The Conversation Gift-giving taboos that aren’t as bad as you think There are many social norms that dictate gift-giving, including when, how and what to give as gifts. Interestingly, these norms don’t seem to be about making sure that recipients get the gifts they want. What makes for a good or bad gift often differs in the eyes of givers and recipients. In fact, behavioral science […]
WCVB TV Is Amtrak vulnerable to a terrorist attack? How likely is it that there will be a terrorist attack here in the U.S. on a train? “We have to expect it. That’s the bottom line,” said Sean Burke, head of the Center for Resilience Studies at Northeastern University and a former Homeland Security official. Train attacks are happening overseas and Burke said there […]
Today Don’t shop when hungry — and other ways to curb impulse buys this holiday Channel gratitude. To curb an impulse to buy something, David DeSteno, professor of psychology at Northeastern University, advises that you not obsess over products you want. Instead, focus on being grateful for what you already have. His research says that gratitude helps take the edge off.
Questions linger over Tom Brady’s relationship with ‘body coach’ “It would be rare indeed for an NFL player to have some outside business where there would be a vendor relationship with any franchise,’’ said Roger Abrams, who teaches sports and labor law at the Northeastern University School of Law. The NFL labor agreement requires a player’s contract to include a provision detailing any agreement […]
Rolex buyers needn’t worry as Swiss put limit on anonymous cash “The limit ought to be much lower,” said Nikos Passas, a professor of criminal justice at Northeastern University in Boston. “You can do a lot of damage with much less, especially when it comes to terrorism financing.” Yet, according to the Swiss government, there can be legitimate reasons for large sums.
New threads invigorate Mass. textile industry “What’s exciting about our manufacturers is that many of them are on the cutting edge of the latest technologies,” Northeastern University economics professor Barry Bluestone said. “The firms that can survive in Massachusetts are ones that produce a new product, or products that are continually changing.”
The Patriot Ledger When it comes to Syria, let Iraq be the lesson How many times do people ask themselves “what if,” consciously considering what has happened and what might have been? What if you had taken a different job, or married someone else? These questions are a fundamental feature of the human condition. They are also a good exercise in understanding the world and suggesting alternative approaches […]
What I learned on co-op that I couldn’t learn in class I first set foot on Northeastern University’s campus when I was a junior in high school, as I was visiting some interesting colleges in the Boston area. My friends and I tagged along a campus tour group and, after some walking around, the tour guide told us about the cooperative education (co-op) program. Northeastern’s famous […]
Boston Magazine Six psychologist-approved tips for keeping New Year’s resolutions It happens every year. In January, gyms across the city are packed with New Year’s resolutioners; by February, year-round fitness fans once again have their pick of the treadmills. Sound familiar? It doesn’t have to. We asked Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, for advice about keeping New Year’s resolutions.
No. 1 Michigan State pays a visit to historic Matthews Arena Hollis had been talking with his close friend, Northeastern athletic director Peter Roby, over dinner while the two were in Indianapolis during NCAA Tournament selection week. They discussed how hard it was for Northeastern to get opponents from college basketball’s power conferences to play at Matthews, which opened in 1910.
Pacific Standard From ‘Facebook Revolution’ to ‘Twitter Jihad’ On December 17, 2010, a 26-year-old vegetable vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi lit himself on fire in front of a provincial government building in Tunisia. It was a bold, dramatic act of defiance, and it touched off cascading protests across the country and region. Since those early days of the Jasmine Revolution and the swift exiling of […]
Popular Science Chipotle: Our food is so fresh, it could make you sick For years, the fast-food chain has touted its use of what it calls food with integrity: fresh food, from farms and not factories, prepared using raw ingredients and cooked with traditional methods. So employees mash guacamole by hand. They shred already-cooked pork and beef by hand. They chop lettuce and tomatoes. What it really comes […]