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Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy. He told Congress how to fix it.

John Kwoka understood what was wrong with the American economy, and he was prepared to offer solutions. But…

by Ian Thomsen March 11, 2019

Men’s basketball team cruises in conference quarterfinals

The Northeastern men’s basketball team opened the Colonial Athletic Association with a no-nonsense 80-59 quarterfinal win over the University of North Carolina-Wilmington on Sunday night. A potential semifinal rematch with Charleston awaits.

by Ian Thomsen March 10, 2019

‘Venezuela is being pillaged like never before’

Organized crime is driving the international standoff surrounding the crisis in South America, says José Buscaglia, a scholar of Latin America who directs the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures at Northeastern.

by Ian Thomsen March 1, 2019

‘A dream come true’

The Northeastern Huskies played the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in an annual spring training game in Fort Myers, Florida. Award-winning photographer Adam Glanzman captured the action.

by Ian Thomsen and Adam Glanzman February 28, 2019

Here’s what inspires technology entrepreneurs, and why their startups succeed

Something kept nagging Raj Echambadi about his groundbreaking research in 2004 on high-tech startups. Fifteen years later, Echambadi, the Dunton Family Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, found his answer—and it wasn’t about the money.

by Ian Thomsen February 26, 2019

Here’s how an American craft beer fanatic became a brewer in London

Todd Matteson, a Northeastern graduate, has been brewing and selling craft beer in the United Kingdom for four years. It was an outcome he didn’t envision.

by Ian Thomsen February 19, 2019

The secret life of Jack Bailey, former Northeastern dean and military intelligence commander

John Stephen Bailey, who died in Athens, Greece, at age 89, was a former dean and public relations director at Northeastern. He also commanded a secret military intelligence unit on the Boston campus during the Cold War.

by Ian Thomsen February 19, 2019

Does having a gun at home really make you safer?

Northeastern professor Matthew Miller is one of the nation’s leading researchers of gun violence. In his previous career, he was on the front lines of another life-and-death battleground.

by Ian Thomsen February 13, 2019

Five keys to Northeastern’s Beanpot victory

Two Beanpots. Two championships. Two entirely different styles spaced one year apart. Here’s how the Huskies have turned themselves into the best of Boston hockey.

by Ian Thomsen February 12, 2019

With 4-2 win over BC, Northeastern wins back-to-back Beanpots for first time since 1984-85

As they skated into each other’s arms, these Northeastern Huskies found themselves celebrating an achievement that lay beyond the reach of so many predecessors—their first back-to-back Beanpot titles since 1984-85. They beat Boston College 4-2 on Monday night at TD Garden in a championship final that consistently defied the scoreboard.

by Ian Thomsen February 12, 2019

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