Ask Well: Help for the Deskbound One of the problems with office work is that many of us are using chairs that don’t fit our bodies very well or give adequate support to the back, said Jack Dennerlein, a professor at Northeastern’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences in Boston who specializes in ergonomics and safety. If you are experiencing back pain, […]
A rational response to Sandy Hook By contrast, according to James Alan Fox, Northeastern University criminologist, between 1980 and 2010 there were, on average, 20 mass murders a year (defined by the FBI as four or more killings in the same incident) with an average annual death toll of about 100. That’s a mere 0.01% of the average homicide total. If […]
Boston-area colleges bracing for students’ return As thousands of Boston-area college students return to town for the spring semester, university officials are taking preventive measures to avoid further outbreaks of influenza. Some institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Simmons College, Tufts University, and Wellesley College, are offering free flu vaccinations to students. At a few of these schools […]
Forbes The Making of an Entrepreneur A report published by Ernst & Young called Nature or nurture? Decoding the DNA of the entrepreneur, argues that entrepreneurial leaders are made, not born. According to the report, “There is no single entrepreneurship gene. But there are traits and experiences that make it more likely that an individual will choose the path of entrepreneurship […]
Crime Reported To Law Enforcement Rises The overall increase in violent crime should not be surprising or cause for alarm, said Northeastern University criminology professor James Alan Fox. With a steady decline in violent crime over the past two decades, “it is almost inevitable that some bounce back would occur,” he said. The number of murders was down 1.7 percent and […]
Patrick Proposes Expanding Rail Service; Revenue Options Listed With the release of a long-awaited transportation financing report (PDF) on Monday, Gov. Deval Patrick is proposing to expand rail service across the state. Patrick is endorsing a plan by the state Department of Transportation that would fund rail service from Pittsfield to New York, provide year-round train service to Hyannis, and build a commuter […]
Green Universities: 25 Of The World’s Greenest Campuses When it comes to going green, some universities are taking on the world. In its annual report, UI GreenMetric, a worldwide university ranking system, listed 215 of the world’s most sustainable and eco-friendly campuses of 2012. Schools were ranked on areas of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education. #4: […]
Momentum grows for tougher gun laws in Mass. As one step, the speaker is creating a commission, which will include outside experts, to take a comprehensive look at the state’s gun laws. Led by Jack McDevitt, a criminal justice specialist and associate dean at Northeastern University, the panel will be charged with determining what works and what does not. McDevitt, who met with […]
The 2013 outlook: Slow hiring, then it picks up The fastest job growth will occur in construction, as housing and commercial real estate markets rebound, as well as in two technology related sectors, professional and business services and information services, and leisure and hospitality, according to forecasts. The economy will “slowly accelerate, and by the end of the year we should have stronger growth,” […]
Newsday Public sends mixed message on athletes and drug use “The answer is ‘no,’ ” said Northeastern University law professor Roger Abrams, whose extensive writing on sports and law includes the 2010 book “Sports Justice.” The Hall of Fame — where Abrams spent six months as its first scholar-in-residence in 2006 — “is a private organization,” he said, “without public money. It’s not a government” […]
Real Estate: Huntington Ave. Y gets a face lift The Huntington Avenue YMCA’s brick and iron facade and its familiar rooftop sign near Symphony Hall will remain unchanged. But simultaneous projects totaling more than $100 million by the YMCA of Greater Boston and Northeastern University are about to transform the landscape on that section of Huntington Avenue. As the YMCA updates its facilities, the […]
U.S. News Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows Another expert, Leo Beletsky, an assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University School of Law & Bouve College of Health Sciences in Boston, is concerned that government efforts to curb narcotic painkiller abuse may go too far. “Government officials have championed a number of solutions drawn primarily from the drug enforcement playbook, […]