Forbes Oakland Athletics become first MLB organization to employ female coach The trend towards women becoming more involved in the professional sports world took another dramatic step in the right direction on Tuesday when the Oakland Athletics became the first Major League Baseball organization to hire a female coach COH +1.87%. Justine Siegal, who boasts a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Springfield College in Massachusetts, will be […]
Scientific American VW scandal causes small but irreversible environmental damage Still, experts agree that nitrogen oxide (pdf) is a nasty pollutant. Once released into the air it quickly converts into nitrogen dioxide—a reddish-brown gas with a pungent odor—and then absorbs sunlight to transform into the yellow-brown haze that blankets cities. It is this smog that can exacerbate dozens of health problems, including asthma, bronchitis and […]
WGBH All revved up: Pope’s visit was politics as usual The Reverends Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe were back on Boston Public Radiofor their regular Monday feature, “All Revved Up.” Questions are paraphrased, and responses are edited where noted […]. We’ve talked a lot about Pope Francis’ impact on politics. Do you think his talks about climate change and immigration have any impact—religiously […]
Colleges help student startups navigate the legal landscape Even without a law degree, students running the clinics can handle most cases. They draft contracts, check the availability of trademarks and work with investors. But there are limits. At Northeastern, for example, students don’t submit patent applications. “The students operate like a small startup law firm. They make decisions as group, they collaborate on […]
NFL arrests overhyped: James Alan Fox With the ink barely dry on its federal appeal to reinstate Tom Brady’s suspension for “more probabl(y) than not” being “generally aware” of footballs being purposely deflated, the NFL revealed last week that the marquee quarterback’s jersey is the top seller this season. Apparently, a significant share of the fan base believes Brady is innocent, […]
The Patriot Ledger The lure of something-for-nothing banking policies The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited September meeting ended with the Fed once again deciding not to raise interest rates. We have seen this movie before. Consider a society in which government has been traditionally run by the Old Guys political party. They are great believers in “prudent government,” and their definition of prudence includes balanced budgets; […]
Yahoo! Chinese activists in US blame Beijing for relentless cyberattacks The sheer volume of phishing e-mails received by many nongovernmental organizations that do work in China means that many are automated, according to Engin Kirda, director of Northeastern University’s Information Assurance Institute. He was part of a team of researchers that uncovered long-running spear-phishing attacks aimed at the World Uyghur Congress – a group that […]
WGBH Eyewitness testimony is unreliable: The SJC tries to reform its use The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the state’s highest, enjoys a storied place in the annals of progressive legal thought. Among its many notable achievements, the SJC laid the groundwork for the national recognition of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court last June through its innovative 2003 decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public […]
Boston Herald Mass. manufacturing job loss slows The number of manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts has declined over each of the past two years, but the loss of jobs is slowing, according to state figures. A 2012 study by the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University projected the state would lose about 2,000 manufacturing jobs annually […]
Boston.com Today is National Punctuation Day (!!!) “I personally don’t feel particularly rankled by this,” said Neal Lerner, an English professor at Northeastern University, who’s been teaching for more than 25 years. “Read an Emily Dickinson poem and you’ll see how she does the same thing. I love that idea of a writer using what resources are available and repurposing what’s available […]
Boston Magazine WGBH acquires GlobalPost in deal Longtime Boston media observer and Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy broke the news on Twitter. Kennedy reported no money will be exchanged in the deal and GlobalPost will move from its headquarters in the North End to WGBH’s spacious building in Brighton.
‘My Fair Lady’ review: By george, they’ve got it! The good news starts at the top: Jennifer Ellis is as strong an Eliza Doolittle as I’ve seen anywhere, including on screen. She sings beautifully and acts without exaggeration, leaving it to the score and script to work their magic. Christopher Chew hews to the same pattern as Henry Higgins, making no effort whatsoever to […]