Still, some architectural critics say the Seaport still looks more like an outpost of the suburbs or the Sun Belt than an extension of downtown Boston. And there’s only so much one building can do to change that, said George Thrush, an architecture professor at Northeastern University. The problem, Thrush said, goes back to the […]

What could explain growing market concentration? John Kwoka of Northeastern University says that in the past 20 years, the Federal Trade Commission has become less likely to challenge mergers in industries with five or more big competitors, while maintaining stiff scrutiny where just a handful of competitors prevail. Rising regulatory burdens, for example on banks, […]

The network structure of the human brain is almost perfectly organized for transmitting and processing information, scientists have found. A team of researchers led by Northeastern University physicist Dmitri Krioukov found that the network structure of the human brain is almost perfectly designed. The finding has implications for evolutionary theory and could help identify and cure neurological […]

“The basic claim is at best unsustainable or more likely pure fiction. A fact created out of thin air,” Ramiro Martinez, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, told PolitiFact. The bottom line, PolitiFact says, is that it’s unclear just how many undocumented immigrants are currently in prison, because the available statistics don’t provide details […]

While there are a number of printed/flexible (P/F) sensors available today, (see Electronic Products, “Printed/ Flexible Sensors Add New Options for Designers,” June 2015, pp. 26, 28), leading research universities and institutes worldwide are engaged in even more interesting, advanced developments. Among those research centers, and this is not an exhaustive list, are Imec Holst […]

Jack McDevitt, director of Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice, said there should be a conversation about which warrants should be executed by local police departments. “People are getting warrants served on them every day, but you don’t need SWAT teams to always do that,” said McDevitt. “How are people evaluating when to bring […]

“One of the things we are always looking to do in admissions is create a personal connection with students,” Kurt Heissenbuttel, director of undergraduate admissions at Boston’s Northeastern University, told NBC News. Right now, most prospective students check out Northeastern’s virtual campus through its website. But Heissenbuttel expects more to access it through virtual reality […]

It’s summer and that means intern season is in full swing. According to a recent Washington Post piece by Jeffrey Selingo, “More than 70 to 80 percent of new hires at big companies like Facebook, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and eBay come through their internship programs now, compared to about half or less just a decade ago.” […]

The New England Muzzle Awards call attention to outrages against free speech. The annual Fourth of July round-up — now in its 18th year — ranges from the serious to the ridiculous and all points in between. And we’ll get to that. First, though, a digression. The 2015 awards come amid what can only be […]

Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed said it was not a significant move by the defense. “The defense wants to make sure it doesn’t waive its right to challenge any particular issues,” said Medwed. “They’re exercising caution.” Calls and emails from The Huffington Post to Tsarnaev’s defense team were not immediately answered.

Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said it’s the amount of media coverage that matters. “It’s the excessive media attention that creates the copycat phenomenon. We make celebrities out of monsters,” Levin said, noting that there are trading cards, action figures and magazine covers featuring murderers. Researchers behind the new study also found that […]

“We should be looking for every conceivable way to connect with these kids and motivate them to stay in school,” says former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, who teaches political science at Northeastern and the University of California at Los Angeles.