Daniel Aldrich, a professor of political science at Northeastern University who evaluated USAID programs aimed at preventing violent extremism in Mali, called the development-based approach promising, but not straightforward. “I think for a while, USAID envisioned these programs as kind of a silver bullet …and I think what we found was a little more subtle,” […]

Even before President Donald Trump promised to ramp up deportations of undocumented immigrants, U.S. immigration law has offered undocumented immigrants very few options to gaining a green card. “The tough thing for many people is there is no obvious path to gaining legal status, and no obvious path to having gotten that status before they came,” […]

Whenever there’s a serious infectious disease outbreak, inside or even outside the US, the CDC leads the response. The scientists and researchers there are tasked with identifying outbreaks, and creating plans to stop them from spreading. “Should a pandemic or any other public health crisis occur, we would want a team of experienced professionals in […]

“Most of these models are teens or young adults, so being dangerously underweight and having an eating disorder can have serious consequences on growth and development that affect them for life,” said Rachel Rodgers, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University and the principal researcher. “The fact that the already-thin models engage in unhealthy […]

Freedom of speech and of the press as we understand them today did not spring wholly formed from the minds of the Founders. For more than a century after it was enacted, the First Amendment received little more than lip service. John Adams imprisoned his critics under the Sedition Act, as did Abraham Lincoln during […]

A Winfrey victory would be no slam-dunk. Despite her 100-percent name recognition, she is long past her heyday, when her talk show ruled the airways. The last episode ran in 2011. “The question with her is, has she been out the spotlight too long?” said Northeastern University professor Alan Schroeder, the author of “Celebrity-in-Chief: How […]

“My Favorite Thing” took six years and 16 hours a day of work to complete, but looks as if it took longer. And part two is coming in October. “It’s totally incredible, instantly absorbing,” said Hillary Chute, the well-regarded comics critic and professor of English at Northeastern University (and a former Harvard University and University […]

Similarly, after Calvin Coolidge’s 16-year old son, Calvin Jr., died in 1924 from blood poisoning that set in when a blister on his foot went untreated, the president was consumed by grief and virtually disabled by clinical depression for the remainder of his presidency. “His son’s death did not change his viewpoint on the substance […]

Northeastern’s Level Bootcamp has a couple offerings, but its main one, Level Core, is an $8,000 bootcamp program focused on data analytics that was developed in tight partnership with employers. Employers are also embedded in the curriculum, as they engage with students throughout the course. The innovation is part and parcel of Northeastern President Joseph […]

A new research center at Northeastern University hopes to help close the gap, by fostering better dialogue between colleges and employers, and helping colleges understand both what employers want and what colleges are already doing. It’s called the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, and it’s led by Sean Gallagher, who […]

And, though the Zimmermann telegram is often given credit as the tipping point for the U.S. entry into World War I in 1917, Jeffrey Burds, who teaches history at Northeastern University, says that Wilson was also motivated by being “terrified” of the possible results of the Tsar’s abdication and participated in an Allied attempt to […]

Public-health experts say that expanding access to the drugs would have immediate benefits. Roughly 177.5 million adults worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus, which can cause liver cancer and cirrhosis if left untreated — but the latest antiviral medications have revolutionized care. The first to reach the market was sofosbuvir, sold under the […]