The Street There’s a 25% chance of a recession A recession is not likely to transpire, because the strength in the U.S. economy is being balanced by weakness in Europe, China and in the oil patch, said Harlan Platt, a finance professor at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston. Instead of panicking, investors should look for strong companies whose […]
A couple at home and the office? It can work In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Globe tracked down happily co-employed couples to talk about intertwining their personal and professional lives. Ryan and Abigail Koppes have been inseparable since they were 15-year-olds in Western Massachusetts. They were on the ski team at a private high school in Gill, went to college and grad school together […]
Where do all the single people live? Len Albright, an assistant professor of sociology and public policy at Northeastern University, said the phenomenon is what academics are calling “The Great Inversion,” a phrase that comes from the title of Alan Ehrenhalt’s 2012 book about the evolution of American cities and suburbs. Albright said that from the 1940s through the 1960s, there was […]
Bloomberg Businessweek VocaliD: Custom-made voices for people unable to speak For people rendered unable to speak by cerebral palsy, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, VocaliD’s software creates custom speech patterns that sound like the original person’s voice. Patel, a speech pathology and computer science professor at Northeastern, began developing her software after meeting a little girl and a grown man who spoke in the same […]
Consumer Affairs Are you addicted to your smartphone? While these phone-staring sessions are usually nothing more than a time waster, they can easily turn into something more harmful if left unchecked. As technology sinks its roots deeper into our daily lives, digital dependency is becoming more common. For many, device use can spiral into compulsion territory. So how can you tell if you’re […]
International Journalists' Network Storybench and Northeastern announce Ochre, a new site to showcase and study visual storytelling Storybench and Northeastern University’s Media Innovation program yesterday announced the launch of Ochre, a site dedicated exclusively to showcasing longform visual storytelling. Ochre’s first story edited by the Media Innovation program centers around “The Boat,” an interactive graphic novel published by SBS Australia. Ochre’s piece dissects the digital techniques and aesthetics used while creating “The […]
Yahoo! Low B12 seen in aging, autism and schizophrenia For the elderly, this decline might not be a bad thing. Lower levels at advanced ages may offer some degree of brain protection by slowing cellular reactions and the production of DNA-damaging chemicals called free radicals, Deth said. In previous work with his colleague Yiting Zhang of Northeastern University in Boston, Deth found that the […]
‘Friends’-style living on the rise among 30-somethings In Boston, says Barry Bluestone, the founding director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, the reason for the shift is simple: Millennials are pouring into the city at a staggering clip. Twenty- to 34-year-olds made up 35 percent of the population of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville in 2000. Over the […]
No felines here – you only live once YOLO. It was the catchphrase of the century a couple years back, a phrase that allowed us to branch out of the norm and do something radical. Unlike cats, we only live once, and this proclamation is the underlying instigator behind many status-quo-breaking things we do. For me, that was taking a job beyond the […]
New Hampshire Public Radio News Media and the 2016 Election Cycle The news media is often seen as a troubled industry, with newspaper circulation and local reporting on the decline, and a continued rocky transition to a digital and mobile world. We’ll re-examine how this trend is playing out nationally and in New Hampshire, especially in the midst of a tumultuous primary election.
The New Yorker From drug dealer to long- distance record-setter: Kevin Castille’s redemption This week, the forty-three-year-old high-school track coach, personal trainer, and father will run in the U.S. Olympic marathon trials held in Los Angeles. Over the past decade and a half, Castille has resurrected himself as a man and a runner and made his mark in the masters category at an impressive range of distances. (For […]
Three strange words that might just save you this Valentine’s Day Gearing up for Valentine’s Day? So are retailers. We spend a fortune trying to get cupid on our side-last year’s sales climbed to nearly $19 billion. And even though the dipped berries, roses, and wining and dining can be nice, two new research studies reveal we just may want to rethink our Valentine’s M.O. It […]