In September, the number of Massachusetts residents filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level since at least 1973, it said. The unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in Massachusetts last month, compared to 5.1 percent nationally. “Employers are laying people off at a lower rate than they have been in a long […]

A study from Northeastern University researchers published Thursday, billed as “the first in-depth investigation of Uber,” offers some tangible tips — and other fascinating insights — about the mysterious algorithm that guides the country’s most popular ride-share service. The bottom line: Uber’s surge-pricing algorithm, which is based on supply of drivers versus demand of rides […]

EMC Corp. chief executive Joseph Tucci said Thursday that despite the acquisition of his company by Texas computer titan Dell Inc., Massachusetts’ high-tech economy still has plenty of room to boom. “I think it’s Massachusetts’ and Boston’s time,” said Tucci, during a forum held Thursday afternoon at Northeastern University. Earlier this month, Dell agreed to […]

At first, the idea of knitting a scarf while running the length of the New York City Marathon was merely a joke shared between Meredith Parmalee and her former employer, We Are Knitters. But as the Northeastern University senior continued to ponder the concept, she realized she could use the attention-grabbing feat to bring awareness […]

STONEHAM, Mass. Rebecca Gilman’s “Luna Gale” takes place in Iowa, but its Boston-area premiere at Stoneham Theatre is unfortunately timely for Massachusetts audiences. A number of horrifying and high-profile cases involving the abuse and death of children has recently led to criticism of the state’s Department of Children and Families and plans for its reform. “Luna […]

“There’s a crack in the dominance he’s been projecting over the past few months,” Alan Schroeder, a debate expert at Northeastern University, said of Trump. “He’s not the alpha dog that he was in the first two debates.” Trump has already taken aim at Carson over the last few days, first questioning his Seventh-day Adventist […]

“This wonderful universe that we imagined 10 or 15 years ago of a great decentralized web where people can compete on an equal playing field is quickly giving way to an environment controlled by these enormous tech companies that have their own agendas,” says Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University journalism professor. “It’s a difficult space for […]

Picture this: A girl walks alone down a long, creaky hallway. The lights are off, her pace is slow, and she’s inching towards the shadows. What sort of music is playing in the background? Almost without a doubt, it’s the classic “slow build:” a steady increase in discordant sounds. In fact, this trope is present […]

I meet Mike Dukakis at 8 a.m. at his home in Brookline, where he and Kitty have lived since 1971. He’s wearing white New Balance sneakers and flat-front khaki pants. He’s carrying a black bag with a Harvard Law School insignia on the side, from which he pulls a plastic bag. It’s faded and appears […]

“With neonatal care, each baby is a dif­ferent size, each baby has a dif­ferent set of prob­lems,” said Ran­dall Erb, assis­tant pro­fessor at Northeastern. “You can print a catheter whose geom­etry is spe­cific to the indi­vidual patient, you can insert it up to a cer­tain crit­ical spot, you can avoid punc­turing veins, and you can […]

The future of school testing has long been a subject of passionate debate. It’s back in the news here in Massachusetts because of plans to ditch the MCAS, which students have been taking since 1998, in favor of the PARCC test. PARCC stands for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. It’s […]

“It does help reveal that this is a program whose purpose is to give state cash to film companies, rather than to reduce their taxes,” said Peter Enrich, a Northeastern University law professor and former general counsel for Administration and Finance under governors Mike Dukakis and Bill Weld.