Brook Baker, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, calls this argument a “topsy-turvy” interpretation of so-called national treatment. “Under the logic of Eli Lilly’s investor-state claim, foreign investors’ expectations have become unbound,” Prof. Baker writes in a recent issue of Investment Treaty News. “Eli Lilly hitches its investment expectation to the best deal […]

One of Boston’s great strengths lies in its power as a convening city – a global crossroads that brings together people from all walks of life, often in intellectual endeavors. And who better than three ambassadors, whose careers covered half the world, to describe the remarkable paths that led them to Boston. Friedrich Loehr was […]

The Infectious Texts project at Northeastern University is making thousands of pre-Civil War newspapers searchable. Bob talks with Ryan Cordell, a leader on the project, about the mechanism behind text virality in the 1800’s and some of what’s been discovered so far. [AUDIO]

2. The End of the Presidential ‘Stroll’ Before JFK’s assassination, presidents had much more freedom to travel around the capital without extreme protective detail. President Coolidge was known for his regular constitutionals around Washington, D.C., most often only accompanied by one body guard. Additionally, President Truman was also famous for his frequent walks around the […]

Kamran Dadkhah, an associate professor at Northeastern University who has studied the Iranian economy, said Iran’s oil industry has been left behind as technology has improved because there’s been no real investment in Iran’s oil fields in decades. For instance, he said, the lack of investment means Iran’s oil wells aren’t well maintained. “If the […]

While it may sound odd to leave such large sums of money to animals rather than relatives, our love of critters has evolutionary roots. When scientists at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California Los Angeles measured brain activity of people shown photos of animals — whether cute or dangerous — their amygdala, the […]

The Red Sox winning the World Series wasn’t the only drama unfolding at Fenway Park this fall: Owner John Henry has been fighting to avoid testifying in a high-stakes class-action lawsuit against his fellow baseball owners. The suit takes aim at Major League Baseball’s decades-old blackout policy, which requires fans living in cities without a […]

Over the last three days, Northeastern’s Center for Entrepreneurship Education has been focusing on three fundamental words: educate, incubate and launch. The University has been celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, highlighting an inventive spirit largely unparalleled by other institutions, as proven by IDEA’s Northeastern Entrepreneurship Expo held Wednesday night. “NEXPO was the perfect end to Global […]

ntroduction: Many elderly and disabled Americans may face extended hospital stays or long term care in nursing homes. But, many could be receiving high quality care that keeps them healthier, longer in their own homes. Alice Bonner, of Northeastern University, and Robert J. Master, of the Commonwealth Care Alliance, look at how the long-term care landscape […]

Ever wonder about the staying power of majors? Ben Schmidt Ph.D., assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, compiled data on the trends of majors over the past several decades. While engineering holds steady, business and life sciences degrees have shot upward along with psychology while English, education and literature are on the decline.

At Northeastern University, international students who opt out of traveling abroad, or who haven’t experienced an American Thanksgiving, can celebrate early this year on November 26 at the Curry Student Center Ballroom. A meal will be provided by the International Student and Scholar Institute (ISSI), and will feature a lecture about the holiday as students […]

The concept is detailed in a 2009 research paper by Peter Furth, civil engineering professor and bike infrastructure expert at Northeastern University, who first came up with the idea. The street markings, he wrote, can help provide the “feel” of a bike lane — even if there’s no room for one. “It is a design […]