The Christian Science Monitor Homeland Security: Can Jeh Johnson handle agency’s big challenges? (+video) “The DHS was really invisible after the Boston terror bombings,” Stephen Flynn, director of the Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University. “This was the first terror attack like this since 9/11 and nobody thought to ask – where’s homeland security?” “Obviously he’s got a strong background in weighty issues of the war […]
WCVB TV NU’s Bouve College of Health Sciences School of Nursing Celebrates 50th Anniversary on Nov. 2 with Danielle Vollmar Northeastern University’s School of Nursing, part of its acclaimed Bouvé College of Health Sciences, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on November 2, 2013 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston at 6 p.m. Boston’s WCVB-TV Meterologist Danielle Vollmar will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Afaf I. Meleis, the Dean of University of Pennsylvania’s School of […]
Why You Should Crowd-Source Your Toughest Investment Decisions Only three or four out of every ten movies made in America breaks even or earns a profit. Yet the decision to green-light a project is usually based solely on “expert opinions” — in other words, executives’ intuition supplemented by standard regression analysis. There’s got to be a better way. We think we’ve found one. In […]
More Institutions Report Drops in Enrollment of Military Service Members Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University also said Tuesday that its enrollment of active-duty service members in October classes had fallen by about 37 percent — 1,459 students — compared with the same month last year. A spokeswoman for the university said it was unclear whether the suspension of tuition assistance had caused the decrease. Some institutions, such […]
Popular Science Why Won’t Bullfrogs Jump For Science? The single best jump ever recorded by a laboratory bullfrog is 1.3 meters. Cuban tree frogs, on the other hand, can leap up to 1.7 meters. Scientists have previously explained this variation in maximum jump ability between different frogs as an evolutionary tradeoff: Bullfrogs can swim better. But what if the lab frogs were just […]
preLaw Magazine You could look it up What is a client buying when he or she hires a lawyer? If your answer is that lawyers get paid for knowing the law, think again. The law, defined as relevant statutes, regulations and court cases, is now instantly available to anyone connected to the Internet. Access to primers, government forms, and even Internal Revenue […]
Runner's World Six Months Later, Exhibit Revisits Boston Bombings Even after six months, it’s tough to look at the teddy bear in the glass exhibit case, with a handwritten note penned to its chest. “Dear Little Boy,” reads the note, which was left at a since-dismantled temporary memorial for eight-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard. “I am so sorry that you are in heaven. My […]
Delivering World-Class Health Care, Affordably India might be the last place on earth where you’d expect to find health care innovation. Government programs have finally brought some infectious diseases under control, but the nation’s ability to meet the basic medical needs of its citizens remains abysmal. Despite robust economic growth over the past two decades, the infant mortality rate is […]
‘No Story Too Small’: Northeastern Launches Digital Archive of Boston Marathon Bombings Six months ago, a thoughtless tragedy threatened the city’s resilience. The Boston Marathon is not just an event, but rather a universal symbol of strength. Roughly 27,000 runners from around the world commit to pushing themselves for 26.2 miles, while 500,000 spectators stand by to cheer them on. The tradition is woven into the fabric […]
India’s Secret to Low-Cost Health Care A renowned Indian heart surgeon is currently building a 2,000-bed, internationally accredited “health city” in the Cayman Islands, a short flight from the U.S. Its services will include tertiary care procedures, such as open-heart surgery, angioplasty, knee or hip replacement, and neurosurgery for about 40% of U.S. prices. Patients will have the option of recuperating for a […]
A Boston of rich and poor, with no middle class According to Northeastern University economist Barry Bluestone, author of the foundation report, incomes have remained stagnant for homeowners, and fallen for renters. So even if prices stayed flat, housing affordability would be eroding. But prices for homes, condominiums, and apartments have been climbing, gradually in some neighborhoods, precipitously in others. The end result has been […]
Boston.com Helping JP restaurant brings more than just a grade to these Northeastern students In January, Il Panino Cafe and Grill in Jamaica Plain was on the brink of failure. Now, thanks to the help of a few Northeastern University students and the owner’s childhood friend, the neighborhood restaurant is on its way to rebounding. “When I talk about what they did for me, I am in tears. They […]