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Will the SAVE Act protect the integrity of voting or make registration too difficult? Northeastern experts explain

14 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.
Accounting research shows how firms can strengthen diversity among auditors

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.
After 40-plus years in journalism, this Northeastern grad is back leading a local newsroom in the age of news deserts

6 days 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.
Discovery by Northeastern scientists could offer ways of counteracting brain aging and disease

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.
Somewhere over the rainbow

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alyssa Stone

Electronics, apparel, toys: Here are some of the Chinese-made products that could see huge price swings with tariffs
Northeastern honors top graduate students with launch of Laurel and Scroll 100 Society

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

Graduate student Kobe Miller came to Northeastern University from New Zealand to study sports leadership in 2023. This 9,000-mile leap led him to a job in youth development at the Boston Celtics. On Tuesday, Miller, a high-performance rower and athletes’ mental health advocate, was one of 100 graduate and professional students inducted into the inaugural Laurel and Scroll 100 Society of Distinction — a Northeastern graduate school equivalent of the university’s Huntington 100.
From City Hall to Congress, Northeastern co-op student finds his voice on Mayor Wu’s speechwriting team

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

When Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testified before Congress in March on the city’s immigration policies, Eli Curwin — a fourth-year political science and journalism major at Northeastern University — was in the hearing room, listening to his work come to life.
Did Donald Trump defy a Supreme Court order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled 9-0 last week that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man it says was wrongly deported to El Salvador. That man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was deported on March 15 and sent to what’s been described as a notorious gang prison in the Central American nation. The Supreme Court granted in part — and denied in part — a petition to have Abrego Garcia returned, noting that a district court’s deadline to return him had passed.
Puppy pizza party

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Alyssa Stone

Electronics, apparel, toys: Here are some of the Chinese-made products that could see huge price swings with tariffs
Electronics, apparel, toys: Here are some of the Chinese-made products that could see huge price swings with tariffs

1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

It remains to be seen what President Donald Trump’s tariff policy will look like when all is said and done. But, in the case of China, it would lead to higher prices in three key sectors: electronics, apparel and toys, according to Nada Sanders, distinguished professor of supply-chain management at Northeastern University.