Daniel Hartman analyzed different measures of wealth and poverty in Boston for a graduate-level class in visualization technologies at Northeastern University. Using data from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey, he mapped each of the 166 primary Census tracts in Boston, using a number of metrics, including unemployment, rent burden, household income, commute times, home ownership, […]

“There’s no question, the Islamic State presence in Egypt is growing,” said terror expert Max Abrahms, a professor at Northeastern University. “The el-Sissi government is trying very hard to use preventative measures to crack down on Islamists and he’s been directing the efforts against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and yet the strategy doesn’t seem […]

Three legal cases attracting attention in Boston With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s defense team filing a placeholder appeal on his  June 23, 2015  death sentence in the Boston Marathon Bombing case, the revelation that comedian Bill Cosby admitted to giving Quaaludes to women in 2005, so he could sexual assault them, and several lawsuits pending  between casino […]

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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.6 million grant to two Northeastern University professors who are designing a student progress tracking program. The web-based program will be specifically tailored to elementary school students with emotional or behavioral disorders such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression, all conditions that make students more likely to struggle in […]

Price tags for superstar coaches like Stoops ($5 million a year from the University of Oklahoma) and Pitino ($5.75 million from the University of Louisville) are “becoming an issue for a lot of state legislatures,” says Dan Lebowitz, executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University in Boston. […]

Today I signed my first real job offer to be a junior designer at Localytics. I love the work. I love the people. I love the culture. I love the opportunity to grow. I didn’t receive the job offer because I’m an incredible designer, but because I showed a strong worth ethic and a willingness […]

Peter Enrich, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in tax incentives, said a strong economic argument against the tax credit was no match for such a concerted political campaign. “It’s very hard for the legislators to sit and look at a room full of people who say their job is on the line and […]

But Katelyn Monaghan, director of Audiology Services at Northeastern University, said while the study offers exciting potential, in its current form it only gives hope to a small group. “This is a very limited population,” she cautioned. “There could be a huge false hope for parents. That crushing feeling of ‘There’s nothing you can do […]

Brandon Valeriano of the University of Glasgow and Ryan Maness of Northeastern University started the debate in Foreign Affairs magazine on April 30. Claiming that “Putin is not as strong as he might seem or, more important, as he might hope,” they argued that Russia had achieved nothing of value by interfering in Ukraine, selling arms […]

Max Abrahms, a Northeastern University political science professor who studies terrorism, said judges rarely throw out plea deals agreed to by prosecutors. “He was very clear about what his intent was, and why he wanted to attack this predominantly Muslim town,” Abrahms said, later adding: “So far, the treatment of this guy has been too […]