Jack Levin, the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology Emeritus at Northeastern University, was surprised to hear how Mississippi calculates its recidivism rate. “If you’re going to calculate from prison to prison, a much more accurate measure would be a five-year interval,” he said. “The criminal justice system is very slow with […]

Bitterness. Hostility. Rage. The varieties of anger are endless. Some are mild, such as grumpiness, and others are powerful, such as wrath. Different angers vary not only in their intensity but also in their purpose. It’s normal to feel exasperated with your screaming infant and scornful of a political opponent, but scorn toward your baby […]

The artificial intelligence system was built in 2004 in Mumbai, and has been getting smarter with time. Using social media to predict the results of elections has become extremely popular because of the huge amount of information that can be easily accessed. Nick Beauchamp, a professor at Northeastern University, had experimented with artificial intelligence to over […]

Internally, having a fine-grained understanding of your emotional states can be liberating. Since the 1990s, Northeastern University psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett has developed the concept of “emotional granularity.”Her and others’ experiments indicate that when people can describe their emotional states with complexity — not just “feeling bad” about what’s going on with the water in […]

Anthony Di Mari of Northeastern University’s School of Architecture dreamed up these piezoelectric trees to help irrigate public parks and light them at night. The piezoelectric trees contain a polycarbonate and mesh infill that collects water from rainfall and airborne moisture. The water is then distributed through a shallow underground irrigation system with the help […]

That move, he notes, was a calculated choice by President Obama, who knew he didn’t have the popularity on the Hill that Vice President Joe Biden enjoys. Whether Pence has the opportunity to play such a role may come down to President-elect Trump, he suggests, a view echoed by Northeastern University professor of political science William […]

Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed said defendants who ask for a new trial based on the argument that their lawyers were ineffective often face an uphill battle. “It’s hard to prove ineffective assistance of counsel, especially when the trial lawyers did engage in some investigation and may have made a strategic decision to pursue […]

Some of the nuance of the story might have been lost in the media coverage. But Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, said it is not fair to say the press “missed the story.” “I read good, long pieces in several newspapers . . . on this left-behind generation of the white working […]

“Whatever anyone thinks of the ACA, whether you like it or hate it, a rapid total repeal would be catastrophically disruptive to the health care system,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. But a promise is a promise, and Republican voters will be expecting action. “They have so […]

Dawn Cisewski, an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University, said some students were feeling so distressed that they did not come to class Wednesday.

Make America Great Again, the new American reality show, is now officially set to debut in January 2017. Donald Trump has now landed the leading role, as commander-in-chief. The pilot previews were visceral. The disparaging content proved harmful for all audiences. Viewer discretion was advised from all sides, but the show has now made it […]

For Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, Trump “understood the modern media environment better than anybody in public life and was able to exploit that from the way he was able to make himself the star.” “The story was always about him,” Kennedy said. – Counter-narrative – Kennedy argues that it is unfair […]