Have you ever tried to explain the world of modern dating to your grandparents? Your parents? Courtship is no longer about wearing somebody’s pin or having your family present you with acceptable suitors, so dating apps are like foreign languages to them. But how well do you really understand what dating is like today? Even […]

A recession is not likely to transpire, because the strength in the U.S. economy is being balanced by weakness in Europe, China and in the oil patch, said Harlan Platt, a finance professor at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston. Instead of panicking, investors should look for strong companies whose […]

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Globe tracked down happily co-employed couples to talk about intertwining their personal and professional lives. Ryan and Abigail Koppes have been inseparable since they were 15-year-olds in Western Massachusetts. They were on the ski team at a private high school in Gill, went to college and grad school together […]

Len Albright, an assistant professor of sociology and public policy at Northeastern University, said the phenomenon is what academics are calling “The Great Inversion,” a phrase that comes from the title of Alan Ehrenhalt’s 2012 book about the evolution of American cities and suburbs. Albright said that from the 1940s through the 1960s, there was […]

For people rendered unable to speak by cerebral palsy, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, VocaliD’s software creates custom speech patterns that sound like the original person’s voice. Patel, a speech pathology and computer science professor at Northeastern, began developing her software after meeting a little girl and a grown man who spoke in the same […]

While these phone-staring sessions are usually nothing more than a time waster, they can easily turn into something more harmful if left unchecked. As technology sinks its roots deeper into our daily lives, digital dependency is becoming more common. For many, device use can spiral into compulsion territory. So how can you tell if you’re […]

Storybench and Northeastern University’s Media Innovation program yesterday announced the launch of Ochre, a site dedicated exclusively to showcasing longform visual storytelling. Ochre’s first story edited by the Media Innovation program centers around “The Boat,” an interactive graphic novel published by SBS Australia. Ochre’s piece dissects the digital techniques and aesthetics used while creating “The […]

For the elderly, this decline might not be a bad thing. Lower levels at advanced ages may offer some degree of brain protection by slowing cellular reactions and the production of DNA-damaging chemicals called free radicals, Deth said. In previous work with his colleague Yiting Zhang of Northeastern University in Boston, Deth found that the […]

In Boston, says Barry Bluestone, the founding director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, the reason for the shift is simple: Millennials are pouring into the city at a staggering clip. Twenty- to 34-year-olds made up 35 percent of the population of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville in 2000. Over the […]

YOLO.  It was the catchphrase of the century a couple years back, a phrase that allowed us to branch out of the norm and do something radical.  Unlike cats, we only live once, and this proclamation is the underlying instigator behind many status-quo-breaking things we do. For me, that was taking a job beyond the […]

The news media is often seen as a troubled industry, with newspaper circulation and local reporting on the decline, and a continued rocky transition to a digital and mobile world.  We’ll re-examine how this trend is playing out nationally and in New Hampshire, especially in the midst of a tumultuous primary election.

This week, the forty-three-year-old high-school track coach, personal trainer, and father will run in the U.S. Olympic marathon trials held in Los Angeles. Over the past decade and a half, Castille has resurrected himself as a man and a runner and made his mark in the masters category at an impressive range of distances. (For […]