“When you have people who are in the workforce already, then we don’t expect them to come to Boston, we have to go to them,” says University President Joseph Aoun. “People who are in the workplace who want to retool or advance and their knowledge is becoming obsolete.” Northeastern has partnered with the San Jose company, […]

Senator Robert Menendez, a powerful Democrat from New Jersey, has been down on his luck lately. He is currently under federal investigation for corruption, and although the senator has denied all allegations, charges are expected to be filed against him any day now. This is not the first time the senator has been investigated. In […]

If you’ve driven a car the past few weeks, you’ve hit a pothole or ten. Every year, we know they’re coming, and yet we’re still dumbfounded by their sheer number and capacity for destruction. And, we wonder, why does this go on? I mean, we have driverless cars, but every spring our roads still crumble […]

While social media has empowered citizen journalism for years, the use of live video could become a powerful tool for these reporters and change the way people get news. “It’s not just that you can upload your video, but you can upload it to the social network, which is vastly more powerful than the Web […]

Northeastern University is opening a new branch campus in Silicon Valley, part of a plan by the Boston university to focus on what it calls “industry-aligned STEM programs grounded in experiential learning.” The move follows the university’s expansion to Seattle, which was announced in 2011. It also operates a regional campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. […]

Legal experts said that could be one possible reason to put him on the stand — for sympathy. “If he were to come across as injured,” Mr. Medwed said, “if they could show that he was a little boy trapped like an animal in this vessel, that could trigger some sympathy.” But, Mr. Medwed added, […]

Nasty road craters are the bane of any driver. Now researchers in Boston are using new technology to spot potholes before they start.

As far as city websites go, Gloucester’s fails — at least according to one Northeastern professor and economist. There are many things that the city is doing right — and many it can also work on — in terms of promoting economic development. But one of those fixes that’s crucial is revamping the city’s website, Barry […]

A new study analyzing how people are influenced by members of Congress indicates a nonpartisan dialogue about controversial issues like immigration can have a powerful effect on voters. “Basically, we wanted to see what impact being in an online town hall would have on constituents and what in particular moved attitudes toward the member of […]

Engineers at Northeastern University are developing a truck that can automatically pinpoint the locations of potholes merely by driving down the street.

Max Abrahms, professor of political science at Northeastern University and member at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that Washington’s actions towards Iran, in the different arenas in which their interests meet, are muddled. “I think that the U.S. position towards Iran is highly confused and conflicted. Washington seems to have a different position towards […]

Since the Arab Spring uprisings, the U.S. has evacuated embassies in Yemen, Syria and Libya. Islamic State fighters and other extremist groups have increasingly taken advantage of instability in these countries and elsewhere. The group has claimed credit for a share of Yemen’s turmoil, and while its role there is not clear, the signals are […]