The Boston Herald MBTA calculator asks riders how to fix $161M budget gap Should Massachusetts General Hospital and the Museum of Fine Arts pay a fee to the MBTA for the “naming rightsâ of T stations bearing their landmark names? Should the debt-riddled agency freeze its employees” salaries for a year? Should Bay State drivers cough up an extra 2-cents-per gallon to help bail out the T?
Youth coaches go on offense against abuse When the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal broke at Pennsylvania State University last November, Al Perillo made a decision: Starting this year, all Pop Warner Football coaches in New England – not just head coaches, but assistants, too – will be required to learn what constitutes proper protocol.
CBS News Mass. panel backs school dropout age of 18 Massachusetts high school students would be required to stay in school until age 18 under a bill approved Thursday by a legislative panel hoping to reduce the number of students who drop out of school.
NECN Partnership aims to bring together world-class cities A program at Northeastern University aims to strengthen trade ties at a state and local level between cities across the globe.
NPR's StateImpact Jobs For Idaho Teens Deteriorated In Last Decade In reporting StateImpact’s recent story on Idaho’s high teen unemployment rate, one of the people I consulted was Andrew Sum, of Northeastern University in Boston. He’s an economist, and an expert on the youth labor market. Here, he explains the magnitude of the shifts Idaho has seen in terms of teen employment.
MSNBC Prosecutors build strong case in Rutgers webcam spying trial, analysts say Prosecutors built a better than expected case before resting Thursday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on a gay sexual encounter of his roommate who later committed suicide, legal experts say.
Boston-Area Colleges Branch Out Across The Country Boston has always been a center for higher education, but now many of the areaâs best-known names in education are creating satellite campuses around the country. By building a national network, universities say they can address educational needs that are not met in other parts of the country, and keep growing.
Aging And Happiness: Why People May Be Happier As They Age “Every age has its happiness and troubles,” famous French uber-centenarian Jeanne Calment once said. And every age, quite literally, looks at happiness and troubles in different ways. For that nugget of wisdom, we can tip our hats to Derek Isaacowitz.
Arrests Prompting Hard Look at Top Hockey Program The students, trustees and employees of Boston University received an e-mail from Robert Brown, the universityâs president, on Wednesday concerning the menâs hockey team. He was not congratulating the Terriers on their 21-win season or wishing them luck in their opening game in the Hockey East playoffs Friday.
Discovery News Is Violence in Sports Inevitable? The New Orleans Saints’ bounty-hunting scandal has rocked the NFL and provoked widespread outrage about the ethical violations involved in paying athletes to injure other players.
A Prosecutor Becomes a Champion for the Elderly Marie-Therese Connolly is using the prosecutorial skill she honed fighting nursing home fraud to add dimensions to the publicâs awareness of the widespread problem of elder abuse, including highlighting the costs to society of financial, physical and psychological mistreatment of older adults.
Newsday Hussain: Students need flexibility on debt Learning to swim is tricky business. Instructors can present the breathing techniques and various strokes, but at some point, you have to let go of the edge and experience a little bit of what drowning feels like. Acquiring massive student loans requires a similar kind of bravery.