For all the recent focus on campus sexual assault, new federal numbers show the risk on campuses is still lower than it is for non-students. And the report casts some doubt on a statistic we’ve heard a lot – that 1 in 5 college students are raped or sexually assaulted. JAMES FOX: That statistic we […]

Graduates of Northeastern University are also more likely to stay in the Boston area, in part because of the school’s cooperative learning program, the study found. “A lot of the businesses try to establish relationships with students from these colleges even prior to them graduating,” said Alexa Manocchio, a Franklin native and Northeastern University graduate. […]

Civil rights activists and some police chiefs are warning that the Obama administration’s proposal to help local police departments buy 50,000 body cameras must come with firm rules on how to use the equipment. They say that without proper oversight to address potential misuse, such as when police turn off their cameras during brutal acts, […]

It’s a hangover nightmare that makes your heart drop into your (already sour) stomach: waking up from a night of debauchery at the local bar only to discover you’ve left your credit card, tab unpaid, behind. But a new app being created by two Northeastern University graduates, and a former MIT engineer, is looking to […]

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes, yet many people never check their credit reports (that’s right, you have more than one). Don’t wait until you suspect a problem to order your reports. “Make sure to obtain an annual copy of your credit card report from each credit card rating agency,” said Coleen […]

The demand for electricity has, of course, grown exponentially since then, and it’s expected to keep rising; the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates we’ll be using almost one-third more by 2040. But while the grid has developed into a vast network, it sometimes struggles to meet demand and to withstand bad weather and technical failures. […]

We picked the CoffeeBar for a spot on this list before its Kickstarter campaign was even over. We first interviewed the creators of the coffee-infused energy and breakfast bar in September, barely a week after the campaign had launched. At the time, CoffeeBar had yet to raise $25,000. By the time it ended on Nov. 6, […]

Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy said this is not the first time an editor has quit to avoid implementing job cuts. But Kennedy said such moves can be futile gestures, particularly at large media companies that often adhere to staffing formulas and ratios. “It’s just another day in the shrinkage of legacy newspapers, unfortunately,” […]

Down Huntington Avenue, Northeastern University bio and chemical engineers are using nanotechnology to kill Ebola and stop it from mutating. Before this year’s outbreak, many Americans had never heard of Ebola. But the virus isn’t new. It first emerged in 1976, and over the decades, the Ebolavirus genus has mutated into five strains, four of […]

James Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University, told PolitiFact National in May that  the “one-in-five statistic shouldn’t just be taken with a grain of salt, but the entire shaker.” Fox said the issue of sexual assaults on campuses shouldn’t be diminished but faulted the White House for citing national […]

Many more ideas are on the drawing board, such as a South Station expansion, a rail link between North and South stations, the purchase of smaller trains called DMUs, more bike lanes, the construction of commuter rail to Fall River and New Bedford, bus rapid transit, and highway interchange reconstructions. As for the MBTA, often […]

How do people interpret the facts so differently, even when they observe the same event? With the recent grand jury decision not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, national attention has returned to the ambiguities of the witness statements that play such a large role in grand jury decisions. The […]