The Boston Globe shared photos of the most creative graduation caps at Northeastern’s 2017 undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Longtime CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour implored Northeastern University graduates Friday to resist the “assault on the truth” by world leaders who have sought to label inconvenient facts “fake news.” She made a point of mentioning the university’s motto: “Lux, Veritas, Virtus.” “Light comes from truth, which leads to virtue,” Amanpour told graduates, families, and guests […]

The Rumiyah article specifically touted gun shows where these unregulated sales are often easiest. “With approximately 5,000 gun shows taking place annually within the United States, the acquisition of firearms becomes a very easy matter,” the article added. Over 1 in 5 gun acquisitions in the United States in the past two years occurred without […]

Then on Friday, the students came face to face with Theodore C. Landsmark, who became an icon of Boston’s busing crisis when he was captured in that photograph nearly three decades before they were born. His visit to the John W. McCormack Middle School in Dorchester touched off a discussion about the past that was […]

A paper just published in Nature Human Behaviour makes some big claims about the brain. It’s called Evidence for a large-scale brain system supporting allostasis and interoception in humans, but how much is evidence and how much is speculation? The authors, Ian R. Kleckner and colleagues of Northeastern University, argue that a core function of […]

“There’s confusion at the very top about what our basic approach to Syria is,” says Max Abrahms, a professor at Northeastern University and expert on terrorism and international security. The same was true for the Obama administration, which failed to enforce its own red line on the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, he says. […]

We are in the midst of the Trumpian apocalypse, writes Suzanna Danuta Walters, professor of sociology at Northeastern University. Actual bigoted provocateurs like Charles Murray and Ann Coulter throw flames in the academy. Hate crimes against trans people and people of color and Muslims are on the rise; women’s reproductive rights are on the line, […]

Because of Gwynn’s popularity in San Diego, the company might face similar issues during jury selection if the case reaches that point. Tobacco companies “do what they can to blame the victim,” said Richard Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University and tobacco industry critic who is not involved in the case. “Their basic defense […]

Time and again they have shown that women leaders are more likely to receive critical feedback than men in leadership roles, and the women who lead are more often described as being abrasive and aggressive vs. the men who are referred to as brilliant and knowledgeable. One such study utilized an interactive chart developed by […]

They are part of a long history of art as a form of activism and political resistance that can help people connect the struggles of the moment with the struggles of the past, said Sarah J. Jackson, a communications studies professor at Northeastern University. “Art is a form that can often reach people that might […]

A 2009 Harvard study estimated medical issues were responsible for 62% of bankruptcies, while a 2013 NerdWallet analysis based on the Harvard study came to a more conservative conclusion, or 57%. (Another study, done at Northeastern University, found a far lower rate, or 18% to 25%.) The problem with looking at medical bankruptcy specifically is […]

For Tencent and the other companies providing them, the streaming apps are just another bridge into a broader ecosystem of services. Apple Music, by comparison, charges a monthly subscription fee for a more limited catalog of Chinese music. In short, Apple’s monthly subscription was “late to the market with an inferior product that is overpriced,” […]