Stephen Flynn, founding co-director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University in Boston, talks about the potential impact of disruptive anti-terrorism measures at seaports on the worldwide supply system and the feasibility of enforcing a 2007 congressional deadline for requiring all U.S.-bound shipping containers to be X-rayed overseas for […]

Stephen Flynn, founding co-director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University in Boston, talks about the potential impact of disruptive anti-terrorism measures at seaports on the worldwide supply system and the feasibility of enforcing a 2007 congressional deadline for requiring all U.S.-bound shipping containers to be X-rayed overseas for […]

City streets can be scary places, especially when you’re on a bike and everyone else is rushing past you in cars. Our streets can also be deadly places: in 2010, 618 U.S. cyclists were killed on roads. Fully one-third of bike fatalities happen within intersections. The prospect of getting smashed into the asphalt keeps all […]

In the wake of a media scandal, journalism professors in Boston will finally be able to answer the age-old question: “When will we ever use this in real life?” As the fall semester looms, journalism faculty are injecting their lesson plans with applicable quandaries, real-life examples, and social media in order to educate students about […]

With the unemployment rate steady around 8.2 percent, many have been wondering exactly what the culprit of the situation is. Some blame a communication gap between employers and job seekers, or the inability to locate highly-qualified candidates. But what many fail to recognize is there are plenty of things employers themselves aren’t getting right, and […]

VIDEO: In the first hour of today’s show we talk with Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center about the two recent mass shootings and how the NRA became such a powerful lobby. Then Kara Miller conducts a conversation with Katie Swenson, the Vice President of Design at Enterprise Community Partners, Jerry Hajjar, Chair of […]

Research has shown that older adults display more positive emotions and are quicker to regulate out of negative emotional states than their younger peers. Given the declines in cognitive functioning and physical health that tend to come with age, we might expect that age would be associated with worse moods, not better ones. So what […]

Northeastern’s Griffin set to mount a comeback. It’s been two years since Devin Griffin last set foot on the soccer pitch for Northeastern University. Her life has changed dramatically since that time.

In this, the fifth year of the APSE Scholarships, there was one thing the committee could agree on: This was the best group of writers who have ever applied. It made the decision difficult and many of the candidates would have been winners in past years. The winners are an outstanding foursome who all have […]

The signs of how Wade Michael Page’s story would end seem so obvious now. He had flaunted his feelings of hate through his words on white supremacist websites; through his music in a neo-Nazi punk rock band; and even through the tattoos he had drilled deep into the very pores of his body. Yet, we […]

WORCESTER — It should really come as no surprise that Dylan Mayerchak wants to make a career out of designing digital games. After all, as a kid, the 20-year-old Northeastern University student from Needham enjoyed creating all sorts of word and board games. “The industry is growing and I want to be a part of […]

LONDON — Sometimes destiny finds a person when they least expect it. For U.S. Olympic rower Will Miller, 28, destiny caught up with him while studying engineering at Northeastern University. After playing lacrosse in high school, Miller entered university not really expecting to join the crew team, but was recruited and accepted the challenge. As […]