said.
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Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024 — and the U.S. is less ready than ever
A potential greater threat lies in generative AI tools’ ability to personalize misinformation, making it harder for social media platforms to moderate because it appears authentic, said Laura Edelson, an assistant professor at Northeastern University and co-leader of Cybersecurity for Democracy, who studies political misinformation.
Northeastern to lead new infectious disease prediction center
Northeastern University will be the lead institution for a new national center to predict infectious disease, putting the school in a central role after governments were criticized for not being ready for the Covid-19 pandemic.
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‘We need to be ready’: CDC gives Northeastern $17.5M to spot next outbreak
The COVID-19 Pandemic caught the U.S. off guard. Now, the CDC is investing more than $17 million in a new center at Northeastern University to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
Beyoncé is going on tour. Is Ticketmaster ready?
It “will give Ticketmaster a chance to respond to problems that arise in the initial rollout,” said William Robertson, an associate professor of computer science at Northeastern University, noting that the company will also use technology to weed out bots.
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Karen Read’s defense changed its strategy for retrial — and won
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, called it a “classic reasonable doubt defense.”
Closing statements to begin in second Karen Read murder trial
Northeastern University Professor Daniel Medwed shares insights into closing arguments for Karen Read’s Murder Trial. The case hinges on the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly and the defense claim that someone else killed John O’Keefe, Read’s Boston police officer boyfriend.
As the crowds at Karen Read’s retrial dwindle, the spectacle persists online
Why do so many people care? “It involves a police officer and the possibility of police misconduct or even a cover-up,” said Laurel Ahnert, an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University who taught a class on true crime.
Jurors are deliberating in Karen Read’s retrial. Here’s what to know.
“It’s quite possible that they’re considering a ‘mercy verdict,’ or a split verdict,” said Daniel Medwed, a Northeastern University law professor who has followed Read’s trials.
Karen Read found not guilty of boyfriend’s murder in retrial
At the retrial, both the prosecution and defense adopted a “less is more strategy,” moderating their approach based on what worked in the first trial, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University who has followed both of Read’s trials. Both sides called fewer witnesses.
Hundreds of ready-to-eat foods are recalled over possible listeria contamination
The extra risk with ready-to-eat food is that “people are not going to take a kill step,” like cooking, which would kill dangerous bacteria, says Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University.
Why do people care so much about the Karen Read case?
Read’s assertion that she’s the victim of a law enforcement frame job comes at a moment when distrust of authority and information is running high, said Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University.