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.

For nearly 50 years, the powerful words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’€™s “I Have a Dream” have been quoted all over the world. But too few people know or remember the central metaphor that made up the first half of Dr. King’s speech: the bounced check America had written to its Black and poor […]

What is it about dwarfs? It has long since become unacceptable, at least in public, to belittle ethnic and religious minorities, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities. Yet dwarfs remain figures of fun, and those who demean them are rarely held to account. As the father of a teenage daughter with dwarfism, I find […]

In the past few weeks alone, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Cisco Systems and Borders have all announced massive layoffs. Borders is closing its retail stores, auctioning off its holdings and letting go 10,000 employees as, due to online competition, the company is no longer profitable and filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. In contrast, […]

The Department of Homeland Security announced plans this week to review 300,000 pending deportation cases in federal immigration courts to determine which individuals meet specific criteria for removal and to focus on “our highest priorities.”