If you think job opportunities are dim for Americans with a high school diploma and a degree- try making it without one- or both in the new American workforce. When the Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) at Northeastern University analyzed 2012 unemployment data, they found that Black youths who left high school sans a […]

Chenglong Zhao, postdoctoral fellow in engineering science and mechanics, Penn State, designed and conducted the experiment; Yongmin Liu, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, and electrical and computer engineering, Northeastern University, worked with Nicholas Fang, associate professor of mechanical engineering, MIT, to analyze the results and develop simulations; and Yanhui Zhao, graduate student in […]

What’s harder to watch: An adult human kicking a puppy or an adult human kicking another adult human? Science says: the puppy. A new study has found abused dogs — both puppies and adults — elicit more sympathy than abused adult humans. Abused human kids, however, are equally sympathetic as abused dogs, LiveScience reports. “The […]

One by one, the court clerk read aloud the verdicts on the multitude of charges against the former Boston mob boss, James Joseph Bulger, Jr. As expected, the 83-year-old defendant was found guilty of murder, extortion, racketeering, money laundering, drug trafficking and various weapons violations. For us here in Massachusetts, it will certainly be a relief to have this protracted saga over and done. No more news reports […]

Depending on the program, courses with an international travel component can last anywhere from two weeks to an entire semester. At schools such as Saint Leo University, Northeastern University, Webster University, Washington State University and Arizona State University, students spend months or weeks studying business trends in their specific country prior to departure. During their visit, students typically meet […]

An improperly fitting bicycle, and a too-low seat can also raise the risk of knee injury, says Greg Cloutier, MPH, Project Manager for the Human Performance and Exercise Science Lab at Northeastern University. Frequently I see cyclists grimacing as they bear down upon the pedals, and I wonder if they think the bulkier, stronger muscles […]

People have more empathy for abused puppies and dogs than they do for adult humans who have been abused, a new study suggests. However, empathy for abused children was about the same as that for puppies and dogs, the study found. Researchers surveyed 240 college students and asked them to read one of four versions […]

Mr. Dukakis, who lost a 1988 presidential bid to George H.W. Bush, is now a professor of political science at Northeastern University and a visiting professor in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California at Los Angeles. The former Democratic presidential nominee often places calls to help students get Washington internships. […]

A professor at a US university has created a map of the world entirely made up of tweets. Alan Mislove plotted geo-tag information from 275m tweets gathered between January 2011 and April 2013. The result clearly shows those areas of the planet where Twitter is most popular – along with some of the most unlikely. Alan, […]

A new national report shows that Northeastern University has seen an increase of more than 27 percentage points in the graduation rate of African American students over the last decade. The data was issued by The Education Trust, a Washington-based nonprofit that works on closing achievement gaps for low income and minority families. Northeastern is highlighted in the report […]

People feel more empathy with dogs than they do their own species, a new study suggests. Children, however, remain about on par as with canines. The findings, presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, zeroed in on age as the biggest factor eliciting empathy. Marked by vulnerability and dependence, dogs are seen as […]

The latest development in the can-women-have-it-all debate proves that female entrepreneurs actually benefit from familial support. A new study shows that among small- to medium-size enterprises, women whose businesses receive direct support from their family members had better performance in the workplace, greater growth, higher satisfaction with their status, and higher satisfaction with their employee […]