Researchers from Northeastern University are among the many scientists helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth. Structural alloys might not sound familiar, but they are an integral part of everyday materials, such as aircraft wings, car bodies, engine blocks, or gas pipelines. These materials are produced through solidification—a process similar […]

The numbers track closely with state figures released earlier this month. “There has been fairly steady job gains … and that has improved incomes of households,” Northeastern University economist Alan Clayton-Matthews said. “The improving housing market also has been a big factor … and that’s improving households’ wealth as well as confidence.” But though the […]

The numbers track closely with state figures released earlier this month. “There has been fairly steady job gains … and that has improved incomes of households,” Northeastern University economist Alan Clayton-Matthews said. “The improving housing market also has been a big factor … and that’s improving households’ wealth as well as confidence.” But though the […]

Some colleges, including Northeastern, do consider ability to pay in some of their admissions decisions. BU doesn’t. Officials said it would be presumptuous to deny students the chance to make their own decisions, especially because in some cases, however rare, they may have grandparents who can afford to help or other resources invisible to the […]

Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank and former president of Dartmouth College, at Northeastern University: My father spent his childhood in North Korea and, at the age of 19, escaped across the border into South Korea, leaving his parents, his brothers and sisters, his entire extended family—everything he had ever known—behind. He had no […]

“District attorneys often will tap into the local criminal lawyer community, both prosecutors and defense lawyers,” said Daniel S. Medwed, a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law. “It would only rise to a conflict of interest if it seemed like the defense lawyers expected a quid pro quo for the donation.”  

Barry Bluestone, director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, expects steady but moderate price increases for single-family homes in the Boston area over the next few years, as more people put their homes on the market. Bluestone said he expects prices for multifamily homes and condominiums […]

We are seeing more initiatives focused on facilitating conversation between men and boys on the topic of sexual violence and attitudes — a subject on which men have not been effectively engaged in the past. Jackson Katz, who co-founded Mentors in Violence Prevention at Northeastern University, promotes a grassroots approach to ending gender violence that encourages male […]

In fact, few teachers who witness school violence are offered counseling, said Edward Mooney, a California high school teacher and Northeastern University doctoral student who studies the effect of school violence on teachers. After disturbing events such as a shooting, many teachers struggle with post-traumatic stress. It can be disabling, and made worse by administrators who want […]

Why has Northeastern University opened two campuses in recent years far from its namesake geographic region? What would drive a well-regarded school in Boston to open branches in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle) and the South (Charlotte, N.C.)? Northeastern, it turns out, is making a big play in master’s degrees. The university is a prime example […]

Of course, it shouldn’t be all too surprising that meditation boosts compassion in the brain. Past research — including a study published earlier this year by Harvard and Northeastern university researchers — shows that meditation can help to boost do-good behavior.  

The Washington State bridge collapse reignites focus on the nation’s aging infrastructure. Dan Simon reports.