The Secret Lives of Zipcar Drivers Fleura Bardhi believed what many of us do about members of car-sharing services like Zipcar. They care about the environment. They want to take cars off the road. They’ve created a trusting community to share assets that previous generations insisted on owning. This is all a very European notion, and it made sense to Bardhi, […]
When teens can’t find jobs elsewhere, mom and dad do the hiring Will Boynton is 17, lives in Newburyport, and put in dozens of applications for a summer job. He applied to nearby Water Country, to restaurants and stores. An amateur disc jockey, he looked all over for gigs. Finally, he found a part-time job doing photography for a business website and playing music at the owner’s […]
The National Law Journal Northeastern turns to Connecticut for its new dean Northeastern University School of Law has named Jeremy Paul as its next law dean. Paul is now dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law, but announced plans in March to step down once his replacement had been found. He will assume the top post at Northeastern on Aug. 13.
Candlepin bowling lovers aim for a comeback It’s 9:30 on a recent Sunday morning. Most people are either in church or in bed, depending on whether they worship the Holy Spirit or imbibed too many spirits the night before. But the Pilgrim Lanes are rocking. A busload of Canadians has journeyed 14 hours to bowl in the Candlepin for Kids International Teams […]
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Fox News Historic drought to bring higher food prices, experts say Jeff Born, a Northeastern University finance professor and director of the executive MBA program, told the Christian Science Monitor it will only get worse. “If you like bacon [and] pork, you should buy it now, because by the fall you are going to be stunned at what it will cost,” he wrote in an email.
First 6 start-ups nurtured by Northeastern take flight One is a gluten-free snack-food company. Another is a pest-control firm. They are two of the six members of Northeastern University’s first graduating class of start-ups. Launched in a basement classroom, nurtured with the help of students, professors, and alumni mentors, these fledgling companies have matriculated through Idea, Northeastern’s accelerator program, which is distinguished by […]
The Cape Cod Times Cape grad helps in search for ‘God particle’ Brant Rumberger, 21, of Hyannis, has moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where he will work on a piece of the international scientific collaboration known as CERN. Rumberger, who is a undergraduate student at Northeastern University, will be working on the Compact Muon Solenoid, a detector on the Large Hadron Collider that is used to search for […]
Science Daily Sharing Isn’t Always Caring: Why Don’t Consumers Take Care of Their Zipcars? Consumers who access products in the short-term instead of owning them show greater indifference toward these products and identify less with the brand and other consumers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Our study represents the first look at how consumers think, feel, and act when they are accessing rather […]
Northeastern’s Student-Run Venture Accelerator Ushers Out its First Graduating Class Four semesters and nearly $60,000 in funding later, six startups are ready to launch out of Northeastern’s student-run venture accelerator IDEA and into Boston’s startup scene.
Must Penn State Cleanse? Though it would have seemed unthinkable before last week, the situation at Pennsylvania State University, where a respected former assistant football coach used his connections to the program to draw in the young boys whom he later raped on campus property, was even worse than anyone imagined. Worse because not only did administrators and coaches […]
The Christian Science Monitor Amid unusually widespread drought, warnings on food prices Americans are probably already seeing the drought’s impact, and it will get worse before it gets better, says Jeff Born, a finance professor and director of the executive MBA program at Northeastern University in Boston. He visited parts of the afflicted area a couple of weeks ago and says there has been no significant relief with rain. He points out […]