Northeastern University has named a new dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences. Dr. Terry Fulmer, a specialist in geriatrics and founding dean of the College of Nursing at New York University, where she has been a faculty member since 1995, will assume the post Oct. 1. She will replace founding dean Stephen Zoloth.

A drilling contractor for the state will bore 100 feet into the ground near South Station next month in an attempt to determine the size, cause, and best way to fill a void that has formed below one of the Big Dig tunnels, the state’s highway administrator said yesterday.

A Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that the man who won a $152 million lawsuit last year against a tobacco company for causing the death of his mother – by giving her free cigarettes when she was just a child – can collect the money with interest retroactive to 2004, the year the case was […]

On a cold, gloomy day in February of last year, a group of protesters showed up at the U.S. attorney’s office here and demanded to see a prosecutor who had brought a terrorism case against a young Muslim man.

Summer vacation means a lot of different things to college students. For most, it’€™s the time of year they get the luxury of only working more. They’€™re found slaving away at internships that pay little to nothing, or back at the high school jobs that have somehow carried into the early years of their college […]

Dozens of Massachusetts colleges are scrambling to find alternate ways to pay for research programs, campus construction, and other initiatives to make up for the loss of federal money once delivered through so-called earmarks.

The Magic Stick was the perfect venue for a panel discussion about a central part of Detroit’€™s cultural identity–music. Dim lighting and a sleek set-up formed a fitting backdrop for an evening of captivating insights and ideas. This month’s Speaker Series drew a diverse and opinionated crowd, eager to hear the unique perspectives of our […]

As we look forward to this Friday’s August unemployment snapshot from the Department of Labor, one part of the picture is already in focus: this was the worst summer on record for teens and young adults looking for work.

In July, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman wore a strange device on his wrist as he gave a talk to the MIT Media Lab. The QSensor, developed by the lab’s Affective Computing Group, blinked to display Hoffman’s overall stress level as he spoke. Behind him, the live Twitter feed for #MediaLabTalk scrolled by on two giant […]

Researchers at Northeastern University received a $2.3 million federal grant for a project to develop electric power transmission grids to help minimize blackout rates and improve energy efficiency in bulk power, according to a news release issued by university officials.

Real licorice, which is in black licorice candy, is made from the roots of the licorice plant, which can also be spelled liquorice.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted yesterday that more stimulus — from the federal government, not the Fed — may be necessary to turn the economy around.