The City Eats – Northeastern University has launched its Open Classroom Series for the semester, and it’s based on food policy: Food & American Society: an Urban Prospective.

For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation’s top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food.

For the first time in 45 years, homicide is no longer among the 15 leading causes of death in the United States, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last year, Mayor Menino honored Northeastern University with the 2011 Green Business Award, applauding the school for its multi-dimensional sustainability strategy and leadership in green initiatives. Mayor Menino isn’t the only one who’s taken notice of the school’s progress, though.

The physicist Caesar Hidalgo is not a late-night TV host, but he plays one on the Internet.

Dismantling urban freeways – €”replacing elevated viaducts of steel and concrete with parks and boulevards – €”is happening in so many places, it’€™s like an unspoken national urban policy. We’ve reached a unique point in city-building when the destruction of a public works project has all the glamour and buzz of breaking ground on a […]

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