A hard act to follow PALE, bespectacled and polite, Bekir Berat Ozipek, a young professor at Istanbulâs Commerce University, is no street-fighter. But he was excited by the heady atmosphere he experienced on a recent trip to Egypt. He and two fellow Turkish scholars went to a conference at the University of Cairo where their ideas on civil-military relations were […]
Another day, another massacre — and it’s hard to explain why A 2014 FBI study of 160 active-shooter events since 2000 showed a staggered increase over time, with the four most violent years occurring in the last five years of the survey. Criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern Universityhas questioned the rigor of the FBI calculation, saying it may be influenced by media reports. But if […]
Vaccine Mandate Halt Risks Hamstringing Future Pandemic Fights “The idea that CMS can’t use its authority in this way unless Congress is explicit is really extraordinary and really would unwind just enumerable health and safety measures that regulate health care,” said Wendy Parmet, faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law, noting the safety protocols […]
Charlotte Business Journal How Charlotte organizations use innovation centers to think differently One way that companies can test and execute new ideas in today’s fast-paced business environment is to use innovation centers, says Raj Echambadi, Dunton Family Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, in this podcast. Beyond the goal of developing their own products or solutions, companies, including Lowe’s and EY, are focusing on […]
MSNBC The August 16 ‘MHP’ Syllabus All eyes were on Ferguson, Missouri this week after the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, and the subsequent protests and police agitation. Host Melissa Harris-Perry will be talking to guests on the ground in Ferguson, including a Missouri state senator and msnbc reporter Trymaine Lee. Read his latesthere. Our panel in New York […]
A threat to civil rights? This July marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The landmark law, spearheaded by President John F. Kennedy and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, opened the doors of liberty and equality for millions of Americans since then. But paying tribute to this momentous occasion also requires us to think […]
Why bill success is a lousy way to keep score in Congress Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from John Wilkerson and Nick Stramp of the University of Washington’s Department of Political Science and David Smith of the College of Computer and Information Sciences at Northeastern University. ***** On Tuesday, February 4, the Washington Post published an article in which retiring representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) was asked to defend the fact that none […]
Too Much Sports In High School? In his 1910 essay on “The American Boy“, Theodore Roosevelt wrote about the value of athletics, specifically football, and the lessons that sports can teach. He said, “in life, as in a football game, the principal to follow is: hit the ground hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.” Words to […]
Women in the World Feminism’s Sticky Fast-Food Floor Sepulveda struggles to get assigned as many shifts per week as possible, but even if she had the chance to work 40 hours per week (a rarity), that would at most equal $15,080 per year. In other words, the CEO of McDonald’s makes 580 times more than Nathalia Sepulveda. But no one can seriously think […]
Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Hold Promise for Improving the Outcome of Joint Reconstruction Surgeries Researchers at Northeastern University recently discovered that magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles exhibit some valuable properties for orthopedic tissue engineering when dispersed within polymer composites. Findings show for the first time that MgO nanoparticles significantly increase fibroblast and osteoblast cell attachment and growth on poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA). The project, headed by grad student Dan Hickey of […]