Not much went Northeastern’s way in the first two months of the 2013-14 men’s basketball season. Losing both leading scorer Joel Smith (16.1 PPG) and leading assist man Jonathan Lee (4.0 APG) to graduation after last season, Bill Coen knew there might be some bumpy spots for his Huskies. But no one expected them to […]

Most theories of group formation argue that people cluster together based on pre-existing similarities—shared ethnicity or beliefs or a favorite team. “If you asked the average person on the street or even many psychologists to pick one thing that could explain how groups form,” says Lisa Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern University in Boston who […]

Northeastern University in Seattle, Wash., is attempting to help middle school girls get into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through a venture called the GAMES initiative, GeekWire reports. GAMES Initiative is a partnership with Northeastern, Institute of Systems Biology and the National Girls Collaborative Project to help launch three free video games intended to help girls […]

Today marks the first day of the sixth annual Global Game Jam, in which thousands of developers from over fifty countries are expected to participate in a 48-hour design challenge over the coming weekend. At 5 PM in each time zone, Global Game Jam participants will be given a theme for this year’s challenge. Past years’ […]

Daniel A. Austin, Northeastern University School of Law  “What are bankruptcy exemptions, and how do they work.  People tend to ‘know’ that debtors can usually file personal bankruptcy and keep their property, but most debtors have no idea how this happens before they meet with their attorney.” “Most important: do not try to cope with […]

A high-profile activist investor’s latest use of the megaphone is to call for an iconic tech firm to split up. Carl Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal, separating the online auction site from the digital payment service. eBay’s CEO wants to hang onto PayPal. He says keeping it provides that enduring corporate buzzword: synergy. […]

The success of a free massive open online course focused on philanthropy has prompted Northeastern University, which founded the course in partnership with the sister of billionaire Warren Buffett, to launch a laboratory designed to empower social change and civic engagement, campus officials said. The university announced this week the launch of the Social Impact Lab, describing […]

The data program is based on best practices outlined by the Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University. Byrnes says officers will record race data for any involuntary interaction, such as a traffic stop or questioning, basically anytime officers “insert themselves” into someone’s life for more than a casual conversation.

As to whether an increase in the minimum wage helps those who need it, consider this fact: 39 percent of white teens find summer jobs, while only 19 percent of black teens do, according to Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies. That 20 percent gap could have multiple causes, but one contributing factor is […]