For Joseph M. Reagle Jr., a communications studies professor at Northeastern University, the matter is not so cut-and-dry. Reagle sees Internet commentary — the short, reactive statements by users under videos, blog posts, or articles on the Web — as a valuable window into how people engage and interact with one another in a digital […]

“Clearly, this latest episode demonstrates how desperately [Iraqi PM Haider] al-Abadi needs to arm the Sunni tribesmen because in this case it sounds like the Sunni tribes did indeed want to resist Islamic State but they simply ran out of bullets,” argues Max Abrahms, professor of political science at Northeastern University and member at the […]

Continuing its recent string of construction projects, Northeastern University has announced plans for a $26 million renovation to William E. Carter Playground on Columbus Avenue. The best part? The new-and-improved park will be open to both city residents and Northeastern students. The finished product—estimated to reopen sometime in 2017—will include regulation-sized baseball and football fields, […]

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.

Santiago will take over in July when Freeland retires after six years in the post. Freeland, a former president of Northeastern University, became commissioner in 2009. Santiago has worked for the Department of Higher Education since April 2013 as senior deputy commissioner for academic affairs. He has 30 years of experience in higher education. including […]

By next spring, work is slated to start on Northeastern University’s $26M overhaul of the William E. Carter Playground on Columbus Avenue.  The college will share with public and youth sports leagues a combined football and baseball field with artificial turf, a new second turf field that can be enclosed with a bubble during winter. […]

They’ve won national a cappella championships, performed for President Barack Obama, and operate more like a family than a college music group. This isn’t the Barden Bellas we’re talking about. It’s the Northeastern University Nor’Easters, a 17-year-old a cappella institution. And as you can see above in the exclusive cover of “Flashlight” the group recorded […]

“If you think BuzzFeed invented the listicle, you haven’t spent enough time with 19th-century newspapers, because they’re everywhere.” That’s Ryan Cordell, a Northeastern University professor who researches virality in 19th-century newspapers, during a talk he gave recently at MIT.  

Muir used anecdotes about stories he’s covered. He described driving past families in the streets during Hurricane Katrina who shouted “We need help!” at himself and his cameras. He said at the time he felt deeply ashamed, but he later reflected that his reporting gave voice to those in need. In a quote: “I simply […]

Northeastern University law professor Deborah Ramirez, due to testify today in a House Judiciary Committee hearing, said that the use of body cameras and other reforms will help allay distrust of police, noting that recent protests stem from “a long-simmering resentment in the African-American and Latino communities that the criminal law applies differently to them […]

“We just get caught up in our own gospel around collaboration,” says Ethan Bernstein, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, and a coauthor of the paper, with Dr. Shore and David Lazer of Northeastern University. The researchers broke down problem-solving into two parts — gathering facts about a situation and devising solutions. Roughly 400 undergraduate […]

Mental illness and depression are common characteristics of mass killers, but there are other factors that lead to homicidal behavior, according to Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston. “There are millions of Americans who are depressed, and they never kill anyone,” said Levin, a national expert on mass […]