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Alicia Sasser Modestino on The Washington Post: ‘We’re Back to Panicking’ – Moms Are Hit Hardest With Camps and Day Cares Closing Again

Read the full article. Excerpt: Sarah Mordecai just got the phone call that no parent wants: Her son was exposed…

Tommasso Melodia in News@Northeastern: Northeastern Receives Rare Designation by FCC to Expand Wireless Technology Research

Northeastern University was designated as a Spectrum Innovation Zone by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, a status that will…

Yakov Bart in News@Northeastern: Should You Sell Your Palm Print to Amazon?

Amazon is offering $10 in store credit to anyone who hands over their palm prints for use at the company’s register-free brick…

Stephen Flynn in News@Northeastern: The UN Climate Change Report Is an Opportunity for Innovation

Read the full article. Excerpt: Stephen Flynn, founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern, is hopeful that the current…

Stephen Flynn on WBUR: Can the Internet Be More Resilient To Climate Change?

Read the full article and listen to Stephen Flynn's interview with Bruce Gellerman of WBUR. Excerpt: Data has replaced oil…

Timothy Hoff in News@Northeastern: Female Physicians Burn Out Faster Than Their Male Colleagues. Here’s Why.

Timothy Hoff has dedicated his career to researching healthcare policy and management issues. He’s not a doctor himself, but in the…

Laurie Kramer in News@Northeastern: Children Under 12 Still Can’t Be Vaccinated Yet—What Should Parents Do?

In the United States, just shy of half of all adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and an additional 7.6 percent are…

David Lazer in News@Northeastern: Public Support for Mandatory Vaccinations Grows, but Holdouts Remain Deeply Skeptical of the Shots

Public enthusiasm for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations has steadily grown since the spring, with more people supporting mandatory shots to get…

Sam Scarpino on Marketplace: How Much Does the Delta Variant Threaten the Economic Recovery?

A day after we learned the U.S. economy had regained its pre-pandemic level of economic activity, we got disturbing news about the…

Sara Jensen Carr in Landscape Architecture Magazine: Leave It Better

IN THE FACE OF LIKELY CLIMATE RETREAT, STUDENT DESIGN STUDIOS EXPLORE WAYS TO IMPROVE NANTUCKET’S COASTAL RESILIENCE. On Nantucket Island…

Taskin Padir in News@Northeastern: Nimble Robotic Arms That Perform Delicate Surgery May Be One Step Closer to Reality

Researchers now have the ability to do machine learning with real-time information that tells how much force is being applied.…

David Lazer in The Washington Post: The Loneliest Americans Aren’t Reconnecting

The COVID States Project has been probing American behavior (and attitudes) during the pandemic since March 2020. In 12 survey waves, an…