Some Internet specialists argue that Wikipedia should adjust to a mobile world by harnessing “micro-contributions” like those on Twitter and Facebook. For example, they suggest creating a “like” button similar to Facebook’s that would allow a reader to flag errors in Wikipedia articles, or to suggest those that need to be updated. Quickly adding photographs […]

“There’s no one anywhere on the vast landscape of American journalism who merits this award more than you do,” Northeastern University professor Walter V. Robinson, a former Globe Spotlight Team editor, told Risen in presenting the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award. “It is hard to imagine a more principled and patriotic defense of the First […]

It may be one of Boston’s best-kept secrets: Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center in Nahant. It’s been around since 1967, and it’s currently undergoing much-needed renovations aimed at raising the center’s profile and impact. WGBH News science editor Heather Goldstone has the story.

Many colleges have also responded by developing violence prevention campaigns around the bystander intervention model. Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, which pioneered bystander training 20 years ago, has seen a marked uptick in demand. As Jarrod Chin, its director of training, says, “There is nothing like the threat of losing money […]

When you think about it, pretty much everything comes down to trust. Trust plays a central role in our personal relationships, our business decisions, the choices we make about our health, our family and our education. But how do you know who — or when — to trust? Guest: David DeSteno, Professor of Psychology at […]

Law professor Brook Baker at Northeastern University in Boston, an adviser to Health Global Access Project, or Health GAP, notes that Gilead allows generic manufacturers to sell its HIV drugs in over 100 countries. “So why not a similarly large number of countries for the hepatitis C drug?” Baker tells Shots. “An important question to ask is what […]

Total U.S. student loans outstanding hit $1.03 trillion as of Sept. 30, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At last count, the loans were rising by $400 million a day. About 37 million Americans are carrying student loans now, affecting one household in six, according to research […]

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 of the bills he sponsored over 20 years had become law. A bad measure (bill success) that previously garnered little public attention now seems to be trickling into the mainstream […]

One college leader who urged a focus on post-graduation success was Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University, an institution known for its co-op program, which many graduates credit with getting them on the path to good jobs. Aoun wrote that it was important to broaden outcome measures beyond graduation rates and to consider “the […]

Law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, an adviser to , or Health GAP, notes that Gilead allows generic manufacturers to sell its HIV drugs in over 100 countries. “So why not a similarly large number of countries for the hepatitis C drug?” Baker tells Shots. “An important question to ask is what are their […]

As the world’s oceans get more acidic, Chesapeake Bay oysters could be at risk. A more acidic bay could make it more difficult for mollusks, such as oysters, to build their shells through a process called calcification. But it could help crustaceans, such as blue crabs, build their shells more quickly, said Justin Ries, a […]

Ruchir Sharma’s “The Emerging-Market Comedown” (op-ed, Jan. 22) is a useful antidote to all the hype about emerging economies, but he is wrong to assert that incomes in poor countries aren’t gradually converging with those of rich countries. Economist Angus Maddison’s work has shown that since emerging economies gained independence, and especially after they embraced […]