“Because we are a patriarchal society, a lot of the root cause here is attributable to hypermasculinity,” said Dan Lebowitz, director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University. “ ‘If I can dominate you, I’m a man.’ That’s a powerful dynamic. But where is the construct that teaches youngsters […]

For all of the scholars and academics that occupy our fine city, you think they’d take a break from things like medicine and 3D printing for just one second to focus on things that are truly important. Luckily, Benjamin Schmidt, a professor in Northeastern’s Department of History, has done exactly that. Schmidt, using a database […]

Northeastern historian Ben Schmidt specializes in finding patterns in large bodies of digital text. Usually his work pertains to serious topics, but on a lark—in a single evening, in fact—he pulled closed captioning text to create a database of every line of (nearly) every Simpsons episode from the show’s 25-year run. His search tool, which […]

Does the triumph of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq herald the undoing of colonial-era boundaries elsewhere in the Middle East and Third World? Are other graves turning than those marked “Here Lies Sir Mark Sykes and Ci-gît François Georges Picot” – those of their partners in partition? It should not be overlooked: Nearly […]

During the same time, these national universities listed in the top 100 rose more than 20 steps: Texas Christian University (from 99th to 76th); University of Massachusetts-Amherst (also 99th to 76th); and Northeastern University (69th to 42nd). “Northeastern is worthy of study,” said Ralph W. Kuncl, president of University of Redlands in California, who has […]

The 30th edition of “Best Colleges” was released Tuesday. Brian Kelly, editor of U.S News & World Report, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the process behind the rankings.

Two weeks ago, National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell said he had gotten the Ray Rice decision wrong and rolled out new standards against domestic violence. Now, faced with a new video showing the running back cold-cocking his fiancée in an Atlantic City elevator, some analysts say, it’s a chance for Goodell to make good […]

The day Debra Wolverton was laid off from her retail sales job in June 2013, she stopped by some businesses on her way home in Austin, Texas, to ask for work. She was told to apply online. She did, countless times for countless job openings. She seldom got a response. Today, Wolverton, 48, is still […]

Within six months, there could be as many as 20,000 Ebola cases, the World Health Organization estimated last week. The BBC reported Friday that more than 2,000 people of 3,044 known cases in West Africa have already died in the current outbreak. The WHO is just one of the government agencies and groups around the […]

The Islamic State has recruiters all over the Western world seeking out new members though social media or known jihadi supporters in Canada, Britain, the U.S. and other largely non-Muslim nations. The militant group’s sophisticated media center is a vital part of spreading their message: Join us or die. But getting the word out is […]

By the end of August, more than 1,800 people had already died during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and the total number of infections was more than twice that amount. So what will September hold? Alessandro Vespignani has looked at the outbreak and studied the response on the ground. The Northeastern University physicist has […]

What is The Simpsons? It’s a television show, certainly—specifically, the longest-running American sitcom of all time. It’s a cultural touchstone. It’s a delight. But it’s also an archival collection—25 years’ worth of characters, themes, stories, and scripts. To celebrate the show’s quarter-century of existence, fans are being treated to projects that capitalize on this documentary […]