It is nearly impossible to prevent an attack like the one that occurred Monday morning in the subway station underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal. But it is possible to react swiftly and decisively. So says Stephen Flynn, founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University.

Debate about how to prepare workers for the future has largely focused on what educators and employers are doing and could do more of. For academics such as Joseph Aoun, the president of Northeastern University, the two entities would ideally create joint-curricula that ensure students have the skills that employers will eventually want.

One of the retail startups in our list is Cardly, a startup born out of Northeastern University that sells eye-candy phone pockets to a Millennial audience.

Northeastern professor Max Abrahms argues that the rollback of the Islamic State must come as a shock to the chorus of journalists and analysts who spent years insisting that such progress would never happen without toppling the regime of Bashar Assad.

Food safety experts say this was the right move. “People don’t think about flour in terms of being a vehicle for which pathogens can exist, and there are people that don’t believe that you can get sick and die from this—but you can,” food safety expert Darin Detwiler, director of the Regulatory Affairs of Food […]

If the late Jack Grinold was the soul of Northeastern University, then his sidekick, the legendary George Makris, was the body of the school’s athletic side. A deep-voiced but friendly gentleman, Makris, who died Sunday at 96 following a brief illness, was known far and wide when it came to NU sports.

Retail healthcare lacks personal connection. Retail healthcare is impersonal and does not reflect what patients really want, argues Timothy J. Hoff, PhD, professor of management, healthcare systems and health policy at Northeastern University in Boston, in a STATop-ed.

“We take people with a health problem and we throw them in a place where they’re not receiving evidence-based help, then those folks are released into the community with little support and no linkage to programs,” said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.

“Some systems are doing really well in this country. That doesn’t mean all systems and all facilities are doing well,” says Gary Young, a health policy professor at Northeastern University.

Many experts have questioned the timing of Mr Trump’s announcement and his reasoning behind the decisions pertaining to the holy city, given that he is “walking into a minefield”, said Dov Waxman, a professor of political science, Israel studies and international affairs at Northeastern University in Boston.

Barry Bluestone, Professor of Political Economy at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, calculated what the cost for a homebuyer would be with an average credit score (680–699) and a 10 percent down payment for a $400,000 home. “[They] would need to spend $2,088 a month in principal, interest, and Boston property […]

When Northeastern University hired George Makris as its first director of athletic development in 1977, it didn’t take long for the former 1947 football captain to show he was the right person for the job.