The National Law Journal A strong need for civil legal assistance For Clarence Earl Gideon, who spent much of his early life homeless and his entire life in poverty, the criminal theft prosecution that made him a household name was just one of many legal challenges. A low-wage worker, Gideon undoubtedly experienced some of the exploitation typical of that job sector. In his autobiography, Gideon said […]
Police clicking into crimes using new software But as investigators have expanded the depth and reach of the information they collect, the tools needed to analyze that growing pile of data have not kept up. “Unless you’re Columbo, you can’t do that kind of analysis yourself,” said Glenn Pierce, principal research scientist for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern […]
When Cold Cases Stay Cold Still, Margaret A. Burnham, a law professor and the founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Program at the Northeastern University School of Law, said these letters mattered, even if devoid of resolution. “Setting aside whether the F.B.I. could have done more, I respect the dignity with which they are accepting responsibility for letting families know […]
The Gender Gap in Pain To the list of differences between men and women, we can add one more: the drug-dose gender gap. Doctors and researchers increasingly understand that there can be striking variations in the way men and women respond to drugs, many of which are tested almost exclusively on males. Early this year, for instance, the Food and […]
WGBH University Presidents on the Future of College What’s the future of higher education? There might be no one better to answer the question than Lawrence Bacow, the former president of Tufts, and Joseph Aoun, the president of Northeastern.
GlobeSt Western Home Created For Northeastern Univ. SEATTLE-A new campus has been created for Northeastern University—Seattle. Designed by the Seattle office of international architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, the University’s extension campus is located in the flourishing South Lake Union neighborhood. Although those involved could not disclose any construction price, we learned that the campus and its location are designed to “enhance the […]
Long-Term Jobless Fix The jobless rate has been edging downward, but the long-term unemployed have been left out. Do we need a targeted program to get these 4.8M Americans back to work?
Newtown Gunman Had Interest In Other Mass Murders “It certainly lends some evidence of prior planning and at least a fascination with these kind of incidents, if not using it as a way to sort of develop a plan,” said Jack McDevitt, associate dean in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Other killers have been found with materials from […]
The Christian Science Monitor Not happy, Iran, with a Hollywood movie? Argo make your own. Soviet officials reportedly were miffed by the depiction of an American who was at first besotted by the radical ideas of the revolution but who lost faith as the totalitarian aftermath set in. They immediately gave the green light to an ambitious multi-part film saga dubbed “Red Bells,” says Northeastern University Russian expert, Harlow Robinson, […]
Boston.com Mass. House Speaker names new gun advisory panel Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo has named an eight-member panel to advise him on the way to address gun violence. The Winthrop Democrat said he formed the group in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn., and other recent mass killings. DeLeo said the group will suggest laws that would help avoid similar tragedies. […]
CNBC Doctor Shortage Getting Worse “We need to have a lot more nurse practitioners on the job,” said Terry Fulmer a nurse and the dean of Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. “Obviously, they don’t have the education of a physician, but they are highly trained professionals. And if the outcome is equal to what a doctor would […]
Mass. seeks to get all taxpayers to file returns online This tax season, it’s the rare filer who still fills out a paper form by hand. But not rare enough, in the view of the state Department of Revenue.