Political leaders from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have not been shy about their intent to seek as much federal funding as possible for their storm-struck states. Damages and lost economic activity as a result of Hurricane Sandy have been estimated as high as $50 billion. If the past is any guide, there are likely to […]

Greater Boston’s housing market will improve, but buyers and tenants may seek different types of housing, according to the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2012 released Wednesday by the Boston Foundation.

VentureCrowd, a startup that has developed an online portal for connecting entrepreneur-minded students at universities, on Tuesday launched with its first customer, Northeastern University.

AUDIO: Marty Baron, the highly-respected editor of the Boston Globe, will become the new executive editor of the Washington Post. Baron starts his new role in January, and in the meantime The Globe is launching a national search to fill his job. Baron was with the Globe since 2001. During his time as executive editor, […]

At his first news meeting as top editor of the Boston Globe, Martin Baron asked what the paper was doing to chase down the possibility that a Catholic cardinal covered up the case of a priest guilty of sexually abusing up to 80 children. Told that court documents in the case were sealed, Baron said […]

Over 115 countries have participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week since its launch in 2008. Here in the Hub, Northeastern University hasn’t wanted to miss out on the startup-spirited fun, and will be celebrating innovation from Tuesday to Friday, November 13th to 16th, with panels, workshops and a B.I.G. Venture Fair.

PHOTO: Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, center, place a wreath at Northeastern’s Veterans Memorial during ceremonies on the school’s campus, in Boston, Nov. 12, 2012. Three new names were added to the memorial Monday that honors students and alumni who died carrying out military duties.

Kristin Jamison never met her father before he lost his life in Vietnam. Marine Cpl. Robert Lewis Curry died in the line of duty after volunteering to take someone else’s patrol. Now 46, Jamison called it humbling Monday to hear U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak of his sacrifice as Northeastern University added Curry’s […]

AUDIO: Northeastern University professor William Miles has been conducting research in West Africa for more than 30 years. So it came as a surprise to him that he learned only recently of a growing Jewish community in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja. Nigeria is about half Muslim and half Christian. Animism is practiced as well. […]

Americans love reality television, but only if the reality is worth tuning into. So it’s safe to say that most university presidents won’t be getting their own Bravo shows anytime soon. Campus administration isn’t quite as adventurous as the life of Honey Boo Boo. Still, that hasn’t stopped Joseph Aoun, the president of Northeastern University, […]

As anyone following the 2012 election knows, Massachusetts has served as a model for the expansion of health care coverage nationally. The Bay State’s 2006 universal health care law (sometimes called “Romneycare”) was famously the prototype for the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. “Obamacare”). Now, Massachusetts could become the standard bearer for how to get costs […]

What: Spencer Day at The Fenway Center at Northeastern University When: Saturday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. More: Spencer Day is a singer/pianist who came from the tradition of jazz piano clubs and the America Songbook, MGM musicals and jazz standards. He’s opened for Rufus Wainright and appeared at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival and is […]