“Our devices have been black boxes — this is something that has frustrated me for years,” said David Choffnes, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University who led one study into app privacy. In a bid to make privacy realities more visible to smartphone owners who aren’t techheads or security experts, Choffnes led development of a […]

The average 1,600 square-foot apartment today costs more than $438,000 to build, said Barry Bluestone, a Northeastern University professor who authored the report. “You’re just out of the ballpark for any working family,” said Bluestone, who heads Northeastern’s Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. “The cost is so high that the only construction developers […]

“They’re all playing a similar game,” Nicholas Beauchamp said on the phone the other day. He’s an assistant professor in the political science department at Northeastern University in Boston. “The question is where do they have their settings, inasmuch as all of them are thinking about their public persona. And as we all know when […]

In most parts of the country, rising demand for housing results in increased production. But in Greater Boston, this hasn’t been the case. “When we thought in the past, why can’t supply keep up with demand in the housing market, we now know the answer,” said Barry Bluestone, of the Northeastern University team who analyzed the […]

“They probably have more to lose than an average college student would have to lose from this type of protest because they’re on scholarships, and they potentially want to move on in their college careers, but they’re public figures,” Sarah Jackson, a professor at Northeastern University who teaches about social protest movements, told me. “But […]

“Leaving New York is like losing your left hand,” said Northeastern law professor Roger I. Abrams. “Both these major companies, DraftKings and FanDuel are going to have to figure out how to deal with these very serious legal questions.” The necessity of having to stand and fight in New York elevates the importance of the […]

It’s the economic impact players have on a university — whether at a large football program like Missouri or a smaller institution, like Grambling State — that can empower athletes to take a stand, said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. If there was any doubt […]