F.D.A. Approved Lab-Grown Blood Vessel Despite Warnings Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, co-director of the Amy J. Reed Medical Device Safety Collaborative at Northeastern School of Law, said the F.D.A. should not have approved a product that its scientists deemed inferior to existing options.
CBS Sunday Morning The dangers of sports gambling addiction With one in five problem gamblers attempting suicide, therapist Harry Levant, a recovering gambling addict, says the ease of access and number of betting opportunities on one’s phone represent a growing public health crisis.
Mass Live Boston offering youth employment opportunities for summer 2025 A 2023 study from Northeastern University also found that the youth jobs program improved economic, academic and criminal justice outcomes for participants.
State Department of Higher Ed lands $2M for ‘innovation,’ including student co-op programs Northeastern University has one of the most robust co-op programs in the country, which has helped the school’s extraordinary rise in popularity and selectivity over the last two decades.
23andMe bankruptcy leaves control of genetic data from millions in limbo The level of risk 23andMe customers face now largely depends on who ends up buying the company, said Christo Wilson, a Northeastern University computer sciences professor who specializes in online privacy and data security.
What Counts As Ultra-Processed Food? It’s Too Complicated. Others are looking at the processing itself. Laszlo Barabasi, a network scientist at Northeastern University, said most plants and animals contain the same ratio of basic nutrients — fats, carbohydrates, protein and vitamins.
See which cocktails and wines could get pricier with Trump’s tariffs “These companies can’t absorb all of the costs,” said Malcolm Purinton, a food and world historian at Northeastern University in Boston. “You’re going to be seeing these prices go up. There’s so many different brands that you don’t even really think about most of the time.”
Forbes Elon Musk’s Support Of Trump Has Seriously Damaged The Tesla Brand Among Core Customers It’s a surprise that Musk is willing to alienate the ideal Tesla owner, since Democrats tend to be more environmentally conscious and to significantly outpace Republicans in their purchase of electric vehicles,” shared Northeastern University’s Costas Panagopoulos, coauthor of the “Tesla Takedown” study.
Signalgate: Trump’s band of bros could use a refresher course on the Constitution Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.
Efforts to Weed Out Fake Users for Online Advertisers Fall Short “It’s like, can you tell the difference between a person and a person-shaped sock puppet that is holding up a sign saying, ‘I am a sock puppet’?” said Laura Edelson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University and former Justice Department technologist who reviewed the Adalytics report at the Journal’s request.
Deutsche Welle Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Making buildings more resilient Concrete reinforced with steel in buildings can offer better resilience in contrast to traditional construction materials like sand and gravel, according to Mehrdad Sasani, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Northeastern University in the United States.
Who is a patriot these days? As US celebrates 250th anniversary of Revolution, debate rages. Marty Blatt, emeritus professor of public history at Northeastern University, said building consensus around patriotism is complicated because “too many Americans buy into the notion that patriotism means always agreeing with the US government.”