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Clinton Global Initiative University coming to Northeastern
Bill and Chelsea Clinton will visit Northeastern University next weekend for the 10th annual Clinton Global Initiative University, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday.
Averting collapse after a catastrophe
Ozlem Ergun, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, Northeastern University, discusses short-term relief and long-term resilience in Puerto Rico.
Wallet Hub
How to fix your credit in 4 easy steps
Fixing damaged credit is hard work and it takes time and commitment. Because it can be overwhelming, there is a tendency to put your head in the sand and hope it will just go away. It doesn’t. So, get your budget under control, cut up credit cards, and begin to chip away at the debt.
Boston Magazine
Surgical super glue may revolutionize post-op recovery
When Northeastern University’s Nasim Annabi has a great idea, she sticks with it. Annabi, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern, created a powerful, sprayable surgical glue that could someday not only replace unwieldy sutures and staples, but also help damaged organs heal. “This isn’t just a sealant, it actually helps with tissue regeneration,” Annabi […]
Can a 20 minute test tell employers what a college degree cannot?
To be sure, the degree still matters. Employers pay a premium in salary for people with bachelor’s degrees, says Sean Gallagher, who studies credentials and hiring issues as executive director of Northeastern University’s new Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. But the interest in these tests, he says, is another sign […]
Slate
America’s gun fantasy
Very, very few of the guns in America are used for hunting. In fact, fewer of us now own any kind of gun for any reason—even as the number of guns has increased phenomenally. In the 1970s about half of Americans had a gun, and it was almost always just a gun, one on average. […]
Why women entrepreneurs over 50 hold the aces
“I would say that women over 50 starting their own business actually have more advantages than disadvantages in comparison to younger women,” says Kimberly A. Eddleston, a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University and a senior editor on the EIX Editorial Board of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. […]
New York Post
Injectable glue heals wounds in seconds
“The beauty of the MeTro formulation is that, as soon as it comes in contact with tissue surfaces, it solidifies into a gel-like phase without running away,” said lead author Assistant Professor Nasim Annabi from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University.
R&D
Elastic glue can seal internal wounds in one minute
“The beauty of the MeTro formulation is that, as soon as it comes in contact with tissue surfaces, it solidifies into a gel-like phase without running away,” lead author of the study, Assistant Professor Nasim Annabi, Ph.D., from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, said in a statement. “We then further stabilize it […]
The Las Vegas shooting is a reminder of the limits of stopping or preventing a sniper attack
Paddock was at an even higher distance and armed with weapons modified to rapidly fire when he began his relentless attack on the crowd below. He was able to create a setting similar to that of a battlefield, said James Allen Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who researches mass killings.
Las Vegas, Orlando, Newtown: What spurs a mass shooting?
While some statistics point to a rise in mass shooting frequency and deadliness, Northeastern University criminology professor James Alan Fox, says there is no clear evidence, especially since there is a lack of consistent benchmarks and no common definition of a mass shooting used by those gathering statistics. “Some years are worse than others – it swings up and down for no […]
WGBH
How to get rich plundering newspapers
The Nation recently published a splendid takedown of Randall Smith, a little-known Wall Street tycoon whose avarice has hollowed out daily newspapers from coast to coast. By “gutting” his papers, Julie Reynolds reports, Smith was able to amass the $57 million he needed to buy 16 mansions in Palm Beach, Florida. “Don’t just blame the Internet for […]