NEW YORK — When David Burrows took on Barry Goldwater and Ayn Rand as “mentors” at age 14, his parents wanted to know what else he was doing that they might be ashamed of. Andrew LaGrone’s grandmother was an Edmund Muskie delegate at the Democratic National Convention in 1972 and was stunned when Andrew became […]

Recent workplace shootings have led many companies to develop or enhance violence prevention programs, helping contribute to a steady decline in on-the-job fatalities.

The great crime decline continues. No one is sure why.

RIPON – The Summer Olympic Games may be fading into history, but another group of athletes is getting ready to take the international stage. Wednesday, the 2012 Summer Paralympics will start in London. Two athletes from Northeast Wisconsin will be there to compete. One in swimming, and the other in wheelchair basketball.

The street shooting Friday morning near New York’s landmark Empire State Building, in which an ex-employee killed his former boss, is a tragic reminder that workplace-related violence remains a consistent, if sporadic, problem – one that more American companies have sought to address by adopting more humane firing policies. “In the early 1990s, there was […]

Americans are almost evenly divided in how they view Muslims, according to a survey released Thursday (Aug. 23) by the Arab American Institute in Washington. But the online survey, which also gauged views on Mormons, Jews, Catholics, evangelicals, Buddhists and Hindus also found a striking generational gap and significant differences between political groups.

Grosse Pointe Woods resident Max Montpetit was part of Northeastern University’s freshman 8+ crew that won a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints at Worchester, Mass., in mid-May. The 20-year-old Orchard Lake St. Mary’s graduate put together a strong first year of collegiate rowing, ending with the silver-medal performance. Montpetit and his teammates posted a […]

Scientists from the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts, US) have demonstrated a methodology for integrating various nanomaterials to create next-generation electronics.

Company name: BioAnalytix LLC. Industry: Pharmaceuticals. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Solution/product: Mass High Tech reported that the company is a spinout of the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University. The publication reported that CEO Kirtland Poss said the institute has been “analyzing the makeup of large, complex molecules for biotechs” for years […]

Northeastern coach Bill Coen may win the award for stuffing the most games and adding the most intensity to a foreign trip among the 60 schools taking the sojourns this month. The Huskies are in the midst of a seven-game trip to Canada Tuesday. Northeastern was 4-0 through Monday’s game.

In March, Dan wrote about a movement called “You Can Play”, a public show of support by NHL stars and other athletes for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender players. George Washington University is supporting the issue on a collegiate level by releasing a video for “You Can Play,” pledging acceptance for all of their student […]

The new educational website that is going to be launched by Northeastern University is set to be a very exciting one. The new course, “U.S Political Conventions and Campaigns” has been developed to cover the presidential campaign and the national political conventions which will be taking place in Charlotte and Tampa, and it will not […]