I bet that, like me, when you’ve donated to charity you’ve had a slightly queasy feeling. You probably wrestled with questions like: Will my donation do any good? Is the charity well run? Is this the most effective way I can help a cause I care about? I’m actually now feeling more confident about being an effective […]

The popular advice now for women who want to succeed in the workplace is to “lean in.” But this week, former New York Times editor Jill Abramson learned the hard way that while that approach can take you to the top, it can also bring you down.

Memorial Day in the United States was established not long after the Civil War as a way for the nation to honor members of the military who lost their lives in service. Amid other traditions that have sprung out of the holiday – parades, picnics, and concerts on the lawn – people still pay solemn […]

Northeastern University was using traditional metal keys for about half its dorm rooms, with an offline access system—using swipe cards that communicate only with designated locks—for the rest three years ago, when officials there began looking into alternatives. This summer the university will install about 2,400 online locks in its residential facilities, in addition to […]

Janet Napolitano gave the Northeastern University commencement speech.

North­eastern University has appointed entrepreneur Nick Ducoff to the newly created position of vice president for new ventures. Ducoff comes to Northeastern from Boundless Learning Inc., an education technology firm based in Boston’s Leather District that provides open source digital learning content such as textbooks and customizable teaching platforms for students and educators. Ducoff has led the […]

When I came out, at 16, in those fashion-challenged late 70s when tweedy jackets and pinky rings had to do hard labor in signifying lesbian identity, my (liberal) mother sent me to a shrink before she began her queer re-education and joined the cause, righteous pink triangle pinned on her ample bosom. I knew not […]

Regarding the merits of a four-year college degree, a Pew Research Poll, which I highlighted earlier this month, shows that workers with a Bachelor’s degree or higher earn on average $17,000 more annually than their peers with only a high school diploma. In addition, college graduates have significantly lower rates of poverty and unemployment that those without a degree. […]

Tesla Motors Inc. plans to build one of the world’s largest factories of any kind in the U.S. But it wouldn’t build its electric cars there—it would make the batteries to power them. The plant, slated for completion by 2020 at a cost of as much as $5 billion, would be able to turn out […]

An original and innovative course of study is traveling in Sicily, and will end on May 31 in Catania. Twenty-five students from Northeastern University in Boston, accompanied by prof. Justin Craig, were received yesterday afternoon in the auditorium of the Central Building by the Rector of the University of Catania prof. James Pignataro, by the President of […]

Long-term unemployment is a terrifying trap that, even in the best of times, is difficult to escape. And it’s a trap that you can get stuck in for no reason other than bad luck. Today, there are still almost 3.5 million people who have been out of work for six months or longer and are […]

The state unemployment rate fell to 6 percent yesterday, but the state lost jobs for the first time since January. “It’s a bit of a mixed picture,” said Alan Clayton Matthews, a professor at Northeastern University. The state lost 1,600 jobs, and saw the largest drop in the leisure and hospitality sector. Clayton Matthews said […]