USA Weekend No, there’s no new murder epidemic: James Alan Fox “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” proclaimed Chicken Little in the classic folktale about mass hysteria. Along her journey to inform the king of the impending doom, the panicky bird convinced her friends Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey and Turkey Lurkey that their lives were in danger. Apparently, Chicken Little is alive […]
Ars Technica UK How big data can spot unemployment before the government can Faster prediction could be extremely helpful in making economic decisions, says David Lazer, one of the authors of the Royal Society Interface paper. “There’s an enormous amount invested by public and private entities to measure the status of the economy in order to better inform policy interventions. If we could understand the changes in the […]
WGBH Drip, drip, drip: name of third person in alleged beheading plot is leaking out Who is the Rhode Island person being questioned by authorities in the alleged terrorist plot that ended in the shooting death of a Boston man on Tuesday? So far, at least, most of the local media aren’t saying. But already a Rhode Island television station has breached the wall of silence, so you can be […]
The Patriot Ledger Braintree population projected to grow In 15 years, the town’s population could jump by as much as 17 percent with fewer families with children and more residents over the age of 65. That’s the conclusion of a report “Envision Braintree” done by Lauren Costello and Barry Bluestone of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Bluestone, […]
NECN Teenagers to terrorists? In the wake of suspected terrorist Usaamah Rahim’s death, Craig Gruber of Northeastern University’s Homeland Security program discusses how young people may become radicalized and violent.
Why body counts are a bad metric for judging Islamic state fight Estimates of Islamic State’s membership have been “all over the place,” said Max Abrahms, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University in Boston who specializes in Islamic militant groups. The 10,000 casualty estimate seems high “because there is a widespread view that Islamic State’s membership size has been growing,” he said. The use […]
Coming out from the cloister A couple of years ago, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof stirred up a bit of controversy with a piece he published in the paper’s “Sunday Review” section titled “Professors, We Need You!” The gist of Kristof’s argument is that academia has become so insular as to have little to no impact on the day-to-day […]
The Christian Science Monitor Why you shouldn’t be worried about the 2015 crime spike “What goes down generally comes back up,” says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University in Boston. “There are certain cities that have had short term spikes, but we would not be noticing it were it not for fact that we have seen some successes over the past few years.”
Forbes Summer jobs are an economic step up A study by Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies found that program participants were significantly more likely than their comparison group peers to experience a drop in risky, deviant, or violent behaviors. Moreover, the percentage of participants who had a job lined up for after the program’s completion was more than double that of […]
A talking teddy bear practicing in the pediatric hospital The hospital is beginning to collect and analyze the data with the help of researchers from Northeastern University. Dr. Weinstock hopes the study will help doctors better understand children’s emotional states, something he has referred to as the fourth vital sign. “We think a lot about heart rate, blood pressure and how much oxygen is […]
Preparing your children, and your wallet, for college… Sure-fire strategies to lessen the fnancial pain a. The Federal Work-Study Program offers students paid positions either on or off campus. Approximately 3,400 postsecondary institutions offer work-study positions. b. An internship allows a student to work in a real-world setting in a field he or she is interested in pursuing as a career. Many companies end up hiring their interns full time […]
Wallet Hub 2015’s best and worst cities for baseball fans The MLB has to face the recurring business issue of attracting the next generation of fans. The game (my favorite) can be slow and (dare I say) boring. Comm. Manfred (who has visited my Sports Law class) is aware of the need to keep the game moving forward. Cutting time off the average game seems […]