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Fast Company (Middle East)

AI was supposed to democratize opportunity. So why are women missing out?

Women, by contrast, are more likely to weigh values, ethics, and long-term implications before jumping in. A Northeastern University study supports this: women are 11 percent more likely than men to see AI’s risks as outweighing its benefits – a gap that disappears when economic outcomes are clear.
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Pregnancy May Reduce Fear Permanently, Scientists Reveal

Researchers at Northeastern University found that pregnancy appears to dampen the brain’s learned response to threatening or stressful experiences.
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Know when to fold them: the tech inspired by origami

Moneesh Upmanyu at Northeastern University in the US, and one of his PhD students, were awarded a patent last year for a design that uses origami to make strong but foldable wing structures.
The Globe and Mail

Trump’s promises to avoid foreign wars meet the reality of office

“Presidents often find their promises often conflict with something else they also care about,” said William Mayer, a Northeastern University political scientist.
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Who are higher ed’s AI thought leaders?

Joseph E. Aoun suggested how colleges can change as first jobs out of college disappear. “If we become the go-to place for all your needs throughout your lives as citizens, then we are rebuilding the social compact,” the Northeastern University president said during a panel discussion last year.
Mass Live

How is it legal for the U.S. to attack Iran? What happens next?

“The question is, how do you define what counts as war? But if it really is war, then yes, Congress has the power to declare war,” Jeremy Paul, a constitutional law professor at Northeastern University, told MassLive.
Boston Magazine

When Did It Become So Hard to Make Friends?

“People want to be seen and valued and connected, but when the rubber meets the road, it can be hard,” says Kristen Lee, a clinical social worker and behavioral science professor at Northeastern University who studies social connection. 
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‘A fantasy of every person who’s been mistreated at work’: Two movies capture worker angst and job seeker desperation

The fact that “work is the single most important way of proving your worth” as a person in the U.S., Steven Vallas, professor emeritus of sociology at Northeastern University, previously told Make It, “can really compound those feelings of shame and the anxiety about being unemployed.”
ABC News

Son of exonerated man: “It’s…joyful and painful”

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Edward Smith, son of Tommy Lee Walker, about his father being declared innocent after 70 years and professor Margaret Burnham on what this means for justice.
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The ICE hiring boom

Matthew Ross is an economist at Northeastern University who studies police training.
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Northeastern prof: The state’s AI momentum faces a regulatory threat

Dr. Saiph Savage is an assistant professor at Northeastern University in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, where she directs the Northeastern Civic A.I. Lab.  
Mass Live

This Mass. university broke its own application record for the seventh straight year

Northeastern University has once again hit an application record this year, its seventh consecutive increase.