Boeing, along with investigators in the United States and Japan, have focused on the lithium-ion battery from the start. And today’s announcement that the problem appears to have started with a short circuit within a cell is exactly what battery expert Dr. K.M. Abraham suggested was the problem when we spoke with him last month. […]

It’s not often that a college hockey team has time to savor a victory. Usually, it’s back to work right away, getting ready for the next game. In the case of Northeastern’s win over Boston University in the semifinals of Monday’s 61st Beanpot at TD Garden, coach Jim Madigan said he wanted his players to […]

Joel Smith scored 19 points, Quincy Ford scored four of his 15 points and had a crucial block in the last 11 seconds and Colonial Athletic Association leader Northeastern rallied past Hofstra 62-57 Wednesday night. The Huskies (15-8, 10-1), who also beat the Pride 65-60 on Jan. 16, trailed 44-38 with 7:26 left when they […]

It was a play that would be frowned upon in youth hockey. And yet, there was the pass by Boston University’s Ben Rosen, the puck going far too close to an open goalmouth, the goalie in no position to do anything when Northeastern’s Kevin Roy intercepted the puck and poked it in. Sure, Rosen was […]

The Northeastern University women’s hockey team will defend their Beanpot trophy after upsetting No. 3 Boston University 4-1 Tuesday night. Right from the outset the Huskies built a comfortable lead as a result of goals from sophomore forward Kendall Coyne and fourth-year forward Kasey Pickett. Coyne’s three goals were too much for the Terriers to […]

Mitigating climate change doesn’t sound as monumental as ending, or reversing climate change. But with global phenomenon already “contributing to the deaths of nearly 400,000 people a year and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion… annually,” according to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor, MIT professor Henry “Jake” Jacoby explains why efforts to mitigate climate change […]

Talk about two teams with something to play for. When Northeastern University and Boston College square off for the Beanpot championship next Monday night, both will have plenty of incentive. The Northeastern Huskies (8-13-3), after knocking off Boston University for the first time in 16 Beanpot contests, are looking to end 25 years of frustration […]

“The quality of your gun-licensing laws is only as good as those surrounding you,” said James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist. By that measure, according to gun-law proponents, Massachusetts has proved to be vulnerable. Only two states have a higher percentage of out-of-state guns found at crime scenes, according to a study by Mayors […]

Massachusetts passed some of the toughest guns laws in the nation in 1998, but statistics show that since then, the number of gun-related crimes committed here has risen. The Boston Globe reports that in 2011, Massachusetts recorded 122 gun-related homicides, almost double the 65 homicides in 1998. … James Alan Fox, professor of criminology, law […]

Students of the decades-long gun debate said there is a clear public relations advantage for the NRA in talking about guns as a women’s issue. “Unlike men, who may be viewed as having this self-interest of maintaining their guns for sport or as a form of aggression, women are seen as purely concerned about self-protection […]

A move to make Northeastern University smoke-free is stirring controversy on campus around issues of civil rights and questions of enforceability. University administrators announced in December that they had formed a committee that includes staff and students to weigh the initiative, which would make Northeastern the newest of at least 1,130 colleges nationwide to create […]

So where or how does the Volkswagen ad fit into this paradigm? I reached out to my colleague, Carole V. Bell, Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department at Northeastern University to get her reaction. (By way of disclosure, I am Trinidadian; Professor Bell is Jamaican). Although Professor Bell is not offended by the ad, […]