There are no estimates on how many CNC-certified workers are needed, but an aging manufacturing workforce and wave of baby boomer retirements in coming years is expected to increase demand. A recent Northeastern Universityreport estimates that manufacturers will need to fill 100,000 jobs in Massachusetts alone over the coming decade, with many of those jobs in […]

Several weeks ago, the Federal Reserve decided not to cut back, or taper as the finance mavens say, the billion-dollar bond buying program known as quantitative easing, which is a euphemism for printing money. A gradual reduction of QE had been expected since June, when Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy was getting stronger […]

Big data is the new A-bomb Not since Robert Oppenheimer faced down his demons after spearheading the Manhattan Project have scientists been faced with as big an ethical dilemma as big data represents, says Albert-László Barabási,a physicist and network scientist at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, in a Politico op-ed this past week. “This summer, while visiting […]

There’s also an important caveat: because the researchers didn’t see any sign of aging doesn’t mean it isn’t occurring. “Proving the non-existence of something is very difficult,” says Eric Stewart, a microbiologist at Northeastern University who was not involved in the study. “Their findings are definitely interesting. And they did try to look at as […]

Bolotsky is a student at Northeastern University and worked as a coop for MassChallenge. He launched and directed Startup Massachusetts, an affiliate of the Startup America Partnership, and founded Startup Summer, an internship program aimed to engage students in the entrepreneurial culture in Massachusetts.  

Tricia Kiefer is a student at Northeastern University who cares about the way she eats. She’s passionate about the importance of consuming honest, healthy, and local food as a way to support a sustainable food system and create social change. “I had a community garden on Symphony Road, and it felt empowering to grow my […]

Abhinav Nangia is the co-founder and CEO of reweave, an organization focused on social entrepreneurship. He attended Northeastern University, and his organization aims to provide resources to grow, strengthen, and connect social enterprises within communities.  

A bitcoin’s value is determined by the people. So long as people buy into the bitcoin market, the value of bitcoins and the market grow. Businesses around the world are offering the virtual option right next to cash or charge, but as Northeastern University Professor of Economics Alan Dyer suggests, it’s not close to universal […]

The back-to-school season is easy to recognize. Temperatures get a bit cooler. Walgreens and CVS start doing a brisk business in pencil and notebook sales. And in college towns like Boston, as I can personally attest, commute times suddenly double. Another familiar feature of the season, of course, is news columns on education trends — […]

James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, noted that homicide levels in Chicago have generally been declining over the past decade. Still, he said, police have difficulty preventing homicides despite their best strategies. “I don’t think you can change the unemployment rate through the police. It’s really hard to have an impact […]

Back in 2007, Red Sox enthusiasm was at fever pitch. The roster was stacked with big names and even bigger personalities who led the team to its second championship in three years. But this year, that level of excitement seems to have tapered, despite the fact that the Sox have the best record in baseball. […]

In a recent experiment, a team of scientists from Northeastern University in Boston advertised a meditation class and recruited a set of volunteers. Half of the respondents went along to the sessions, while the other half were told that they were on a waiting list instead. For those who attended, the course involved different forms […]