Did you have trouble learning language skills at a young age? It’s probably because you didn’t have the right teacher. And by “the right teacher,” we mean the right robotic dragon, naturally.

Five debates into his presidential campaign, Rick Perry isn’€™t exactly keen on the rapid-fire, ratings-grabbing contests -€” and he plans on skipping some.

The housing market in Greater Boston may have its rockiest days ahead of it. A new report from The Boston Foundation says that there are troublesome signs in the economy threatening to push home prices downward again. And one big worry is that the staggering housing market will send young working families to seek their […]

Two things are for certain in Turkey: The country will have earthquakes, and those earthquakes will continue to kill.

Steve Jobs was often criticized for his apparent lack of compassion. He was not known for making generous philanthropic donations to worthy causes. The 2006 article in Wired magazine expressed this feeling in the commentary titled “Jobs vs. Gates: Who’s the Star?”. Eyebrows were raised because for a number of years Steve Jobs had denied […]

The region of eastern Turkey where an earthquake struck Sunday afternoon is seismically active, and one where construction engineering is only just starting to address that fact, experts say.

The last few robot dragons that we’ve been introduced to have done a pretty good job living up to that whole “dragon” mythos, being giant and dangerous and potentially scary. But dragons can also be cute and fuzzy and cuddly, and researchers at Northeastern University, Harvard, and MIT have gotten together and invented a little […]

Whether students are earning an associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree, there is a great deal they can learn in the classroom. However, many academic professionals preach the value of experiential learning. This practice involves a variety of types of hands-on experience as part of a degree program, including internships and cooperative education, or co-ops.

Last week started off with the eighth Republican primary debate of the year, on Monday night. According to my own count, there were 15 questions (and answers) on tax reform, 2 on energy and jobs, one heated back-and-forth on health care, 12 questions and responses on immigration, 5 on the home-mortgage crisis, 3 on the […]

We devote up to two-thirds of our daily conversation to gossip. But is swapping tidbits about your neighbours, co-workers or friends really that bad? Suzanne Harrington thinks not.

The Boston business Journal’s Leaders in Diversity event is underway at the Westin Copley, with Emmett G. Price III, chair of the African American Studies Department at Northeastern University , giving the keynote address. He urged the audience to push even harder within their companies and organizations to create more diversity and inclusion.

Dr. Joseph Aoun, a distinguished linguistics scholar, and the seventh President of Northeastern University, is the recipient of the 2011 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award, presented bienially by MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Dr. Aoun’s award lecture is on “The Future of American Higher Education in the Global Knowledge Marketplace.”