Boston Herald Experts: Time to focus on shooting deterrents Although it was unclear yesterday what motivated the Santa Fe High School gunman to kill at least 10 people and wound at least 10 others, the “overwhelming majority” of school shooters are not mentally ill, said Jack Levin, co-director of Northeastern University’s Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict.
50 years later, Harvard graduates look back on year of tumult and tragedy “It was important to do things, to make a statement, and I was going to be a part of it,” said King, who lives in Hyde Park and has been a math professor at Northeastern University for 37 years.
Chicago Tribune Outcomes in school shootings can differ wildly despite presence of resource officers Many experts — like James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University and author of several books on school violence — say that sworn law enforcement officers are the only people who should carry guns in schools.
The Sun Chronicle From roots to rock: Gillette Stadium, Xfinity host growing list of attractions “The nominal price of a ticket for a particular performance is usually established by the artist and the manager, sometimes with input from the promoter,” writes John E. Kwoka, a professor at Northeastern University who has studied and written on the concert industry, in a published study.
A scientist calculated the ludicrous strength of Marvel villain Thanos Because superhero blockbusters demand that philosophers must also pulverize, Thanos matches his big brain with bigger purple muscles. He doesn’t just look the brutish part. Based on a recent “whimsical by design” analysis, Northeastern University engineering assistant professor Steven Cranford calculated that Thanos is powerful enough to dead-lift the RMS Titanic.
Homeland Preparedness News New cyber brief proposes network for sharing cyber threat information with private sector Knake, a senior fellow for cyber policy at CFR and a senior research scientist at Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute, noted that the Department of Defense already uses such a network for sharing intelligence with cleared defense contractors on threats to their companies. This system, he says, could be replicated as a way to share […]
‘This is what REAL feminism looks like’: how women’s rights are being used to sell guns Nevertheless, it would be wrong to ignore the fact that an increasing number of women do find guns empowering; women are the fastest-growing gun ownership demographic. According to a study from Harvard and Northeastern University, gun ownership among American men dropped from 42% in 1994 to 32% in 2015, while female ownership increased from 9% to 12%.
Why do we fear plane crashes when the ride to the airport is more dangerous? Yet the reality is that school shootings are extraordinarily rare — and, our perceptions notwithstanding, have actually been declining since the 1990s, according to James Alan Fox, professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University, who has analyzed school shootings nationwide. This “is not an epidemic,” Fox told the university’s news service. Though […]
Pride has gotten a bad rap. Here’s how it can help kids develop grit and resilience “Pride makes you value long-term goals more than present ones, like having fun, and builds self-control and grit from the bottom up,” says David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of “Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion and Pride.” Chasing pride has been found to encourage adult runners to train harder and assist […]
Boston Magazine Northeastern Wants to Unlock the Secrets of Boston’s Past with Big Data This spring, thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, [Northeastern is] launching a new Boston Research Center, where they plan to compile and study the city’s history using modern tools, hoping to glean new revelations about the place we live.
The Conversation US embassy in Jerusalem opens amid violence: 4 essential reads The new U.S. embassy was opened on the 70th anniversary of the state of Israel being established. It’s an anniversary that young Jewish Americans may not be as eager to celebrate as their parents or grandparents were, writes Dov Waxman. According to Waxman, a professor of Israel studies at Northeastern University, younger generations of Jews have generally felt […]
Why some companies are dropping degree requirements in hiring Job-training programs, formal apprenticeship programs, and co-ops programs like that at Northeastern University can be effective, but they require investment and a long-term commitment from employers.