Suzanne Lanyi Charles, assistant professor of architecture at Boston’s Northeastern University, said they’re happening in both affluent and cheaper suburbs. In both cases, the new structures are more luxurious because the builder needs to justify the acquisition costs. That means buyers looking for more affordable options may be pushed to a location with a longer […]

Ben admitted, “It was hard when Sarah went off to college.” But the siblings say they text and call each other all the time. “Siblings can naturally be friends, but you don’t always like them,” said Sarah, who just finished her sophomore year at Northeastern University and hopes to become a psychiatric mental health nurse […]

David Lazer, a professor at Northeastern University, thinks we could improve the jobs numbers by using a completely different collection-method. Rather than asking people, after-the-fact, if they have a job, you could track their behavior using cell phone data, he says. That way, we might be able to have jobs data earlier than now, and […]

Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economist at Northeastern University, said typically adjusting the rates adds 0.6 percent to them. He also said some of the people listed as employed are only working part time, but want full-time jobs. “Those people aren’t counted as unemployed, but they are under-employed,” he said. Still, he said, the numbers compared to […]

CUTTING OFF THE HEAD of the snake has long been the modus operandi in counterterrorist operations. But the snake can just as often become a hydra. In a study from the department of unintended consequences, political scientists at Northeastern University and the University of Virginia found that the leaders of militant groups generally restrain those […]

Page through a 19th-century newspaper and you’ll be surprised at how 21st-century it looks. Northeastern University’s Ryan Cordell tells NPR’s Scott Simon about the listicles of the 1800s.

Three hours before, the cave looked welcoming — refreshing, even. A river flowed from the vine-draped grotto, and a swim across a 15-foot pool was required to access the inner depths. Jumping into the clear, minnow-filled water was the closest I and my Northeastern University classmates — volunteering in western Belize over our spring break […]

One overlooked health risk is food poisoning, said Darin Detwiler, senior policy coordinator at the nonprofit public health group Stop Foodborne Illness and an adjunct professor at Northeastern University in Boston. “You have people who are not fully trained in food safety, who don’t have the right certification, who don’t have accurate meat temperatures being […]

Tucked into a commencement speech filled with memories and lessons, Attorney General Maura Healey yesterday shared a piece of herself with a room full of future lawyers at Northeastern University. The nation’s first openly gay attorney general opened up about coming out. “When I came here, I was accepted,” Healey told the Northeastern University School […]

In Massachusetts, a survey of Latinos in low-income areas by Northeastern University found that limited public transportation adversely affected finances, job choices, and ability to get to health care appointments. Fixing pothole-ridden roads and crumbling bridges is essential for a car-centric nation. But to broaden opportunity and address disparities, public transportation is equally, if not […]

This past January, microbiologists Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein reported the discovery of teixobactin, a compound that in lab dishes kills several antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Media outlets heralded the discovery, announced in Nature, as a new solution to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. A White House press release mentioned teixobactin, which Lewis and […]

Two other big Boston names joined Boston 2024 amid the leadership change. Larry Lucchino, CEO of the Boston Red Sox, and prominent businessman Jack Connors join the bid as senior advisers. Northeastern University’s athletics directors Peter Roby is joining the board as vice-chair.