Teamster’s beating subject of trial testimony Roger Abrams, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law who specializes in labor law, said that the public should realize union activity, “whether it’s a strike, whether it’s talking to employers, is not necessarily a tea party and it’s not necessarily polite conversation.” With state and federal laws allowing union members to engage in […]
The Scientist Speaking of Vision Science October 2014’s selection of notable quotes A lot of people with measurable vision impairment are unaware of their affliction because their brain fills in the missing pieces. —Vision scientist Peter Bex of Northeastern University, on the fact that one-third of the human brain is devoted to visual processing (news@Northeastern, September 4)
Hong Kong protests mark twist in history of umbrella symbolism As young people in Hong Kong pop open umbrellas in a show of defiance against China’s plan for watered-down democracy in the city, a U.S. academic notes that to previous generations the accessory symbolized appeasement. From 1930s England through the Kennedy and Nixon years in the U.S., to display an umbrella was to allege political softness, says Edward H. Miller, […]
The Christian Science Monitor First US Ebola case in Dallas: Why public health threat remains small he CDC has also provided new Ebola guidance for flight crews, airport medical services, and Customs and Border Protection. Medical professionals do not dismiss public concerns, but evidence points to successful containment, they say. “We will see cases,” Alessandro Vespignani, a physics professor at Northeastern University in Boston who studies infection rates and air traffic […]
Federal innovation grants unveiled The Obama administration announcedTuesday that it will award a total of $75 million to 24 colleges to support innovations in higher education. The Education Department chose the winners of the grant competition from a pool of nearly 500 applicants, officials said. The grants are going to 19 public and private four-year institutions and five community […]
CIO Researchers hope to diagnose deadly Ebola virus with nanotech In August, scientists at Northeastern University reported that they have been using nanotechnology to find an effective treatment for the virus. What makes finding a vaccine or cure such a challenging job is that the virus mutates so quickly. How do you pin down and treat something that is continually changing? Thomas Webster, professor and […]
The Boston Globe: Ebola cases from infected travelers likely to increase as the outbreak rages on When the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in the United States this week, Northeastern University researcher Alessandro Vespignani was not surprised. For weeks, the data scientist who designs and runs big computer simulations of infectious disease outbreaks has been carefully tweaking a model to project the spread of the virus. The current risk of […]
Why hasn’t the U.S. closed its airports to travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries? Researchers who have modeled the risk of the international spread of the Ebola virus have been clear that the longer the outbreak goes on and the bigger it is, the more likely Ebola is to spread beyond West Africa to the rest of the world. “If the epidemic continues at this growth rate and produces […]
Inc.com The art and science of choosing a new location Ted Clark, executive professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Family Business, says that though Hibbert’s thriving Orange County locations prove that her business model works, she needs to keep in mind that Fashion Camp is a niche business. Therefore, Clark believes that […]
Northeastern and Bay Path universities receive millions in federal grant funding Two Massachusetts universities are among 24 nationwide that have received millions of dollars in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the federal agency announced Tuesday. Northeastern University received $3.9 million and Bay Path University in Longmeadow received $3.5 million as part of the Department of Education’s First in the World grant program. In […]
U.S. News & World Report The 3 biggest workplace mistakes Some workplace experts, like Lynne Sarikas, director of the MBA Career Center at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, suggest resisting office politics as much as possible. “Do not listen to the office gossip, and do not participate in spreading gossip,” she says. “Office politics can be a black hole that wastes […]
Northeastern, Bay Path awarded US grants of more than $3m each Two Massachusetts colleges were awarded more than $3 million each Tuesday in federal grants aimed at helping colleges develop new approaches to increase their value, affordability, and completion rates. Northeastern University was awarded $3.9 million and Bay Path University in Longmeadow $3.5 million through the First in the World grant program, according to the US […]