Yakov Bart in News@Northeastern: Did Ben & Jerry’s Make the Right Call About the West Bank? ...Ben & Jerry’s—famous for its unique ice cream flavors as well as its outspokenness on social issues—waded into its most…
Ann Lesperance and Daniel Aldrich in News@Northeastern: How to Rebound from Disasters? Resilience Starts in the Neighborhood. The Beatles might have gotten it right. When disaster strikes, you truly do get by with a little help from…
Unproven Technology to Block Sun’s Rays Raises Practical, Ethical Concerns, Experts Say As it stands, research into solar geoengineering continues. Harvard hopes to restart its SCoPEx project by 2022, though its researchers have…
When Airbnbs Increase in a Neighborhood, So Does Crime. Here’s Why. A proliferation of Airbnbs, or similar short-term rentals, in a neighborhood contributes to higher rates of crime in the area,…
Can Democracy Come To Cuba? Impoverished, Frustrated Cubans Face An Uphill Battle One chant coming from protesters in Cuba loomed large for José Buscaglia, a global studies professor at Northeastern, as he watched coverage…
Carmen Sceppa in News@Northeastern: Bouvé Alumna Helps Bring Women-Led Food Businesses in Africa out of Kitchens and into the Big Time The idea occurred to Binja Basimike when she returned to Africa in 2020 after a dozen years in the United…
These Engineering Students Are Heading To Europe To Grow Robotics Relationships A group of robotics engineering students on Northeastern’s Boston campus is headed to Denmark later this month on a mission…
An Indigenous Group’s Objection to Geoengineering Spurs a Debate About Social Justice in Climate Science The Risks of Stopping Research While the Saami Council said that conducting any research on solar geoengineering presented high risks,…
Social Isolation in the U.S. Rose Even as the Covid Crisis Began to Subside, New Research Shows. Many Americans felt socially isolated during the pandemic, cut off from friends and family as they hunkered down and kept…
Half of New U.S. Covid Cases Now Tied to Delta Variant, CDC Says The delta variant is set to become the predominant Covid strain in the U.S., boosting concerns it could lead to…
Qi Wang in Mirage: Model Sets Minimum Restrictions Needed To Control COVID-19 Given Vaccination Rate Predictions available based on local vaccination rate in communities across the United States. If only 60% of Americans were vaccinated…
Stephen Flynn in News@Northeastern: Can the Destructive Bootleg Fire Teach Us to Prevent Wildfires Before They Start? As the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon continues its destructive growth practically unabated, it threatens homes and critical infrastructure—threats that…