Request to testify before Congress on immigration puts Boston — and Michelle Wu — back in national GOP’s crosshairs Hemanth C. Gundavaram, cofounder and director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at Northeastern University School of Law, said that while the mayors being targeted run cities with relatively strong protections for immigrants, the focus of the committee seems to be more on their personalities.
‘Severance’ shows we long to leave work behind The Victorian era normalised work-life separation, points out Sam Waterman, assistant professor of English at Northeastern University. As industrialisation cleaved the workplace from home, a domestic sphere overseen by women became a romanticised space for men to retreat and restore themselves.
The Times UK Prime Target: maths genius adds realism to Apple’s new thriller In an effort to make the eight-part show as authentic as possible, producers drafted in Dr Tim Davis, mathematics lecturer at Northeastern University London, to help write the script and coach the stars.
Screen Rant Prime Target: Why Ed’s Math Equation Is So Dangerous & Is It Actually Realistic? Northeastern University’s London campus’ math lecturer, Tim Davis, worked closely with the show’s cast and crew to help them understand what they were working with and ground the show in realism.
Prevention Why Are Eggs So Expensive Right Now? “The risk of catching bird flu, such as H5N1 avian influenza, from eating contaminated eggs is considered low, especially if the eggs are properly cooked,” says Darin Detwiler, L.P.D., author of the book Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions and a professor at Northeastern University.
Degree in hand, jobs out of reach: Why recent grads are struggling in a competitive market While universities face criticism, programs like Northeastern University’s cooperative education (co-op) model, which integrates real-world work experience with academics, are becoming more popular. Applications to Northeastern have jumped 53% since 2020, driving the acceptance rate down to 5.2%.
Sense of Place: This student-driven Boston label puts artists first Green Line, a totally student-run label at Boston’s Northeastern University, where the focus isn’t on making a profit but uplifting musicians, is featured on the Sense of Place: Boston series.
Women's Health Why Are There So Many Food Recalls Lately? One is that there is an “increasing consumer reliance on ready-to-eat and convenience foods,” says Darin Detwiler, LP. D., author of Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions and a professor at Northeastern University.
MIT Technology Review This quantum computer built on server racks paves the way to bigger machines Devesh Tiwari, a quantum computing researcher at Northeastern University, describes Xanadu’s progress in an analogy with building a hotel. “They have built a room, and I’m sure they can build multiple rooms,” he says. “But I don’t know if they can build it floor by floor.”
Fox News Ebola outbreak reported in African country — here’s what you need to know Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences and professor of health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, reiterated that the ongoing situation in rural DRC is “quite serious.”
RFK Jr. Says Ultra-Processed Foods Are ‘Poison’—But That He Won’t Ban Them Neil Maniar, director of Northeastern University’s masters program in public health, says “I firmly believe that politics should not drive public health. Public health should be driven by science, by what we know works, and our understanding and partnership with communities.”
In northern Vermont, shock after fatal Border Patrol agent shooting Carey Rappaport, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University and director of a research group focused on detecting explosive threats, said aluminum foil is an effective tool to block a cellphone’s signal and GPS tracking capability.