President Barack Obama’s most dangerous opponent in the trio of upcoming presidential debates isn’t Mitt Romney.  

Northeastern University students faculty and staff celebrated the official naming of the D’Amore-McKim School of Busi­ness Friday.

If you’re thinking of attending law school, where do you start? A good place might be law school websites. These sites can give you a valuable look inside the school along with practical information including admissions and financial aid. Even if you’re not interested in law school, you may still find the stories on faculty, […]

The Massachusetts economy, which had been expanding faster than the national average, thanks largely to the state’s strengths in technology and medical research, is now barely growing at all because of economic problems around the world, according to a group of nearly a dozen local economists. “It’s a little ugly,” said Northeastern University economist Alan […]

A rail manufacturer based in Illinois is in the final rounds of bidding to build 130 high-speed passenger rail cars for use on Amtrak routes in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and California. “This is good use of federal money,” said Joan Fitzgerald, interim dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University […]

Ever thought about how awesome it would be to quit your job and backpack around the world with your buddies? The founders of new local travel company Off the Grid Excursions — a group of friends who met at Northeastern University — did the next best thing: they made globetrotting their job. The twentysomething travel […]

As the simmering controversy over the botched call that marred Monday’s Packers-Seahawks game appeared to be moving National Football League management and the referees’ union toward a new collective bargaining agreement, the head of the NFL players union said Wednesday that his members would consider pursuing legal action against the league over what he called […]

Fight or flight choices are about survival. Knowing when it’s best to make a tactical retreat and when it’s time to fight is baked into our genes. Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun’s strategic investments illustrate the advantage of fighting while others are fleeing – in some cases.

The excitement is building for next week’s U.S. Senate debate as incumbent Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren intensify their battle before the high-stakes clash. After making little news in their first debate, the two candidates will be looking to score when they step up to the Tsongas Center stage for the televised event sponsored […]

AUDIO: Here are some of the stories we cover in today’s edition: In just one week, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will meet for the first presidential debate of the 2012 general election. The very first presidential debate in history was held 52 years ago today between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Watching […]

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Facebook started in a Harvard dorm room. iRobot got its start in MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. Sand 9 was founded as a Boston University Photonics Center spinout. In Boston, business and higher education have long been intertwined. And now more than ever before, a new wave of innovation is coming directly from Boston-area institutions, fueled […]