Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun says schools need to change their focus, quickly

In late 2013, Northeastern University criminologists James Alan Fox and Monica J. DeLateur wrote a detailed study that irked a lot of advocates on both sides by using data to dispel a lot of popular theories about mass shooters, from the danger of video games to the value of mental health treatment to the effectiveness […]

Even at more than $30 million, the footbridge would be a worthy investment with or without private support, said Peter Furth, a Northeastern University civil engineering professor. “When you talk about how much money it costs to build a transit station or a line, this idea is a winner,” he said.

Dr. James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern University and author of “Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder,” said it’s dangerous to assume that the mentally ill tend to commit these shootings.

In 1968, the backlash to the Civil Rights Movement was growing, along with opposition to the war. “Even somebody like Martin Luther King was actually falling out of favor by 1968 because Martin Luther King had critiqued the Vietnam war and had critiqued colonialism and had critiqued capitalism,” said Dr. Sarah J. Jackson, author of Black Celebrity, […]

It is unclear, marketing experts said, just how effective those Facebook and Twitter replies can be in getting customers to buy your products. While a presence on social media can help with brand recognition, it may not lead to a direct rise in sales. “In terms of getting people to switch to your brand, we’ve […]

Jack Levin, professor emeritus and co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University in Boston, said clues and indicators left by a troubled person should not be ignored. “The best thing we could do to prevent mass murder is to get in touch with people who are in trouble — not […]

In spite of the challenges, some tried to strike more optimistic chords. Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University, called for meeting students’ needs, building a curriculum based on outcomes and delivering when and where education is needed. To paraphrase, higher ed should be much, much more flexible. “That’s a new world for us, but […]

The problem is that excessive attention to a mass murderer and his victims also fuels the dreaded copycat phenomenon, argues Northeastern professor Jack Levin.

A faculty-written textbook can be a point of pride for both the professor and the university. That’s the case for David Zgarrick, an associate dean and faculty member at Northeastern University, who is the lead editor on a book on pharmacy management.

The [G]Code House founders imagine that the first class of 14 women, whom they will accept from local homeless shelters and disadvantaged schools, will live at the house for approximately two years, during which they’ll spend the first nine months taking classes both at the house and with local partner schools like Northeastern University; during […]

When Northeastern won the New England Championships in indoor track and field Feb. 2-3, senior Ryan Kim’s personal best 58 feet, 5 inches to win the shot put was pivotal as the Huskies nipped the second-place University of Connecticut.