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Notorious: Can Bulger get fair trial in Boston?
With his reign as the former leader of Boston’s notorious Irish-American Winter Hill Gang already fodder for books and movies, some wonder if James “Whitey” Bulger can get a fair trial in his home town — or even if the case will ever come to trial.
How Greater Boston’s Colleges are Using Social Media to Welcome in the Class of 2016
Ready or not, students are coming back to Boston. The first flood will likely be the class of 2016 — those incoming freshmen with a panicked look in their eyes and a lanyard from their respective school slung around their neck, because they just don’t know how nerdy it looks yet. To help students navigate […]
Boston Magazine
Why Must a Few Lonely Cranks Decide the Future of Boston’s Buildings?
Ready or not, Boston is ramping up for another building boom. There are at least five major residential projects under review at City Hall, including ones for Stuart Street, Copley Place, Chinatown, the Seaport District, and the Fenway. Together, these proposals would add up to 1,400 new apartments and condos over the next few years.
Ukraine-US Minerals Deal: Here’s What’s Agreed
Laura Lewis, distinguished university professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University, said in February that the accessibility and amount of the minerals Ukraine might have do not seem to be of a level that would even be economically competitive with what the U.S. already has access to.
Kamala Harris Suffers Polling Blow Among Democratic Voters
“Many Democrats are just not ready to cast Biden aside. They like him, they believe he’s experienced and they feel he’s delivered on many of his top priorities,” Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
Fact-check: Can cold weather actually make you sick?
Well, one legacy of the COVID pandemic was the popularisation of one important device for fending off these pesky germs: a face mask. “One thing we’ve found, which is something we’re already doing in many parts of the world, is wearing a mask. Even though COVID-19 has decreased and the concerns are not as significant,” Mansoor […]
The Scientist
Differentiated Stem Cells Can Kickstart Fertility in Mice
Jonathan Tilly, a reproductive biologist at Northeastern University who was not involved in the study, noted that previous studies had already shown that stem cells can be used to help real and artificial ovaries function.
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.
Harvard Law Grads Give Boston Cold Shoulder, Take Jobs Elsewhere
First-year lawyers out of Boston University, Boston College, Suffolk University, and Northeastern University already tend to stay in state. Law firms are approaching recruiting more holistically these days, so the lack of Harvard students may not feel as pronounced.
Putin’s Endgame Starts to Look Like Reducing Ukraine to Rubble
“Anything is on the table at this point, but if strategically his goal is to have another puppet regime like in Belarus, even if he can put one in place in Ukraine, there will be uprisings,” says Mai’a Cross, a professor of political science and international affairs at Northeastern University. “I don’t think he walks […]
It’s time to require vaccinations for domestic flights
“We already have to show ID to get onto the plane,” said Sam Scarpino, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation and an assistant professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University. “Showing a vaccination card can be part of that process. We have to take our shoes off. We have to go through metal […]
The fight to get tech giants to reveal their data is coming to a head in Congress
Another hearing witness, Northeastern University professor Alan Mislove, voiced support for two proposals lawmakers have already introduced: a bill requiring companies to vet their algorithms for bias and resolve any discrepancies, and another mandating that social media companies maintain a detailed ad library that’s accessible to researchers and regulators.