Once they reach an agreement, there will likely still be billions left to be spent in the months or even years ahead, when the state could also see even more extra cash. Through October, Massachusetts had collected $723 million more in tax revenues than it was expecting through those four months of the fiscal year, […]

“You close down the boundary with Africa, then you close the boundary with Belgium, then you close the boundary with somewhere else,” said Alessandro Vespignani, a Northeastern University professor who has studied travel restrictions from early 2020 and advised government agencies in recent days on responses to the latest variant. “But every time you close […]

A material like a microbial ink has more grandiose ambitions, according to Neel Joshi, a synthetic biologist at Northeastern University and an author on the new paper. Such inks are an expanding focus of the field of engineered living materials. Unlike structures cast from concrete or plastic, living systems would be autonomous, adaptive to environmental […]

Martin will be succeeded by Mary B. Strother, who joins Northeastern from Attorney General Maura Healey’s office, where she was a first assistant attorney general. Strother will join Northeastern in the new role on Jan. 3.

According to unpublished FBI data analyzed for Reveal by criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern University, domestic violence gun homicides have been on an increase over the last six years.

There are also cultural norms that come into play, including traditional notions of men being the “breadwinners” of the family, said Jamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development at Northeastern University who studies work-life integration. Unspoken workplace rules discourage fathers from taking full advantage of paternity leave when it’s offered, with more […]

Defendants may be more tempted to testify in an age of social media given the intense public scrutiny of these recent cases, said Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University. “A lot of defendants aren’t immune to the attention and feel the compulsion to explain themselves,” he said.

For this newsletter I interviewed David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University (about 35 miles from where the Pilgrims landed), who is one of the leading authorities on the social effects of gratitude.

There are also cultural norms that come into play, including traditional notions of men being the “breadwinners” of the family, said Jamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development at Northeastern University who studies work-life integration. Unspoken workplace rules discourage fathers from taking full advantage of paternity leave when it’s offered, with more […]

He said the police could take the next step, which Jack McDevitt, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University, said could help the community. McDevitt is director of Northeastern’s Institute on Race and Justice and coauthor of the new “School Hate Crime Resource Guide,” which every school in the state is expected […]

Most consumers don’t understand how much personal information they cede to technology firms, said David Choffnes, a privacy researcher at Boston’s Northeastern University. “When’s the last time you let a stranger into your house and let them listen to your conversations, watch your TV, look at the comings and goings on your video cameras?” he […]