Physicist Alessandro Vespignani of Northeastern University in Boston, who was not involved with the study, called it an interesting contribution to scientists’ understanding of social behavior and of how people adapt to learning of an epidemic. Still, “many elements of realism are still missing in the modeling approaches,” Vespignani cautioned. More studies are needed “to […]

James Alan Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University, said he understands why police are reluctant to speak now about the case, but he said there is a public interest in learning the details of the alleged crime. “Ordinarily, you would want them to release information about the actions of public employees,” he said. “In […]

Rebecca Riccio tried to keep her expectations low. Yes, the first massive open online course — or MOOC –on philanthropy that she’s teaching had the backing of billionaire Warren Buffett and his sister, Doris. But it was a four-week, no-college-credit course offered during the height of summer, mid-July through mid-August. Absolutely the worst time to try to […]

William Darity: Ninety-five percent joblessness for teen black male dropouts? That estimate, from Northeastern University’s Andrew Sum, borders on the fantastic as an indictment of the American labor market. Add to Sum’s damning statistic the finding that blacks with some college education or an associate’s degree experienced higher unemployment than whites who had dropped out of high […]

If the best new innovations are often twists on older ideas, it shouldn’t be surprising that one of the most inventive techniques being explored in the burgeoning field of tissue engineering is based on the ancient art of paper folding. Backed by a $2 million National Science Foundation grant, Carol Livermore, an associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering […]

Christopher Bosso, a political science professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said Obama’s comments may be less about a political calculation and more reflective of the fact that he doesn’t face re-election. “It’s a second-term president saying this is what I really think,” Bosso said. “I don’t think that politically for Obama it’s as dire […]

The new survey results are in the line with some other findings, says Carlos Cuevas, a researcher from Northeastern University-Boston, who is presenting new data on dating violence among Latino youth at the conference. But he says the details behind the gender findings in various studies are important. When girls are the aggressors, he says, […]

“We see in other research that the psychological stuff has just as much of a negative impact on health outcomes as the physical and sexual” violence, said Carlos Cuevas, associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, who is also presenting a study on youth dating violence at meeting.  

“Nothing happens. Nothing happens. And then everything happens,” says Laura Lewis, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. “Our results are highly preliminary but we have found signatures of layering in the materials we have made.” This is significant, she says, because the layering of iron and nickel suggests that the nanomaterial […]

Teen unemployment is triple the national average, but Andrew Sum, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, says the number is actually much worse. Unemployment figures only count people who are “actively looking for work,” but many teens and young adults, explains Sum, drop out of the […]

Northeastern University will hold its first job fair for local residents on Wednesday, with hundreds of available jobs up for grabs. “We are committed and dedicated to being a good neighbor and to provide resources and support to the surrounding communities,” Cheryl Whitfield, Assistant Vice President of Talent Management & Organizational Development, said today in […]

Peter Stokes is executive director of postsecondary innovation in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. He has written about adaptive learning, and thinks it has the potential to be used across much of higher education. However, Stokes said the technology is particularly valuable for colleges that are concerned about boosting their student success rates, at […]