Teen dating abuse is common and complex, studies say The new survey results are in the line with some other findings, says Carlos Cuevas, a researcher from Northeastern University-Boston, who is presenting new data on dating violence among Latino youth at the conference. But he says the details behind the gender findings in various studies are important. When girls are the aggressors, he says, […]
NBC News Girls commit dating violence as often as boys, studies show “We see in other research that the psychological stuff has just as much of a negative impact on health outcomes as the physical and sexual” violence, said Carlos Cuevas, associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, who is also presenting a study on youth dating violence at meeting.
Rare-earth mineral substitutes could defeat Chinese stranglehold “Nothing happens. Nothing happens. And then everything happens,” says Laura Lewis, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. “Our results are highly preliminary but we have found signatures of layering in the materials we have made.” This is significant, she says, because the layering of iron and nickel suggests that the nanomaterial […]
Young People Employed At Lowest Levels Since WWII Teen unemployment is triple the national average, but Andrew Sum, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, says the number is actually much worse. Unemployment figures only count people who are “actively looking for work,” but many teens and young adults, explains Sum, drop out of the […]
Boston.com Northeastern holds first job fair for community residents, hundreds of available jobs Northeastern University will hold its first job fair for local residents on Wednesday, with hundreds of available jobs up for grabs. “We are committed and dedicated to being a good neighbor and to provide resources and support to the surrounding communities,” Cheryl Whitfield, Assistant Vice President of Talent Management & Organizational Development, said today in […]
New Player in Adaptive Learning Peter Stokes is executive director of postsecondary innovation in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. He has written about adaptive learning, and thinks it has the potential to be used across much of higher education. However, Stokes said the technology is particularly valuable for colleges that are concerned about boosting their student success rates, at […]
The Atlantic Cities Flood, Rebuild, Repeat: Are We Ready for a Superstorm Sandy Every Other Year? Matthias Ruth, an economist at Northeastern University who focuses on climate impacts, says the key is to provide a financial return for planning ahead. “We know that what once was the 100-year floodplain now is the 10- or 5-year floodplain. So what we need to do is give the incentives to either fortify buildings, elevate them, flood-proof […]
MetroWest Daily News THE SPITZ TAKE: Minor thefts, major offense “Even serious crime can be senseless,” said Jack Levin, co-director of Northeastern University’s Brudnick Center of Violence. “What does a rampage shooter get from his killing spree? He makes no money and doesn’t know his victims. Not unlike a rampage shooter, those who commit petty and useless crimes may have the same motive: revenge. “But […]
The Boston Herald Top cop’s admission surprises experts It’s rare for police agencies to publicly acknowledge investigative blunders like Boston’s top cop did after the revelation detectives failed to arrest a man for a violent Roxbury assault last September who is now charged in two Southie attacks and is also a “person of interest” in the Amy Lord murder, experts said yesterday. “Most […]
Northeastern Becomes Boston’s First to Get ‘Real,’ Commits to Serving Sustainable Food Northeastern President Joseph Aoun recently took to Twitter to announce the University’s commitment to purchasing at least 20 percent of their food from local, fair and sustainable sources by 2020. With that pledge publicly made, Northeastern became Boston’s first higher education institution to join the Real Food Challenge. Spun from Boston-based nonprofit The Food Project, the Real Food Challenge […]
International Business Times China’s Economic Hard Landing: Think Twice Before Gloating Over China’s Slowdown “When you are talking about restructuring a giant economy like the Chinese economy … I don’t know what more they [Chinese leaders] can do,” said Ravi Ramamurti, director of the Centre for Emerging Markets at Boston’s Northeastern University.
Emotional trauma may have kept Amy Lord from fleeing Often, victims are afraid of escalating the violence against them, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University. He pointed to the murder of eight nursing students in Chicago in 1966 by just one man, Richard Speck. Speck tied the women up in their apartment, promising that all he wanted was money, and then […]