Collapsed bridge raises questions The Washington State bridge collapse reignites focus on the nation’s aging infrastructure. Dan Simon reports.
The Boy Scouts’ Half-Measure May Hasten the End of Discrimination The compromise announced by the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday is untenable. And that is precisely why it’s good news. More than 60 percent of the organization’s national leadership voted to approve a policy ending discrimination against openly gay scouts while keeping in place the ban against gay adult leaders. With the BSA finally dragging itself […]
Stark prediction for aging bridges Homeland security expert Stephen Flynn says neglecting infrastructure may have dire consequences.
Boston.com Northeastern University creates digital archive for marathon bombings Researchers at Northeastern University are compiling a digital archive devoted to the Boston Marathon bombings, the university announced today in a statement. The “Our Marathon” project is sponsored by Northeastern’s NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, and will include photos, videos, and social media related to the attacks. The team will hold a series of public outreach events […]
New Economic Forecast Suggests Surge In Manufacturing A new economic forecast released by the New England Economic Partnership offers an optimistic outlook for Massachusetts and for the region as a whole over the next five years. Anchored by a projected rise in employment and deliberate but steady economic growth, the forecast points to a surge in manufacturing, of all things, as a catalyst. Guests Alan Clayton-Matthews, […]
Boston.com Northeastern University announces $1 billion campaign Northeastern University announced today that it is launching a campaign to raise $1 billion by 2017, according to a statement on the university’s website. The university said in the statement that it plans to fundraise $500 million in philanthropic donations and $500 million through government and industry partnerships. The “Empower” campaign will fund university-wide initiatives, particularly new […]
WCVB TV Investigators review Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Twitter feed Some of the messages are typical of a college-age teenager, talking about doing laundry and playing beer pong. But over time, Tsarnaev’s tweets are also evidence of a transformation. Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox analyzed Tsarnaev’s writings. “You see throughout these tweets a mixture of ordinary activities and partying for example, yet a growing […]
Newsday Lyme Research Alliance Awards $500,000 in Grants With Lyme disease the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the nation, the urgency of advancing research is greater than ever before. Lyme Research Alliance is awarding half a million dollars to fund six promising studies to find a reliable diagnostic test and effective treatment options for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The Lyme Research Alliance (LRA), one […]
The Jewish Daily Forward Getting by With Job Loss Holding several part-time jobs, living with friends, making do without employer-provided benefits and never expecting to achieve your parents’ standard of living: it’s all become routine for today’s youngest entrants into the job market. But in a semi-recessionary, post-union, without-a-safety-net era, workers twice their age are also getting used to the getting-by lifestyle. Unemployment is […]
Network World Digital strongboxes won’t solve whistleblower problem for journalists Following the news last week that the Department of Justice had secretly obtained records of phone calls made by the Associated Press in an attempt to find an information leak, the New Yorker magazine launched an online scheme to receive sensitive documents and preserve the identity of their sources. The service, called Strongbox, is based on a project […]
MarketWatch 10 things cruise lines won’t tell you Danger can lurk onboard cruise ships too, according to critics, especially because of heavy drinking and the cut-loose atmosphere of some ships. Rates for sexual assault on cruise ships seem to be about 50% higher than on land, according to Ross Klein, a professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland, who studies the cruise industry. The […]
U.S. Campuses Wrestle With Safety Perceptions HONG KONG — The Boston Marathon bombings last month hit the home of some of the world’s greatest universities. As the terror and violence played out in America’s education and research hub, each twist and turn seemed to touch on the very campuses that draw the best and brightest from across the globe.