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 […]

Were there a Doomsday Clock on criminal justice issues, President Trump and his much-discussed small hands would be pushing the dial’s big hand toward midnight. It is hard to single out just one misguided idea from his array of proposals. So here are five not-so-easy pieces of Trump’s flawed agenda on crime control that make […]

Indeed, it was a hybrid robot that won the Darpa Robotics Challenge in 2015. South Korea’s DRC-HUBO looked like a humanoid, but could actually kneel and scoot around on wheels. And it crushed the competition of almost entirely bipedal humanoids. “They won so much time by going over flat terrain with wheels that they had […]

Valkyrie is one of the newest “kids” on campus at Boston’s Northeastern University. She stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 285 pounds and dreams about exploring Mars someday. However, Valkyrie isn’t a student. She’s an advanced humanoid robot that resides at the school’s Robotics and Intelligent Vehicles Research Laboratory (RIVeR). The organization is working […]

Tom Schmidt, a 27-year-old Marine veteran of Afghanistan, touched an American flag with his left hand and lifted his right one as he promised to abide by all the regulations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It’s an oath that millions of veterans have taken since the VFW took root more than a century ago […]

With thousands or even millions of dollars in sales at stake, companies aren’t likely to use AI within online stores unless they have some evidence that the effect on their bottom line will be positive. In this regard, researchers at Northeastern University found that, when sellers use algorithmic repricing, they’re more likely to be featured […]

In response to an international resurgence in the use of facilitated communication, Ralf W. Schlosser, a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northeastern University, led a systematic review in 2014 of more than 20 studies of the technique. It found overwhelming support that the facilitator was controlling the message. “In the field of augmentative […]

Ultimately, says Ronald Sandler, director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, analyzing the pros and cons of de-extinction varies from species to species. When framing a cost-benefit analysis in terms of conservation, he tells the Monitor in a phone interview, “it’s almost never going to be the case that the benefits favor engaging in […]

“Embedded within these communities are the linguistic skills, information and cultural insights necessary to assist law enforcement in its efforts to identify suspicious behavior,’’ Deborah Ramirez, a law professor at Northeastern University, wrote in 2004. “In order to have access to these critical tools and information, law enforcement recognized the need to build bridges required […]