“We really think connecting theory to practice in the real world is incredibly important,” said Susan A. Ambrose, senior vice provost of undergraduate education and experiential learning at Northeastern. “This notion that our students are taking the knowledge they have and using it in the real world, where there are real constraints, real parameters and real […]

James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said the uptick represented essentially a blip in so short a time, and he said it was a reflection of how low the crime rates had dropped. “What’s basically happening is these cities are becoming victims of their own success,” said Professor Fox. The crime rate “can’t […]

As the United States and Cuba work to repair strained relations, Northeastern University will collaborate with a Cuban foundation and college to establish co-op programs in the country by 2017, school officials said. Students will have the chance to research marine science and the environment at the nongovernmental organization called Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez, or […]

Dr. Kristin Lee Costa, lead faculty, behavioral science at Northeastern University, says that no one wants their kids to deal with difficulty. “But we want them to have a healthy blend of realism. The idea that everyone gets a trophy is nice in theory but it’s not reality. Kids should know that and that it […]

John Wihbey, assistant professor of journalism and new media at Northeastern University, said that the document seems to indicate that Facebook is playing it straight in its news coverage. “It basically shows that they do have a strategy,” he said. “They do have some checks in there.”  

Associate Professor Randy Colvin, of Northeastern University’s Department of Psychology, disagrees. He’s not convinced by the survey, pointing to its setup and small sample size as two reasons to take its conclusions with a hefty dash of salt. “If you’re just sitting in a class next to a person, it’s really hard to say much […]

Kaya Simmons, the Northeastern University student who plays Jonathan, is relatively new to theater, and says he was initially intimidated by the talented women he was working with. “I have learned so much from watching them work,” he says. “I am majoring in sociology and economics with a minor in theater, but acting is the […]

So OceanOne managing to liberate a vase from a shipwreck is impressive, yes. But it’s unclear whether a waterproof humanoid would be useful beyond excavating human shipwrecks. “The big question to ask is: birds versus airplanes,” says roboticist Hanumant Singh of Northeastern University. “We don’t need flapping wings to fly. And so there are certain […]

Puerto Rico’s debt, just over $70 billion, is comparable with Argentina’s—around $93 billion at the start of its 2001 crisis. Puerto Rico’s debt-to-GDP ratio of 70% isn’t too remote from Argentina’s 2001 ratio of 65%. In a debt crisis, governments can increase taxes and fees and reduce government services. Puerto Rico has already done so. […]

Journalism experts and media commentators are crying foul. Facebook’s trending topics list was assumed to be a list of the most popular things on Facebook, they say, not a curated list of what Facebook’s employees think is relevant. “With Facebook’s trending stories, we had every right to think that this represented the wisdom of the […]

Editor & Publisher, a trade magazine that covers the newspaper business, posted a story last week predicting a startling technological change in the way we consume news. Believe it or not, it would involve grinding trees into pulp, transforming that pulp into paper, printing news articles, photos, and ads on that paper, and then loading […]

“It’s important to understand that both South and North station are getting increasingly congested,” he said. “We’re getting perilously close to a point where we’re not going to be able to get any more trains into those stations. Both of them, by the way. The answer from the [MBTA] over the course of the past […]