Accountant CFOs in high-growth industries were associated with 7.4% lower investment expenditure and a 14.6% lower likelihood of engaging in external financing. “Lower investment in risky projects and limited exposure to capital markets are both consistent with greater risk aversion on the part of accountant CFOs,” wrote the authors, Rani Hoitash of Bentley University and […]

Physical therapy is probably best known for its 45-minute sessions of pain – or discomfort, for the tough people out there. However, PT experiences could quickly change for patients and therapists alike because of this little thing called virtual reality. Danielle Levac- who has a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science and is an assistant professor at […]

It has become semi-automatic that any large-scale mass shooting will spark furious discussion concerning the role of guns and regulations governing their sale and ownership. The higher the body count, the more heated the debate between those demanding more gun restrictions and those wanting more gun rights. With over four dozen killed and even more […]

It was way past my bedtime. Sunday night, hours after we’d all learned of the horrific shootings in Orlando, I should’ve been asleep, but I was in bed thumbing away at my phone, having half-impulsively charged into that graveyard of discourse otherwise known as the Facebook comment thread.

Later this year, dozens of college teams from around the world will travel to Hawthorne, California to compete in a high-stakes contest to prove Elon Musk’s vision of super-fast, super-sustainable, tube-based transportation known as the Hyperloop.

With few formal studies on the role of the media, experts can only offer observations. Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has tracked mass killings, said that beginning with Columbine there was a rash of school shootings that generated widespread media coverage. The killings stopped abruptly after the terror attacks of […]

Dworken, who graduated on Monday from Maret high school in Washington, D.C., said he reported six vulnerabilities, but received no reward because they had already been reported. However, Dworken said he had already been approached by recruiters about potential internships. He said some of the bugs he found would have allowed others to display whatever […]

Three ventures with ties to Northeastern University have food and beverages on the brain. Gianmarco Di Pino and Nikhilesh More were hunting for authentic and affordable food from Italy and India, their respective home countries, which led them to a business idea. MyOnCampus Chef connects students who don’t have kitchens with those who do and […]

A study last year by the Congressional Research Service found that from 1999 to 2013 assault rifles were used in 27 percent public mass shootings, which it defines as the killing of four or more people in a relatively public place. Dating back to 1982, the rate is 24 percent, according to research by James […]

Level, a new two-month boot camp from Northeastern University, that focuses on data analytics can be an alternative to a full graduate degree program. The goal in coming years is to offer programming in a similar format in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, health, and liberal arts, says Nick Ducoff, vice president for new […]

Well, T-Mobile CEO John Legere, it might be time to get back onto your video tweet responses: a group of Northeastern University researchers are releasing a research paper on Thursday that questions the mobile carrier’s “Binge On” program, which provides smartphone users with free data for certain video streaming services, though at slower download speeds. […]

“Puerto Rico has lost half of its manufacturing jobs. Just gone” said Amílcar Barreto, a political scientist at Boston’s Northeastern University who researches nationalism and ethnic politics, largely focusing on Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has actually lost slightly more than half of its manufacturing base since 1996,nearly 100,000 jobs. The island has suffered a decade of economic stagnation […]