The success of a free massive open online course focused on philanthropy has prompted Northeastern University, which founded the course in partnership with the sister of billionaire Warren Buffett, to launch a laboratory designed to empower social change and civic engagement, campus officials said. The university announced this week the launch of the Social Impact Lab, describing […]

The data program is based on best practices outlined by the Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University. Byrnes says officers will record race data for any involuntary interaction, such as a traffic stop or questioning, basically anytime officers “insert themselves” into someone’s life for more than a casual conversation.

As to whether an increase in the minimum wage helps those who need it, consider this fact: 39 percent of white teens find summer jobs, while only 19 percent of black teens do, according to Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies. That 20 percent gap could have multiple causes, but one contributing factor is […]

Anyone interested in learning more about effective giving from billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists can again sign up for a free online course. Students in the class that’s scheduled to start in March will be able to help decide how to give away at least $100,000 of Buffett’s sister, Doris’, money. The classes […]

A digital crowd-sourced exhibit about last year’s Marathon Bombing and subsequent events will be available to locals at the Watertown Free Public Library this weekend. The Boston Bombing Digital Archive, a crowd-sourced digital archive of stories, photos, video, and social media related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and its aftermath, will be at the […]

While Alex Rodriquez may be off the front pages for the moment, this hiatus will give him the opportunity to study up on the history of labor relations in the national pastime. He has railed against the labor arbitration process and the man who ran the process in his case, distinguished labor arbitrator Federic Horowitz. […]

The second reason this conference is important is that it attracts entrepreneurs interested in the issues of the region. The Development Dialogue is part of a larger project by the Deshpande Foundation called the Sandbox, which brings together entrepreneurs, philanthropists, investors and others from around the world. Well known Indian American entrepreneurs like Hemang Dave, […]

Iran has great oil and gas resources, therefore Western and indeed all international companies do not want to lose the opportunity to do business with Iran, professor of economics at U.S. Northeastern University, Kamran Dadkhah told Trend. “This is of course, if the country’s nuclear issue is resolved and sanctions are lifted,” he added. Iran […]

When the U.S. Federal Reserve stops printing $80 billion a month to buy bonds, interest rates may jump, and that may stop the improvement in the U.S. housing industry and perhaps even trigger a recession, said Jeffery Born, a professor of finance at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. “This fear has […]

A group of mechanical engineering students at Northeastern University are working on new technology for bicycles that aims to decrease fatalities among cyclists in urban cities. The project is called the Inter­ac­tive Bicy­clist Acci­dent Pre­ven­tion System — and informally known as the “smart bike.” The technology uses sensors that detect the distance of a bicycle to cars […]

Langton’s rise to Olympic status came almost too easily. He was a member of Northeastern University’s track and field team, graduating in 2005 as what he deemed a “pretty average sprinter” on a national stage. Running at a weight of 225 pounds during his collegiate career, it was only a matter of time, he said, […]

James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University, predicts that even if O’Brien were to go before the parole board to ask for parole release, he doubts it would ever happen. “It’s extremely slim. It’s rather difficult for murderers to get paroled on their first, even second attempt,” Fox said. […]