The startling announcement that Lebron James will return home to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers has set the sports world all ajumble. Of course, the world’s finest basketball player will be paid handsomely for his efforts on the court, but this move means so much more than simple economics. We have come to believe that […]

Ravi Ramamurti, Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director, Center for Emerging Markets at NortheasternUniversity, Boston, Massachusetts, commenting on the Budget said, “The Budget was bound to disappoint, given how high our expectations were.” He said that it has few bold strokes. The government was boxed in politically, by the impending state elections, and […]

In proving that mud crabs can hear, Northeastern University researcher A. Randall Hughes answered a question most scientists in her field never thought to ask. Triggered by a layman’s question, her findings, published in a scientific journal last month, are providing new insight into the ecological community found on coral reefs. “This project was initiated […]

Repeated episodes of senseless carnage have, unfortunately, kept mass murder as one of the top news stories of recent years. And when we associate a face with our collective fears, we easily recall the disturbing image of a young man in Isla Vista, California detailing on video his deadly plan of revenge for his failed […]

Tried-and-true email campaigns and Web pages may not be sufficient anymore for striking a chord with college-bound individuals. Forbes revealed that some schools are utilizing Skype and other video calling services to conduct applicant interviews, while others are texting prospective students to remind them of application deadlines. Meanwhile, sites like YouVisit are completely changing the […]

Experts said the rise in violent offenses was relatively small given the decade of crime decline the city has seen. James Alan Fox, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, said six months of data could be misleading. The increases could level out or reverse by the year’s end, he said. “Only when you start […]

A rocky bluff overlooking Massachusetts Bay has had many lives: a US senator’s estate, a World War II bunker, a Cold War missile base. Now, Northeastern University is gambling that it can turn the location into a research magnet for tens of millions in federal dollars to study climate change. Studying the impact of global […]

A few schools have started offering Fullbridge-type experiential learning programs to fill that gap. Some, like Bowdoin, invite Fullbridge onto their campuses and pay part of the cost. Others—including Northeastern, Mount Holyoke and the University of Central Florida—have so-called “experiential learning” options under which their students to work with employers in their chosen fields before […]

Humans make emotional connections with objects all the time. From their earliest years, most toddlers cling to a favorite inanimate object, such as a rattle or a fuzzy blanket. When we grow older, we become attached to other things. Some 55% of us would give up caffeine and 70% would give up alcohol before giving […]

Botox: The telltale frozen foreheads and cheeks are ubiquitous symbols of vanity and status here in L.A. But recently, researchers have looked at other, non-cosmetic uses for Botox. One study published this year bolstered a theory that the injections may help relieve depression. The idea is that when our faces are less able to express […]

It’s day 15 of Mission 31, and the ocean explorer and environmentalist, who was kind enough to let me visit, seems very much in his element. Today he’s monitoring the vital signs of coral that’s been exposed to things like fer­tilizer runoff. “What we found was pretty surprising in terms of why reefs in close […]

Ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau recently wrapped up his record-breaking underwater expedition, Mission 31. Cousteau lived and worked for 31 days aboard the world’s only undersea laboratory: the Aquarius Reef Base, more than sixty feet underwater, in the Florida Keys. Cousteau’s mission honored the pioneering work of his famous grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, who led a similar […]