Area Olympians to watch in Sochi Steve Langton, 30, Melrose With his power and speed, the 6-foot-2, 227-pound former Northeastern University sprinter has earned a spot on the top four-man US team, the favorite to repeat as gold medalist. Called the “best push athlete in the world” by driver Steve Holbomb, Langton also could earn a medal on the two-man sled.
Meet New England’s Winter Olympians BOBSLED Steve Langton Age: 30 Hometown: Melrose Notable: Langton competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 10th in the two-man event. He has won medals at various championships across the world over the past three years, serving as a brakeman for Steven Holcomb in the USA-1 sled. Langton was the 2008 Rookie of the Year […]
Why bill success is a lousy way to keep score in Congress Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from John Wilkerson and Nick Stramp of the University of Washington’s Department of Political Science and David Smith of the College of Computer and Information Sciences at Northeastern University. ***** On Tuesday, February 4, the Washington Post published an article in which retiring representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) was asked to defend the fact that none […]
Nova Next What drug researchers can learn from a Kenyan clinic When I arrived at the remote clinic some 180 miles from Nairobi, it was near mid-day, and the Kenyan sun had pushed the thermometer to uncomfortable heights. Small insects buzzed in and out of the open windows of the low building—the only thing keeping them from landing on the patients were the insect nets draped […]
Bay State Banner Obama puts spotlight in growing income inequality Prof. Barry Bluestone, director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, says the concept of income immobility that Chang-Diaz mentions is a compounding factor in income inequality. Income inequality measures the distribution of wealth across households and is generally referred to as the comparison of the growing […]
Bloomberg Businessweek For the long-term unemployed, job growth is a mixed blessing Misery loves company: If you lose power in a storm, you hope that the whole area lost power with you, because the utility will work hard to restore electricity when many people are affected. It’s a little bit like that with unemployment: It’s not good to be the only one around without a job, because […]
How geographically accurate is your city’s subway map? There’s more going on in a subway map than just tracing lines through stops. The most important quality of a transit map is that it be easily legible, even when glanced across a crowded rush-hour car. Looking at it, you should be able to figure out how this network of colored lines and pips translates […]
Diverse conversations: Recruiting a diverse student population Diversity is immensely valuable to any higher education institution. Not all universities and colleges, though, are successful or even aware of how to go about recruiting a diverse student population. Fortunately, this is an area in which John LaBrie, dean and vice president for Professional Education, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, is a veritable […]
Marketplace Microsoft’s great debate With 22 years under his belt, Satya Nadella is the consummate Microsoft insider. But don’t think that experience made him a shoo-in for the top job. One reason Microsoft went nearly six months without a CEO was because executives spent time looking for their new one outside the company. Microsoft is a case study of […]
Times Argus A violent culture Jack Levin, co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University in Boston, agreed that most violent gun crimes are committed by young men. He described the gun violence a “masculine pursuit.” Levin also points out that the United States isn’t the only nation with a high rate of gun ownership. What’s […]
Diverse Diverse Conversations: Finding a Mentor Mentorship is a huge part of professional success in higher education. If nothing else, having a solid mentor helps higher education professionals to develop valuable contacts and integrate themselves into their employer institution. Finding a mentor, though, can be a tricky thing. Some people are naturally good at formulating mentor-mentee relationships. Others simply don’t know […]
Panel urges new controls on guns in Mass. The eight-member panel was led by Jack McDevitt, a Northeastern University criminologist. It included the police chief in Natick, a former state mental health commissioner, a Harvard public health researcher, a former gang prosecutor in Suffolk County, a psychiatrist, and the superintendent of schools in Revere. Commission members said they met 15 times over the […]