Brant Rumberger, 21, of Hyannis, has moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where he will work on a piece of the international scientific collaboration known as CERN. Rumberger, who is a undergraduate student at Northeastern University, will be working on the Compact Muon Solenoid, a detector on the Large Hadron Collider that is used to search for […]

Consumers who access products in the short-term instead of owning them show greater indifference toward these products and identify less with the brand and other consumers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Our study represents the first look at how consumers think, feel, and act when they are accessing rather […]

Four semesters and nearly $60,000 in funding later, six startups are ready to launch out of Northeastern’s student-run venture accelerator IDEA and into Boston’s startup scene.

Though it would have seemed unthinkable before last week, the situation at Pennsylvania State University, where a respected former assistant football coach used his connections to the program to draw in the young boys whom he later raped on campus property, was even worse than anyone imagined. Worse because not only did administrators and coaches […]

Americans are probably already seeing the drought’s impact, and it will get worse before it gets better, says Jeff Born, a finance professor and director of the executive MBA program at Northeastern University in Boston. He visited parts of the afflicted area a couple of weeks ago and says there has been no significant relief with rain. He points out […]

The substance and tenor of sports radio is sounding like crime and punishment once again. Just short of one year ago, the air waves that ordinarily provide a forum for discussing wins and losses featured instead speculation about whether the NCAA should invoke the “death penalty” against the University of Miami football program surrounding allegations […]

The Obama administration has failed to meet a legal deadline for scanning all shipping containers for radioactive material before they reach the United States, a requirement aimed at strengthening maritime security and preventing terrorists from smuggling a nuclear device into any of the nation’s 300 sea and river ports. Stephen Flynn, a terrorism expert at […]

Freeh’s report said that Paterno and other officials hushed up allegations against Sandusky for fear of bad publicity and, by implication, all that bad publicity could bring – a loss of power, prestige, fame and money. “People have attached a $50-million price tag on Penn State football,” said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Sport In […]

ALL the major religions place great importance on compassion. Whether it’s the parable of the good Samaritan in Christianity, Judaism’s “13 attributes of compassion” or the Buddha’s statement that “loving kindness and compassion is all of our practice,” empathy with the suffering of others is seen as a special virtue that has the power to […]

Xavier Xicay experienced firsthand how fragmented the student workflow is while studying graphic design at Northeastern. Having to bounce around from his textbook to his notes and back to the professor’s powerpoint was frustrating. So frustrating, he decided to address the issue head on, drafting mockups and networking prototypes he could use to lure someone […]

Ryan Rosts decided not to rush his first international rowing experience. Invited to Canada’s Under-23 camp last summer, the Jordan rower decided to politely decline the offer to focus on training with the Ridley Graduate Boat Club under Jack Nicholson.

Beth Myers, an employment lawyer with Boston-based Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, has accomplished what many young lawyers have found to be a nearly impossible accomplishment in this job market: she secured a full-time job in her chosen practice area. These days, so much is written about how dismal the legal job market is, but […]