An international team led by Alessandro Vespignani of Northeastern University has developed a unique computational model to project the spread of the seasonal flu in real time using Twitter. According to the researchers, posts on Twitter in combination with key parameters of each season’s epidemic, including the incubation period of the disease, the immunization rate, […]

New research proves just how thin those mannequins are. In a study, researchers found that 100 percent of the female mannequins they looked at represented an underweight body size. Rachel Rodgers, a body image expert and psychology professor at Northeastern University, told TODAY she wasn’t surprised by the study’s results — her own research has […]

Sure, there are aspects of the college world that seems worthy of disruption, and colleges face serious challenges: flat enrollment trends and demographic headwinds; appropriate concerns about debt levels and increasing costs; and growing numbers of struggling institutions. But the intense focus on “disruption” as a guiding principle often overlooks that delivering higher education is […]

The Massachusetts legislature is currently debating several proposals related to whether the Commonwealth should become a “sanctuary state” that refuses to cooperate with the Trump Administration’s federal immigration enforcement efforts. Morning Edition’s Bob Seay spoke with Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News legal analyst Daniel Medwed about the various bills on Beacon Hill and […]

“For participants, it is something really concrete that you can do that is not just feeling that you’re unsettled by the way this administration approaches science,” said Sara Wylie, an assistant professor of sociology and health science at Northeastern and one of the organizers of the event. “It is a really good, tangible activity for […]

Ransomware dominated the cyberthreat landscape in 2016, costing businesses more than $1 billion. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are extremely vulnerable to these attacks—and they often pay the price, since they don’t have the means, or don’t know how, to combat these threats. “Small and medium-size business typically have fewer resources (e.g., money as well […]

Before Andrew McCarty went into the military, he was involved in theater and improv troupes. He had no problem standing in front of hundreds of people and doing something silly to make them laugh. Now, he’s turning back to improv as a way to help both himself and other veterans improve their communication skills through […]