News Category: General
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General News at Northeastern
Meet the graduates: Tevin Otieno
- May 9, 2017
Tevin Otieno, CIS’17, says “Northeastern is what you make it.” With three co-ops, a hand in designing software for Boston Public Housing, and several campus ambassadorships under his belt, Otieno […] -
General News at Northeastern
Researchers use Twitter to track the flu in real time
- May 9, 2017
This flu is horrendous. Can’t breathe, can’t sleep or eat. Muscles ache, fever 102. Should have gotten the shot. Time for a movie marathon. The above tweet looks like 140 characters of misery. But in the hands of Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani and his colleagues, it is so much more. -
LA Times
Op-Ed – Google and Facebook aren’t fighting fake news with the right weapons
- May 9, 2017
We know a lot about fake news. It’s an old problem. Academics have been studying it — and how to combat it — for decades. In 1925, Harper’s Magazine published “Fake News and the Public,” calling its spread via new communication technologies “a source of unprecedented danger.” -
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News at Northeastern
Northeastern celebrates community’s highest achievements
- April 21, 2017
Northeastern University celebrated the highest achievements of students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the seventh annual Academic Honors Convocation on Thursday afternoon in East Village. The event honored a select […] -
CCIS student blends interests in technology, design, and the human experience
- April 21, 2017
By Julia Renner Brittany Chiang, a junior information science major in the College of Computer and Information Science, carved out her own path at Northeastern, blending the technical aspects of […] -
Not Just Fun and Games: Students Work and Learn as Conference Associates at GDC
- April 21, 2017
By Emily Ashbolt The Game Developers Conference (GDC), a week-long event held in San Francisco every year, is the largest conference in the game development industry. Attracting over 25,000 developers, […]