In addition to the traditional MBA, Charlotte business schools are featuring more specialized programs, such as master’s degrees in finance and energy systems, to appeal to students pursuing careers emerging in the economic recovery. Examples include Northeastern University’s Charlotte campus, which is adding several specialized degrees to its lineup this fall designed to match the […]

With the squeeze of the sequester increasingly palpable across the country and the battle over next year’s budget unfolding on Capitol Hill, there is no better time for a sober, bipartisan and data-driven conversation about our spending priorities. One area where dismal return on investment dictates fundamental change is the “war on drugs.” By slashing […]

New research into how materials act in space could lead to improvements in the design of everyday objects. The research is part of an on-going collaborative effort between NASA and other high profile institutions including the French Space Agency, CNES, Northeastern University, Iowa State University, and Aix-Marseille University in France.

Legislators in Florida and California are pressing to force universities to accept credit from MOOC courses, especially if students can’t get into the in-person versions of the courses they need. Peter Stokes, an expert on education innovation at Northeastern University, said more such efforts will follow — likely to the alarm of some faculty. “It […]

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 […]