Patrick Proposes Expanding Rail Service; Revenue Options Listed With the release of a long-awaited transportation financing report (PDF) on Monday, Gov. Deval Patrick is proposing to expand rail service across the state. Patrick is endorsing a plan by the state Department of Transportation that would fund rail service from Pittsfield to New York, provide year-round train service to Hyannis, and build a commuter […]
Green Universities: 25 Of The World’s Greenest Campuses When it comes to going green, some universities are taking on the world. In its annual report, UI GreenMetric, a worldwide university ranking system, listed 215 of the world’s most sustainable and eco-friendly campuses of 2012. Schools were ranked on areas of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education. #4: […]
Momentum grows for tougher gun laws in Mass. As one step, the speaker is creating a commission, which will include outside experts, to take a comprehensive look at the state’s gun laws. Led by Jack McDevitt, a criminal justice specialist and associate dean at Northeastern University, the panel will be charged with determining what works and what does not. McDevitt, who met with […]
The 2013 outlook: Slow hiring, then it picks up The fastest job growth will occur in construction, as housing and commercial real estate markets rebound, as well as in two technology related sectors, professional and business services and information services, and leisure and hospitality, according to forecasts. The economy will “slowly accelerate, and by the end of the year we should have stronger growth,” […]
Newsday Public sends mixed message on athletes and drug use “The answer is ‘no,’ ” said Northeastern University law professor Roger Abrams, whose extensive writing on sports and law includes the 2010 book “Sports Justice.” The Hall of Fame — where Abrams spent six months as its first scholar-in-residence in 2006 — “is a private organization,” he said, “without public money. It’s not a government” […]
Real Estate: Huntington Ave. Y gets a face lift The Huntington Avenue YMCA’s brick and iron facade and its familiar rooftop sign near Symphony Hall will remain unchanged. But simultaneous projects totaling more than $100 million by the YMCA of Greater Boston and Northeastern University are about to transform the landscape on that section of Huntington Avenue. As the YMCA updates its facilities, the […]
U.S. News Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows Another expert, Leo Beletsky, an assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University School of Law & Bouve College of Health Sciences in Boston, is concerned that government efforts to curb narcotic painkiller abuse may go too far. “Government officials have championed a number of solutions drawn primarily from the drug enforcement playbook, […]
Are You Scared Yet? Even for crimes as horrific as mass shootings, there has been no discernible increase in occurrences. Criminologist James Allen Fox of Northeastern University has been studying mass shootings and their perpetrators for decades. He wrote that “there has not been an upward trajectory” in such incidents, either “in number or in overall body count, at […]
Study: copyright takedown notices are ineffective at stopping piracy If copyright holders want to stop piracy, seizing domains from infringing sites isn’t an effective method, according to computer science researchers from Northeastern University. A much more effective strategy would be to go after the money that pirated materials and sites generate, they claim. The study looked at what it calls one-click hosting (OCH) sites, […]
Boston.com Colleges going green According to the GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities, Northeastern University as the greenest university in America in 2011, and the second greenest in the world that year, behind the University of Nottingham in the UK. Two buildings, Dockser Hall and International Village, have earned LEED Gold certification. The University’s dining services also takes green measures, […]
Discovery News If Lance Confesses, Will Bikers Still Dope? But equally important, according to director of Northeastern University’s Sport in Society Dan Lebowitz, is modeling conciliatory behavior — especially in the case of an athlete like Armstrong, whose career has shone so brightly. “I think there’s no downside to him coming clean,” Lebowitz said, “and the upside sends a really positive message about what […]
Diverse A Special Tribute to the Unsung Athletics Directors of College Sports In the second installment of a four-part series, the Diverse editors sought to recognize those current and former athletics directors across the country who have blazed the trails and opened doors for minorities in sports. Often, these behind-the-scenes icons are not seeking applause and accolades. Any who stand witness to the positive changes, including unprecedented […]