“Doomsday scenarios often speculate that Russia will try to occupy the country, topple the capital and kill tens of thousands of civilians. I do not believe that these scenarios accord with Putin’s track record,” said Max Abrahms, a specialist in international security studies at Northeastern University, in Boston. “Putin is not a strategic dunce or […]

In a recent article, Daniel Aldrich of Northeastern University explained the political instinct that sucks Japanese policymakers towards physical infrastructure and megaprojects. They are tangible symbols of “doing something” in a country that averages a new prime minister every two years; the cost-benefit analysis of concrete is more straightforward than alternative, non-physical projects; the construction […]

 Meryl Alper, associate professor at Northeastern University, studies disabled children’s media use. She points out that the relationship between personal uses of screens and disabled kids can be very complicated. She says, “For some kids with attention and sensory challenges, a screen may be overly stimulating, especially after sundown, and disrupt a more natural bedtime routine. […]

Shuba Srinivasan, a marketing and management professor at Northeastern University and the chair of its marketing department, said she’s confident both properties will weather the pandemic without having to invest in major changes. Both centers have some store vacancies, but not an alarming number, she said.

Northeastern will no longer require students, faculty, and staff to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing as of Monday university officials said Friday. Testing for asymptomatic people will become optional next Monday, but testing for symptomatic individuals will still be required, according to an e-mail from Provost David Madigan and Chancellor Ken Henderson.

Thanks largely to computer modeling, engineers now have a better idea how a building can — or can’t — be built, said Jerome Hajjar, an engineering professor at Northeastern University. Designers can test different layouts or materials in ways they couldn’t in years past. “It doesn’t make it easy,” he said, “but it makes it […]

James Alan Fox, the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University, is a member of the USA TODAY Board of Contributors. 

Americans have benefited from stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and other government programs during the pandemic. Coupled with lower spending on things like travel and entertainment, savings rates hit an average of 12% last year, up from 7.6% in 2019. “We’ve provided a huge amount of liquidity to Americans,” said Paul Chiou, a finance professor at […]

John Wihbey, an associate professor who leads Northeastern University’s Ethics of Content Labeling project, said the Rogan controversy has forced content platforms like Spotify to reconsider how they handle harmful or misleading information. “Companies that host large amounts of audio content — whether it’s podcasts or songs — are going to start to have to […]

“Mandates spur a very strong reaction,” said Neil Maniar, a professor of public health practice at Northeastern University. “You can sometimes achieve the same goal without having a mandate.”