The U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the first quarter, according to a revised government calculation, while the Massachusetts economy shrank at a 0.3 percent rate over the same period, MassBenchmarks said Wednesday. Revisions can significantly alter estimates of economic growth. In late April, for instance, the Commerce Department said […]

The raging conflict over Gaza has led to intense debate and protests here in the United States. The State Department is advising Americans against traveling to Israel and the Palestinian territories as long-range missile attacks continue. Last week, a group of Northeastern University students studying in Israel cut their trip short due to safety concerns.

This spring, labor markets gained strength locally and nationally, the UMass report said, rebounding after an unusually harsh winter that slowed consumer spending and exports. Massachusetts employment grew at a 1.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter, up from 1.2 percent in the first quarter, said Alan Clayton-Matthews, a professor of economics at Northeastern […]

By now, most sci­en­tists — 97 per­cent of them, to be exact — agree that the tem­per­a­ture of the planet is rising and that the increase is due to human activ­i­ties such as fossil fuel use and defor­esta­tion. But until recently, the jury was still out regarding the vari­ability sur­rounding that increase — for example, […]

Congrats. You had the job interview. Now, your work is done, right? Wrong. In today’s hypercompetitive job market, effective follow-up after the interview is a must, and failing to do it well might cause you to lose out to another candidate. The line between being persistent and being a pain, however, is blurry at best. […]

In checking Perry’s claim, we’d asked criminologists recommended to us by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York how to interpret the DPS-presented information. Notably, the DPS web page doesn’t specify when the 3,070 homicide charges in the criminal histories of all the “alien” individuals arrested in Texas since October 2008 accumulated. […]

A way of opening dialogue comes across the Al di qua del ponte, as well as other innumerous messages of multicultural diversity, communication and mutual understanding. I remember when I was studying in Boston, the ISSI team — the international student and scholar institute at Northeastern University — instilled passion for cultures, education oriented to […]

Research Digest compiled several studies on the psychology of first impressions, and we’ve highlighted five of the best ways to instantly appear competent. When you first meet someone, always look them in the eye. A study by Northeastern University asked participants to watch videos of strangers talking to each other for the first time and […]

According to security experts, the major concern at U.S. ports is not the terminal operators themselves — or which nation owns them — but who screens the containers before they enter the U.S. seaport. “Smuggling things onto containers happens at various stages — those who load the trucks, the trains, the ships — until the […]

Soon after Cordero’s return, two engineers appeared at his door. One, Ingrid Y. Padilla, was a slight, wry hydrologist from a west-coast campus of the university; the other, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, an expert in groundwater remediation, came from Northeastern University. They told Cordero that Puerto Rico has one of the nation’s highest concentrations of Superfund […]

The 3-D groundswell is being embraced by academia, as well. Northeastern University, for instance, opened a comprehensive 3-D printing, 3-D scanning, and laser-cutting lab as part of its library system last year, and is developing coursework around it.

Entrepreneurs approach student internships with a mixture of interest and dread. They like the generally low cost of an internship — modest stipend levels or no cost at all — but they are challenged by how to productively engage an intern. The last thing that a busy entrepreneur can afford is a babysitting job. For […]