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.  

The compromise announced by the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday is untenable. And that is precisely why it’s good news. More than 60 percent of the organization’s national leadership voted to approve a policy ending discrimination against openly gay scouts while keeping in place the ban against gay adult leaders. With the BSA finally dragging itself […]

Homeland security expert Stephen Flynn says neglecting infrastructure may have dire consequences.  

Researchers at Northeastern University are compiling a digital archive devoted to the Boston Marathon bombings, the university announced today in a statement. The “Our Marathon” project is sponsored by Northeastern’s NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, and will include photos, videos, and social media related to the attacks. The team will hold a series of public outreach events […]

A new economic forecast released by the New England Economic Partnership offers an optimistic outlook for  Massachusetts and for the region as a whole over the next five years. Anchored by a projected rise in employment and deliberate but steady economic growth, the forecast points to a surge in manufacturing, of all things, as a catalyst. Guests Alan Clayton-Matthews, […]

Northeastern University announced today that it is launching a campaign to raise $1 billion by 2017, according to a statement on the university’s website. The university said in the statement that it plans to fundraise $500 million in philanthropic donations and $500 mil­lion through gov­ern­ment and industry part­ner­ships. The “Empower” campaign will fund university-wide initiatives, particularly new […]

Some of the messages are typical of a college-age teenager, talking about doing laundry and playing beer pong. But over time, Tsarnaev’s tweets are also evidence of a transformation. Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox analyzed Tsarnaev’s writings. “You see throughout these tweets a mixture of ordinary activities and partying for example,  yet a growing […]

With Lyme disease the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the nation, the urgency of advancing research is greater than ever before. Lyme Research Alliance is awarding half a million dollars to fund six promising studies to find a reliable diagnostic test and effective treatment options for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The Lyme Research Alliance (LRA), one […]

Holding several part-time jobs, living with friends, making do without employer-provided benefits and never expecting to achieve your parents’ standard of living: it’s all become routine for today’s youngest entrants into the job market. But in a semi-recessionary, post-union, without-a-safety-net era, workers twice their age are also getting used to the getting-by lifestyle. Unemployment is […]