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21 hours ago | news.northeastern.edu | Erin Kayata

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, a requirement some Northeastern University experts said could pose a challenge. “For some individuals, it will only create a dent in their lives,” says Chinbo Chong, an assistant professor of political science and cultures, societies and global studies. “Those are individuals who have the means to get these documents, even though it’s a little bit of an inconvenience.

2 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Erin Kayata

Audit firms are recruiting and investing to maintain a diverse workforce, but many still see high turnover. Northeastern University accounting professors Udi Hoitash and Jaehan Ahn were involved in a study to be published in The Accounting Review that looked at how these firms can prevent this. “We believe it’s a very important topic,” says Hoitash, the Lilian L. and Harry A. Cowan professor of accounting at Northeastern.

6 days ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cynthia McCormick Hibbert

Romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli killed one person and sickened dozens, including children, in a multistate outbreak that started late last year. But the Food and Drug Administration never informed the general public about the contaminated lettuce or identified the companies involved, during or after an investigation that closed in February, according to an April 17 news report from NBC.

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Erin Kayata

When Karen Bordeleau was a teenager, she watched the Watergate scandal unfold. Around that time, her parents bought her a copy of “The New Journalism” by Tom Wolfe. These two events sparked Bordeleau’s journalistic ambitions and a subsequent 40-plus year career that includes a Pulitzer Prize nomination and becoming the first woman to serve as executive editor of The Providence Journal. “I was watching the nightly news and fascinated by it.

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alena Kuzub

Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new neurons in the lab and enhance brain processes affected by aging or neurodegenerative diseases. The researchers discovered that the protein responsible for binding neural stem cells in the human brain, Neuro-cadherin, also plays a key role in stimulating their differentiation.