On Marathon Monday in 2013, Northeastern University student Shores Salter ran toward the bombings and “made the choice to go forward when others went back,” president Joseph E. Aoun told a crowd of about 20,000 graduates, faculty, and guests at the school’s commencement ceremony Friday. Salter, among those receiving a degree, found a woman whose […]

The prosecution might fear that some jurors “may admire her and be swayed by her mere presence as a defense witness,” says Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston who has been following the case, in an e-mail to the Monitor. “In the eyes of the prosecution, this risk might […]

“By 2017, vehicles from Cadillac and others will offer hands-off self-driving options for highway cruising. What this means is that we are very close to offering cars that operate without driver input for extended periods of time. The sensors are there. The communication protocols are developed. It’s safe to say that within five years, most […]

In a commentary also published in Science, Dr David Lazer from Northeastern University in Boston said this was an awkward comparison: “It is not possible to determine definitively whether Facebook encourages or hinders political discussion across partisan divides relative to a pre-Facebook world, because we do not have nearly the same quality or quantity of data […]

Augment emerged from a breakthrough made in 2004 by biologist Jonathan Tilly, then at Harvard Medical School and now chair of biology at Northeastern University. He found that cells scraped from the outer surface of the ovary contain the precursor cells that can provide a more reliable source of energy to older eggs. “The technique […]

Jobble, which is based out of Northeastern University’s IDEA Venture Accelerator, launched an open beta in Boston at the beginning of April, and has seen a solid response from users. In just a month, more than 500 people have signed up and are actively using the app to find event work. Osofisan says Jobble is […]

Trafficking laws in the U.S. are still new: They’ve existed for only 15 years. And definitions of trafficking can be difficult to interpret. Federal and state trafficking laws are generally about the denial of a person’s liberty, but what exactly does that mean? The criminologists Amy Farrell and Rebecca Pfeffer (from Northeastern University and the […]

The land beneath a vast highway interchange in Allston could benefit from some fresh pairs of eyes. Through a lucky convergence of events — the state’s move to all-electronic tolling just as a half-century-old Mass. Pike viaduct nears the end of its intended lifespan — the Massachusetts Department of Transportation plans to straighten out the highway […]

Some academics said Facebook was always tweaking the News Feed and could easily make changes that would create a more sealed echo chamber. “A small effect today might become a large effect tomorrow,” David Lazer, a political scientist at Northeastern University who studies social networks,wrote in a commentary on the Facebook study also published in […]

The Massachusetts medical-device industry maintained its position as the second-biggest cluster in the country, even as it lost 5 percent of its workforce, according to a new report. The state continued to add companies, attract venture capital funding, and increase exports, said the analysis from the trade group Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council.

Business leaders face substantial challenges and opportunities in the current global economic environment. Customer expectations for faster, better, cheaper goods and services are increasing at an accelerating pace, in no small part due to the creation of global markets and distribution systems. And, more and better data and information have enabled precise segmentation and targeting […]

These lone wolf-style attacks are simple to execute and difficult to thwart, experts said. The attacks typically involve one or two people who support a certain ideology but have no direct links to an organization, which means the attackers are often flying under the radar of security officials. Simpson, 30, had been identified by the […]