Researchers at Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Boston College conducted online surveys of nearly 1,000 working fathers and in-depth interviews with 31 relatively new working dads, all in professional or managerial positions. Along with finding a link between job satisfaction and time spent with their children — which researchers attribute to greater […]

Rough Draft Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount of money into Dash Electric, a Boston startup from a Northeastern University that is building an electric longboard. Northeastern student Ian Carlson created his first prototype for Northeastern’s Husky Startup Challenge, and now plans to make it available as a kit—costing less than $500—which can be installed […]

We have learned many things about our public transportation system this winter, none of them good. But perhaps the most important is this: We have no business rushing headlong into expanding a fragile network that breaks down when it’s too cold, too snowy or — as is often the case — for no particular reason […]

On the day before the election — Netanyahu said there would be no Palestinian state if he were in power. But in multiple interviews with U.S. media yesterday, he’s already clarified those comments. “I don’t want a one-state solution,” he told NBC News in an interview. “I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution.” And to […]

Sometimes it feels as though we are on the outside of this magical American three-week hoop holiday. It’s like the Miss America pageant, the national Mickey Rourke Tanning Championships, or a competition to see who can make the best chicken fried steak. Technically, our quaint little Boston schools are eligible, and usually one or two […]

Many turn to food for comfort. Eating can have an “anesthesia effect,” dulling us to the pain of whatever we’re going through, said Emily Fox-Kales, a clinical psychologist specializing in eating disorders. The physical act of chewing can also help discharge the anger or anxiety that builds up in the jaw or neck. “People tell […]

First figure out what interests you, what will utilize your skills and where you can get the most experience, suggests Lynne Sarikas, executive director of the MBA Career Center at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston. From there you can build a list of potential opportunities for which you might be […]

Tsarnaev was indicted on June 27, 2013, for killing Collier, but the state case was put on hold as the federal trial moved ahead. A guilty verdict in state court would carry a life sentence. But if the federal jury convicts Tsarnaev, the state trial would have little more than symbolic consequence, a legal expert […]