With a new Seattle-based Northeastern University campus just weeks away from its official leases, new hires and a splashy new marketing plan, Tayloe Washburn enjoys watching the project rapidly take shape.

Will carsharing become a viable solution for American consumers concerned about traffic congestion, air pollution and making hefty car payments? Will it ever be an appealing transportation alternative, as it is in Europe? It depends on who you ask.  

U.S. employers adding 163,000 jobs in July was a hopeful sign for many, including investors. Stocks rose on Wall Street even though the figure wasn’t enough to drive down the jobless rate. The U.S. Labor Market reported that the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent from 8.2 percent in June. But Barry Bluestone, Director of […]

Violation of the Olympic ideal … or a strategic business-as-usual gambit? Ethical and philosophical debates aside, in what is believed to be an Olympics first – expulsion of multiple athletes for match-throwing -eight female badminton players from three Asian nations were disqualified Wednesday from the London Games.

Some young people’s expectations that they will not live long, healthy lives may actually foreshadow such outcomes. New research published August 1 in the open access journal PLOS ONE reports that, for American teens, the expectation of death before the age of 35 predicted increased risk behaviors including substance abuse and suicide attempts later in […]

Roland Fomundam grew up in North West Cameroon, traveling to the United States to attend Northeastern University. What he carried with him on his journey, passport in hand, was the realization there was a lack of information flow within his country. He craved the innovative spirit and entrepreneurial drive he saw others fueled by here, […]

‘Live fast, die young’ may be more than a rebellious slogan — it may be a prediction. In a longitudinal study, teens who expected to die young were more likely to indulge in risky behavior, including substance abuse and attempting suicide, according to Quynh Nguyen, PhD, of Northeastern University in Boston, and colleagues at the […]

New research shows teens who believe they will not live a long and healthy life, may actually foreshadow the future. Conducted by lead author Quynh Nguyen of Northeastern University in Boston, the study evaluated data from 19,000 adolescents between the years of 1994 and 1995. Nearly 13-14 years later, researcher followed up with participants.  

My colleague James Alan Fox and I have studied hundreds of cases of mass murder, including those committed at random in shopping malls, churches, health clubs, and cinemas. Almost every killer who opens fire indiscriminately in a public place seems to have been delusional, paranoid, and hallucinatory. Yet no matter how definitive the evidence, this […]

Is Lady Gaga an artist? Sure, she can play piano. She’s got some songwriting talent, too. But music isn’t what comes to mind when the former Stefani Germanotta is discussed. Instead, it’s the attention-getting antics: The controversial videos. The in-your-face sexuality. The crazy concerts. The meat dress. Is it about the music, or the Fame […]

Injured athletes have an increased risk of developing mental illnesses and are less likely to seek psychiatric help, according to new research presented in this month’s edition of Current Psychiatry. This is particularly alarming for African-American athletes, because statistics confirm that blacks are less likely to seek mental health services than any other demographic group. […]

VIDEO: James Holmes faces up to 142 charges for the theater shootings in Aurora, Colo. Gwen Ifill talks to Peter Banda of The Associated Press about Holmes’ arraignment hearing. Plus, James Alan Fox of Northeastern University and reporter Dave Cullen discuss whether the suspect is different from other mass shooters.