As the Federal Communications Commission takes up the issue of whether to reverse the Obama-era Open Internet Order, a key question consumers and policymakers alike are asking is: What difference do these rules make? Northeastern professor David Choffnes explains.

Perhaps the biggest advancement IBM has seen in its digital badge program is in the partnership its forged with Northeastern University. Certain IBM badges can be used toward Northeastern professional master’s degree programs.

Some companies approach projects with a longer time frame. “There is a nice trend in Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Cigna that offer global pro bono advisor or volunteer programs to their employees,” said Paula Caligiuri, PhD, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University. “In these programs, employees are on […]

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, author of “Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” writes why universities with the audacity to change represent humanity’s best chance to win the jobs of the future and keep up in the age of artificial intelligence.

The bill includes several safeguards, including stipulating that the prescribing doctor bears the burden of determining whether there’s a terminal illness and whether the patient has the capability to make this decision. The bill also requires the doctor to discuss treatment alternatives with the patient, and requires a second opinion before the medicine can be prescribed. […]

Sean Gallagher researches the future of university credentials at Northeastern University. He says degrees are still “the gold standard” in educational qualifications that employers seek.

Carter, however, formally appealed her prison sentence and the decision is pending. Her sentence has been suspended until the court rules on the appeal: until then, Carter was free to leave with her family. Because she is still appealing sentence, the ambiguous response to the lawsuit makes sense, Northeastern University School of Law Professor Daniel […]

“It’s one of those unusual points on the timeline of history where you can say things changed very dramatically — in this case, in a single night,” Alan Schroeder, a media historian and associate professor at Northeastern University who authored the book “Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV,” told Time magazine.

Amilcar Antonio Barreto, an associate professor at Northeastern University who specializes in Puerto Rico politics, accused the Trump administration of treating the territory with an attitude of “benign neglect” and criticized the president for failing to acknowledge the humanitarian crisis unfolding there in the aftermath of Maria.

Dan Lebowitz runs the sports and society program at Northeastern University where major league teams are trained to effectively have the same conversations happening on high school ball fields. “When you look at sport, sport is one of the great unifiers,” he said. “If we can look at what happened on NFL Sunday as the […]

Northeastern University journalism students traveled to Greece from 5/8/17 to 6/13/17 with Professors Carlene Hempel and Mike Beaudet. The following students participated in the project: Olivia Arnold, Sophie Cannon, Brandon Carusillo, Luke Dean, Bradley Fargo, Isaac Feldberg, Isabelle Hahn, David Harbeck, Suma Hussien, Alexa LaVersa, Sydne Mass, Cody Mello-Klein, Paxtyn Merten, Asia Palomba, Bridget Peery, […]

The two years of increases in murders come after the national numbers hit “a level that’s as low as we’ve had in decades”, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University. Fox said it was not surprising that violence might increase after many years of success in reducing murders. “Two years is not a […]