Northeastern University has gained state approval to add nursing to its offerings in Charlotte. Starting this September, the university will offer a 16-month accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree. That program is designed for individuals with a prior bachelor’s degree — including those in a non-nursing field — who want to transition into a […]

To achieve a neutral position, I needed to not only tilt the phone as prompted by the app, but also move it high in front of my face. That illustrates the “trade-off” between improving your neck angle and potentially causing your shoulders and arms to hurt, says Jack Dennerlein, director of the occupational biomechanics and […]

Ransomware – malicious software that sneaks onto your computer, encrypts your data so you can’t access it and demands payment for unlocking the information – has become an emerging cyberthreat. Several reports in the past few years document the diversity of ransomware attacks and their increasingly sophisticated methods. Recently, high-profile ransomware attacks on large enterprises […]

Over the course of his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump has made scores of derogatory comments about women. Detailing them here would exceed our word limit. But we will mention one of his claims—his suggestion that women should face criminal sanctions for abortions. Activists and the media properly skewered Trump for this idea. The […]

Over all, though, nearly three-fourths of victims and suspected assailants whose race could be identified were black. Some experts suggest that helps explain why the drumbeat of dead and wounded does not inspire more outrage. “Clearly, if it’s black-on-black, we don’t get the same attention because most people don’t identify with that. Most Americans are […]

That dynamic correlates with research done by terrorism analyst Max Abrahms of Northeastern University, who has not found a significant reduction in violence following the targeting of militant chiefs in most cases. “I’ve found that decapitation strikes can be counterproductive because the successor is not more moderate,” Abrahms said. “In fact, just the opposite is […]

Richard A. Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University who specializes in tobacco liability litigation but is not involved in the case, said Gwynn’s family quite likely had a “very strong” case because the tobacco companies knew of the health risks at the time Gwynn began using the product. He added that Gwynn’s status as […]

A Northeastern University a capella group pulled off an impressive rendition of Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall.” The group, known as The Nor’easters, performed the song during the Best of the Northeast Region a capella showcase in March.

Northeastern University has been investing heavily in new domestic campuses of late. Under the banner of its Northeastern University Global Network, the private Boston-based institution has moved to create graduate operations in Charlotte, N.C.; Seattle; and Silicon Valley in recent years. Toward the end of last year it announced plans to open a campus in […]

Kerry, the secretary of state, made his own Trump-related crack in his commencement address at Northeastern University. “You are the most diverse class in Northeastern’s history — in other words, you are Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” he said, sparking cheers and applause. Turning more serious, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee blasted “sound-bite salesmen and carnival […]

A longtime Jimmy Fallon fan turned her semester abroad into a brilliant bid for an internship at The Tonight Show. Northeastern University student Halle O’Conor, who has been attending Florence’s Lorenzo de Medici School since February and returns on Saturday, is crisscrossing Europe in the company of several 8-inch cardboard cutouts of the late-night host and documenting his […]

How many philosophers does it take to change a light bulb? It depends on how you define change. Philosophy is often viewed as irrelevant, and philosophers as living in ivory towers, easily dismissed for quibbling over words and arguing for the sake of argument. Senator Marco Rubio, during a fleeting bid for the Republican nomination, […]