Celebrating ‘Harry Partch Legacy’ Harry Partch, the startlingly original 20th-century American composer, is the focus of a rare three-day festival this week, co-presented by New England Conservatory and Northeastern University.
Obama and Romney economic advisers spar on taxes, US aid In a Northeastern University classroom, the architect of President Obama’s stimulus plan and a key economic adviser to presidential candidate Mitt Romney laid out competing visions on how to repair the nation’s economy — the issue that has come to define the election campaign.
Discovery News Robot Reveals Why Humans Trust, And Don’t Humans often make snap judgements about who to trust. Most people will say “I didn’t like the look of that person,” but what that means, exactly, has been elusive. Now a robot is helping to tease that out. At Northeastern University, psychology professor David DeSteno wanted to see what was going on. Working with partners […]
Some Practical Experience with that Degree? Getting from college to a paycheck is a big worry for young adults; in 2011, only 18% of college grads had job offers by the end of April before graduation, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Boston.com Manufacturing poised for promising future, Northeastern University study says After decades of losing factory and assembly line jobs, manufacturing is poised for a promising future in Massachusetts, thanks to corporate investments in cutting-edge technologies and skilled workers who are churning out high-end products faster and cheaper than ever here, a new study says. Barry Bluestone, the lead researcher on the study and director of […]
Big Gift, New Name for Northeastern B-School Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration is getting a $60 million cash injection – and a new name. In honor of a university-record gift from alums Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim, the school will now be known as the D’Amore-McKim School of Business. It is the first college or school at Northeastern to be named […]
Northeastern University Gets $60 Million Donation Northeastern University will rename its college of business after two alumni who are donating $60 million, the largest gift in the school’s history.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Northeastern U. Gets Record $60-Million Gift for Business School Two Massachusetts businessmen who dropped out of Northeastern University but later went back and earned degrees have donated $30-million each to the Boston institution’s business school, The Boston Globe writes.
Northeastern U. to rename business school after receiving largest gift ever Two Northeastern University alumni gave a $60 million gift, a gift that will put their names on the school’s College of Business Administration.
Northeastern gets $60m to rename the business school Two alumni of Northeastern University have given the business school $60m to invest in the undergraduate, graduate and executive programmes at the school, in particular to increase overseas programmes and teaching in entrepreneurship. The two are Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim, and the school will be renamed the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
Facebook friends’ voting has impact on Election Day turnout, study finds One message sent to 60 million Facebook users on Election Day 2010 got at least 300,000 additional people to vote, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature magazine. The message showed the recipient which friends said they had already voted. The result was that the recipient was likely to also go out and vote. […]
Thinking About an Overseas Transfer? Some employees want to work abroad because they love the idea of living the life of an expatriate. Others look at an overseas assignment as golden for their résumés. But working outside of the U.S. isn’t necessarily good for everyone’s pocketbook.