Nearly one in four businesses now conduct such assessments, the National Association of Colleges and Employers reports; nearly 40 percent of hiring executives expect them to become widespread within three years and 70 percent within five, according to a survey conducted in 2018 by Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy.

James Alan Fox, professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the book “Violence and Security on Campus,” supports removing police from K-12 schools, but considers densely populated universities another matter.

“We found that the model was highly accurate for individuals who lived in neighborhoods in the upper three-fourths of income distribution, and was inaccurate for individuals who live in the lowest quartile,” says lead author Samuel V. Scarpino, an applied mathematics researcher who heads the Emergent Epidemics Lab at Northeastern University in Boston.

Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University professor who specializes in infectious disease modeling, said the rt.live estimate “underlines the need for caution” as Massachusetts reopens.

But James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said that any crime spikes this year amount to “short-term fluctuation [in] a long-term trend” toward greater safety. “We’ve enjoyed, really since the early 1990s, a decline in crime,” he told me. “From year to year, some cities see decreases, some see increases, [but] there’s no […]

While direct imports from China and other countries may have been responsible for the early introduction of Covid-19 to the US, most spread was state to state, researchers led by a team at Northeastern University in Boston reported.

The new rule allows more leniency to schools, like Northeastern University, that are planning a hybrid of online and in-person classes.

Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett) is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and the author, most recently, of the forthcoming book “Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain.”

“People are generally resistant to any requests in those situations,” says negotiation expert Parker Ellen, an assistant professor of management and at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

A Northeastern University economics professor says her research indicates that lack of child care during the coronavirus pandemic is a challenge for the country’s workforce.

“We’re getting used to this new, ‘I’m going to assess my risk; I’m not going to just live in my house,’” Dr. William Sharp, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University, said. “I would say with 99 percent certainty, these [conversations] are going to come up.”

During crisis times for family businesses, “family members tend to come together and do whatever it takes to promote the family’s health and prosperity,” says Kimberly A. Eddleston, a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University and a senior editor on the EIX Editorial Board. “Opportunities for a family to come together and work […]