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.
How the quick high of ‘fast-food gambling’ ensnared young men The psychology of sports betting apps is modeled on the slot machine, argues Dr Richard Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University and the founder and president of its Public Health Advocacy Institute.
CNBC Funflation: Concert ticket prices have soared, but music fans don’t seem to care How and when dynamic pricing is used is at the discretion of the artist or management, according to Andrew Mall, an associate professor of music at Northeastern University — and it is often determined under the radar.
Newsweek Trump Has Two Years to Push Through Sweeping Change Before Likely Roadblock Costas Panagopoulos is a distinguished professor of political science at Northeastern University. He is an expert on campaigns and elections, voting behavior, and political psychology, and has been part of the Decision Desk team at NBC News since 2006.
Newsweek How Popular Is Deporting Migrants? What Polls Show Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that Trump may “overstep” on immigration issues.