With the Iraq War recently ended, the Afghanistan War winding down, and a standoff over Iran’s nuclear program raising the prospect of a third U.S. military intervention in the Middle East this century, what should the next president do? Veteran Middle East observers Nicholas Burns and Stephen Kinzer weigh in.

Salem State geology professor Lindey Hanson’s talk included a look at forces that formed and continue to form beaches and barrier islands.

The Boston Red Sox have introduced John Farrell as their new manager. Boston Public Radio’s Emily Rooney spoke with Roger Abrams, Northeastern University law professor; author of several baseball books including “The First World Series” and “The Baseball Fanatics of 1903” and former salary arbitrator for Major League Baseball about the Red Sox’s new skipper.

Public safety makes up more than half the city’s day-to-day budget, but the mayoral candidates aren’t talking much about it. Instead, the candidates are focusing on issues, such as economic development and education, where they will have less control. Even though public safety comprises a significant chunk of municipal budgets nationwide, San Diego isn’t alone […]

In today’s Academic Minute, Northeastern University’s Amy Sliva examines how advances in computing power are allowing for an artificially intelligent approach to cyber security. Sliva is an assistant professor at Northeastern with a dual appointment in political science and the College of Computer and Information Science.

The third and final Obama-Romney debate may not change many minds, but as a study in competing strategies, it is certain to ignite strong opinions all around. Although the two candidates sat side by side, like guests at a dinner party, each man was playing an entirely different game. Mitt Romney came ready to float […]

A U.S. Political Conventions & Campaigns website has drawn more than 4,000 unique visitors and gathered more than 33,000 pageviews since it launched in August. A professor and students at Northeastern University developed the website to provide an in-depth, nonpartisan look at conventions and campaigns. The site features interviews with at least 24 people across […]

It would be a lot easier to end the disease if infected people just stayed put, but they tend to move around and bring malaria with them. But using cell phone data, scientists can help predict where outbreaks will spread, and work to stop them before they start.

For Marie Claire’s third annual Women on Top Awards, we combed the country for the up-and-comers leading thought-revolutions, creating businesses, and making names for themselves in fields from the military to the arts. None is a day over 40, with a couple of notable exceptions: We’ve added a “Super Woman” category to celebrate women of […]

Until about three weeks ago, most Americans had never seen Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in a room together. That’s what made the prospect of their debates so exciting: After months of posturing, spinning, and sniping from afar, the two rivals would finally go toe-to-toe, stepping into the ring without a protective shield of advisers.

When he visited Seattle last week, the president of Northeastern University took pains to explain why the Northwest’s largest city — some 2,500 miles and three times zones away — was a logical site for a private research institution in Boston to open a branch campus.

Cynthia Baron directs the Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media program at Northeastern University. Like most graduate degrees of this kind, the Northeastern program only emerged in the past few years. She sat down with Metro to discuss this budding field of study.