I’m a 17-year-old college freshman at Northeastern University and I joined Testive, an ed-tech startup in Cambridge. I’m reprimanded frequently by college students and startup vets on why taking that startup gig freshman year was a bad idea, or how it’ll detract from having a social life.

Sometimes you can’t fake it. This summer I was in Bali, conducting another of my social entrepreneurship trainings for a group of Balinese students and students from my university. In the past this program has been a real struggle for me and for my assistants, caused by personality conflicts, cultural misunderstandings, and less than helpful […]

Joe Paterno was pulled off his pedestal, almost literally. The legendary Penn State coach, a bigger-than-life hero for most of his life, was cast in a seven-foot, bigger-than-life statue that welcomed visitors to Beaver Stadium, an imposing line of four helmeted players behind him, his right index finger held triumphantly. The latter was a gesture […]

After refusing to release its official home-brewed beer recipe for weeks, the Obama administration finally gave in to beer enthusiasts Saturday. Northeastern University political science professor Bill Crotty, author of a book on the Obama administration, agreed. He said Obama is targeting the most extreme beer fans with the homebrew as a prop. Wieringa, the […]

Local colleges are lending a hand — along with carts and dollies — so move-in day goes smoothly. For college students and their families, move-in day is an emotional rite of passage, and usually a physically draining one as well. But as students return to the Boston area for the fall term, schools are lending […]

Leveraging its momentum with record high applications and research dollars, Northeastern University is set to launch in 2013 the largest fundraising campaign in the school’s history.

Tax breaks, for years a largely untouchable entitlement that Beacon Hill offered to businesses, are finally coming in for some serious scrutiny. The Patrick administration told state lawmakers this week that within a year it should have enough data to determine whether many of the tax incentives the state is offering to businesses are working […]