PRESIDENT Barack Obama will today tour the crucial ­battleground state of Florida to present to voters in person the same message he delivered to an enthusiastic audience at the Democratic party’s national convention: “I need more time.”

Many 2012 grads are joining the existing ranks of jobless from the classes of 2009, 2010, and 2011. For those who do find gainful employment, their real wages are some 5 percent less than their peers who graduated in 2000. The employment woes of these young adults have not been lost on college admissions consultants. […]

A popular burger eatery that has fed Boston University students at both ends of their Commonwealth Avenue campus is now serving burgers, fries, and frappes to Northeastern University students.

Over the years no one has been more candid about his 1988 presidential campaign loss to George H.W. Bush than the candidate himself. Michael Dukakis has been upfront in saying “I blew it.” At one point he even had a 17-point lead. It gives Dukakis a unique perspective on what he hopes to hear Thursday […]

The Boston burger joint, UBurger opened a new location at the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University yesterday. Northeastern students will no longer have to travel to Kenmore Square, Commonwealth Avenue or Tremont Street for a UBurger, frappes and hand-cut fries.

Romney inherited an economy in 2003 similar to the one President Obama found entering the White House in 2009. For both, progress was slow, and for many, disappointing.

Former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis met with four student journalists from Watertown recently to talk about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama as well as senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.

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 […]