Boston.com Napolitano gives Veterans Day address in Boston Kristin Jamison never met her father before he lost his life in Vietnam. Marine Cpl. Robert Lewis Curry died in the line of duty after volunteering to take someone else’s patrol. Now 46, Jamison called it humbling Monday to hear U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak of his sacrifice as Northeastern University added Curry’s […]
A Growing Community Of Jews In Nigeria AUDIO: Northeastern University professor William Miles has been conducting research in West Africa for more than 30 years. So it came as a surprise to him that he learned only recently of a growing Jewish community in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja. Nigeria is about half Muslim and half Christian. Animism is practiced as well. […]
Northeastern president makes wise use of YouTube Americans love reality television, but only if the reality is worth tuning into. So it’s safe to say that most university presidents won’t be getting their own Bravo shows anytime soon. Campus administration isn’t quite as adventurous as the life of Honey Boo Boo. Still, that hasn’t stopped Joseph Aoun, the president of Northeastern University, […]
Advice To The Next President: Health Care Cost Containment As anyone following the 2012 election knows, Massachusetts has served as a model for the expansion of health care coverage nationally. The Bay State’s 2006 universal health care law (sometimes called “Romneycare”) was famously the prototype for the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. “Obamacare”). Now, Massachusetts could become the standard bearer for how to get costs […]
Weekend Picks: WordSong What: Spencer Day at The Fenway Center at Northeastern University When: Saturday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. More: Spencer Day is a singer/pianist who came from the tradition of jazz piano clubs and the America Songbook, MGM musicals and jazz standards. He’s opened for Rufus Wainright and appeared at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival and is […]
Texas Observer Highway Injustice Texas leads the nation in unsolved serial highway homicides. Could interstate cooperation deliver closure? The picture shown to the jurors was enough to haunt them for a lifetime: a young girl with jet-black hair and pale skin, standing amid the tumbledown ruins of a wooden barn in rural Illinois. She wears a dress that reaches […]
For many blacks, Obama’s reelection cements his legacy For many blacks, reelection provides irrefutable evidence that presidency was hardly a historical fluke. Obama’s victory meant a great deal to veterans of the civil rights movement. “I am completely exhilarated,” said Margaret Burnham, a law professor at Northeastern University. “This victory gives us an opportunity to fulfill the promises of democracy all across the […]
CBC-TV The Real Dirt on Gossip Gossip. It is everywhere. Every week tens of millions of North Americans read gossip magazines, scan celebrity blogs and websites, and follow Twitter feeds that buzz incessantly with both rumours—and truth. Meanwhile office gossip about who got a raise, who is underperforming, and who is getting hired or fired, tirelessly fills our desires for workplace […]
MoneyBombs in the 2012 election MAPPING American election campaign contributions has developed into an art form. Usually the information is presented by location and amount. But researchers at Northeastern University’s LazerLAB have produced an animated infographic that shows it by time as well.
Boston Magazine Vegetarian and Vegan Options on Campus Throughout the dining halls on Boston’s campuses, students that decide to take the animal-free route embark on a challenge. Many students rely on campus dining halls for all of their meals. But what kind of dining options are available on campus? Students at Northeastern University are offered vegetarian options at International Village, vegan and vegetarian […]
Free Food, Shuttle Services & On-Campus Parties: Boston’s Colleges Encourage Students To Vote Greater Boston’s college students have made it clear they’re ready to vote in the 2012 presidential election and, lucky for them, their schools have jumped to supporting them. From shuttle services and speaker series to election viewing parties promising free food and heated debate, there’s plenty of presidential fun happening today at campuses across the […]
Boston.com Northeastern president Joseph Aoun has own YouTube web series The President of Northeastern University, Joseph Aoun, is now somewhat of a YouTube celebrity, having been in a total of four short films in the past year. The videos promote Northeastern’s “Presidential Speaker Series: Profiles in Innovation,” in which the university brings high profile guests to campus. And although the lectures are serious, Aoun’s videos […]