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While attacks on vaccines at the state level and in litigation have been ongoing, the growing federal attacks led by Kennedy have made this a “multipronged attack” on vaccine infrastructure, said Wendy Parmet, co-director of Northeastern University law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
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In ‘darkest of times,’ young Israelis and Palestinians become business partners

It was founded in 2019 by two Israelis, entrepreneur Eran Heyman and Northeastern professor Amir Grinstein, and Ruud Kronenburg, a Dutch professor married to a Palestinian. 50:50 was created to address unequal business opportunities for Israelis and Palestinians.
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Mr. Trump, Stop Pushing India Away

The U.S.-India relationship “seemed poised to strengthen in Trump’s second term,” said Max Abrahms, a professor of political science at Northeastern University and a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. 
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Trump’s lawsuit targeting Boston’s ‘sanctuary’ laws is about making noise, legal experts say

Hemanth Gundavaram, a professor and associate dean at Northeastern University School of Law, echoed the sentiment, noting that the Trump administration will “either get success or get political points.”

Meet ‘Neptune’, the blue lobster, from Northeastern University

Northeastern University has created a YouTube video documenting the lobster’s, named Neptune, journey and the local high school students who visited the Marine Science Center to see the unique crustacean.
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Sports Betting: America’s Big Gamble

Dr. Harry Levant, Mark Gottlieb, and Richard Daynard of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University featured on The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper to discuss sports gambling.
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How Disinformation About the Minnesota Shooting Spread Like Wildfire on X

“X’s feed algorithm is fully designed to maximize engagement, even negative engagement,” says Laura Edelson, an assistant professor in the computer sciences college at Northeastern University who specializes in tracking disinformation online. “In these conditions, conspiratorial, extreme content tends to perform very well. And when you couple that with the fact that with X’s significantly […]
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Why AI labs struggle to stop chatbots talking to teenagers about suicide

Researchers at Northeastern University have said they were able to bypass — or “jailbreak” — existing safeguards in ChatGPT, Claude and Google’s Gemini to generate graphic self-harm and suicide instructions by telling models that the queries were “hypothetical” or for “academic” purposes. Highlight
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A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

“[T]hose were the mechanisms for gaining share, for preventing the emergence of new competitors, and for monetizing its search monopoly,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University.
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Mr. Trump, Stop Pushing India Away | Opinion

The U.S.-India relationship “seemed poised to strengthen in Trump’s second term,” said Max Abrahms, a professor of political science at Northeastern University and a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. 
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Why does everyone in Boston move on September 1?

Experts like Barry Bluestone, a professor emeritus of political economy and the founding director of the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University seem to think these students are responsible for the Sept. 1 move-in date.
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It’s Google’s world. Regulators are just living in it.

The judge presiding over the case before the ‘rocket docket’ — 81-year-old Leonie Brinkema — “could actually be persuaded that a divestment would work in that context,” said Elettra Bietti, a professor at Northeastern University.