Drug Lab Scandal: What Did Prosecutors Know? As someone who has studied past forensic scandals, I thought I was sufficiently jaded when it came to lurid stories about what goes on behind-the-scenes in our country’s crime labs. Then I learned about the alleged misdeeds of Annie Dookhan.
Former Northeastern University President Kenneth G. Ryder dead at 88 Kenneth G. Ryder, former president of Northeastern University, has died, according to the university’s website. He was 88. Ryder was NU’s fourth president, serving for 14 years beginning in 1975. During his tenure, he launched the College of Computer Science as well as nearly two dozen research institutes, according to Northeastern.
Advice To The Next President: The Future Of ‘Obamacare’ The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is either the most significant accomplishment or the most disastrous mistake in U.S. domestic policy over the past four years. President Barack Obama has embraced the (originally derisive) nickname “Obamacare” to describe the law, saying he now “kind of likes it.” Gov. Mitt Romney has promised to “repeal and replace” […]
Celebrating 100 Years Since Dracula Creator’s Death It’s been 100 years since the death of “Dracula” author Bram Stoker. To commemorate the anniversary –- and with one day before Halloween — we speak to vampire expert, Dragan Kujundzic, about the blood lust for vampires in literature and cinema. On Wednesday at 6 p.m., Dragan will be giving a lecture as part of […]
U.S. violent crime down for fifth straight year Violent crime in the United States fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2011 with murder, rape and robbery all going down, although crime remains a serious problem in many urban areas, the FBI said on Monday. James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said crime has continued to decline from a peak in […]
New York Times: In Seattle, Virtual University Will Have a Physical Campus, Too SEATTLE — With name tags clipped on and PowerPoint at the ready, officials from Northeastern University invited prospective students in one night last week for a peek at a new extension campus, 2,500 miles from the school’s home in Boston and about as far northwest as you can get in the lower 48 without swim […]
The Cape Cod Times Brown’s ‘moderate’ label debated As he has pursued re-election in one of the most predominantly Democratic states in the nation, Republican Scott Brown’s voting record during his three years on Capitol Hill — and the extent to which he has or has not lined up with his party’s leadership — has been a focal point.
WGBH 30 Issues Discussion: Trade We continue our 30 Issues in 30 Days election coverage with a conversation on trade. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney touched on it earlier this week during the foreign policy debate, so Boston Public Radio host Philip Martin asks, what role should trade play in deciding the election? GUEST: Sonia Rolland, Associate Professor at […]
Mass. economy slows as US growth picks up Massachusetts’ economic growth slowed significantly over the summer while the national economy showed a modest pickup, according to two reports released Friday. Clayton-Matthews, who compiled the data for the UMass report, said he expects economic growth in the state to pick up modestly over the next two quarters to an annual rate of 2.3 percent, […]
The Seattle Times Editorial: Northeastern’s branch campus a welcome addition Northeastern University’s expansion into Seattle is noteworthy, chiefly for its potential to broaden the pipeline of local talent in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Mass. home sales rise 8% in Sept. Sales of single-family homes and condominiums kept climbing in Massachusetts last month as more buyers decided to take advantage of historically low interest rates, according to numbers released Thursday. There were 3,791 single-family homes sold in September, an 8 percent increase compared with the same month last year, according to Warren Group, a Boston company […]
End of era for local newspapers The South Boston Tribune published its final edition Thursday. The Dorchester Argus-Citizen, Jamaica Plain Citizen, and Hyde Park Tribune are also folding. In an era before Facebook, Twitter, and online news sources became the norm, community papers were a constant for many Boston neighborhoods. But as more readers migrated to the Web for their news […]