Boston Magazine Typewriters Used By John Lennon, Ernest Hemingway On Display At Northeastern Although iPads and computers have made the daily use of typewriters, for most people, all but extinct, the fascination with the machines remains based on their historical context. Through September 25, a new exhibit, hosted by the Gallery 360 at Northeastern University, will be open to the public and will feature typewriters once owned by literary […]
For College Students, So Many Health Plans to Choose From It’s important, however, to check specifics. Self-insured college plans — those in which the school pays claims directly, instead of hiring an insurance company to do so — don’t have to meet the law’s essential-benefits requirement, said Sara Collins, a health insurance expert at the Commonwealth Fund. But again, some colleges are meeting them anyway. […]
Okla. killing fits ‘shared misunderstanding’: Column The senseless killing of Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old senior attending college in Oklahoma on a baseball scholarship, has sent shock waves around the world, especially in the victim’s homeland of Australia. While out for a run on the afternoon of August 16, Lane was shot in the back during an unprovoked attack. It isn’t just the randomness […]
Control Design Mersen Receives Research Grant From NSF for Photovoltaic Installations Mersen and Northeastern University in Boston have formed a joint partnership that aims to study the translation of smart fault detection methods for photovoltaic (PV) installations. The findings will narrow the technology gap by helping to identify and protect against dangerous electrical faults in solar PV installations, according to Mersen. The team’s research in the development of these […]
Elderly More Likely to Be Employed Than Teens The decline in youth employment is part of a broader shift in working patterns. Americans are entering the workforce later and staying in it longer than at any time in history. Andrew Sum, a Northeastern University economist and expert in youth employment, points to a remarkable statistic: A decade ago, a 16- or 17-year-old boy was twice as […]
Fast-food worker strikes coming to Los Angeles; higher wages sought Fast-food workers have long struggled to form unions, according to Ed Wertheim, an associate business professor at Northeastern University. Employees cycle in and out of the industry at “tremendously high” rates — greater than 75% turnover each year, he said. “The mind-set among the vast majority of these workers is that they’re not going to be […]
WGBH Boston Public Radio Ask The Airline Pilot — What Are Your Questions For Patrick Smith? Also on BPR: How much vacation time is enough? Margery and Sue asked callers how much they need, and how much they get. The Boston Globe’s Alex Beam joined Margery and Sue for Open Mic. Diane Valle joined the show to talk about her ambitious plan to plant daffodil bulbs along the Boston Marathon route — all the […]
The Lowell Sun ‘Recovery’ leaving jobless stranded Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, said it now takes typical jobless workers about 30 weeks to land a new one. “We have never seen anything like this,” he told us recently. And the jobs people are find are often part-time positions. Sum noted that the spike in […]
Politico Save the filibuster! They are at it again. Republicans in the Senate are taking the unsupportable position that three existing D.C. Federal Circuit Court vacancies should not be filled. They claim that President Obama wants to “pack” the court, FDR style. But their real concern is about the ideological direction of the court, not its size. Back home […]
Summer Jobs Elude Many Teenagers Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, said the weak teen job situation is worsening existing racial and socioeconomic disparities in the labor market. Just one in four Hispanic teens worked this summer, and just one in five African-American ones. “Kids from low-income, minority backgrounds on the […]
ABA Journal Battered dogs attract more empathy than battered adults, study finds Researchers at Northeastern University have found that people feel more empathy towards hurt or battered dogs than for an adult human. But when it comes to babies, the playing field is level. The findings are from a study conducted by Northeastern University sociology professors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke that was presented at this month’s […]
Boston Magazine Study: Students Are More Empathetic Towards Puppies Than People There’s a reason peoples’ hearts melt when they see big, brown puppy dog eyes. According to a study conducted by Northeastern University sociology professors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke, people feel more empathy towards a hurt, or battered dog, than they do for an adult human. The study also showed that people have the same […]