Mr. Dukakis, who lost a 1988 presidential bid to George H.W. Bush, is now a professor of political science at Northeastern University and a visiting professor in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California at Los Angeles. The former Democratic presidential nominee often places calls to help students get Washington internships. […]

A professor at a US university has created a map of the world entirely made up of tweets. Alan Mislove plotted geo-tag information from 275m tweets gathered between January 2011 and April 2013. The result clearly shows those areas of the planet where Twitter is most popular – along with some of the most unlikely. Alan, […]

A new national report shows that Northeastern University has seen an increase of more than 27 percentage points in the graduation rate of African American students over the last decade. The data was issued by The Education Trust, a Washington-based nonprofit that works on closing achievement gaps for low income and minority families. Northeastern is highlighted in the report […]

People feel more empathy with dogs than they do their own species, a new study suggests. Children, however, remain about on par as with canines. The findings, presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, zeroed in on age as the biggest factor eliciting empathy. Marked by vulnerability and dependence, dogs are seen as […]

The latest development in the can-women-have-it-all debate proves that female entrepreneurs actually benefit from familial support. A new study shows that among small- to medium-size enterprises, women whose businesses receive direct support from their family members had better performance in the workplace, greater growth, higher satisfaction with their status, and higher satisfaction with their employee […]

Employees who are not enthusiastic about their work can be a big problem for managers. These employees are not only less productive, but their lack of motivation for tasks can also affect the morale of the rest of the team, say human resources experts. Here are some tips for managers to keep their employees motivated […]

At his news conference on Friday, President Obama said of Edward J. Snowden, “I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot.” The president claims that Mr. Snowden’s actions were unnecessary and harmful and contrasts Mr. Snowden with patriotic people who protest surveillance through legal means. But what makes a person patriotic? In a book published […]

On Sunday’s episode of Melissa Harris Perry, a panel of mothers joined the show to talk about their experiences with parenting across racial lines. As difficult as it is to raise children in America and to ensure that they have access to what they need to grow into healthy, successful adults, when your child is […]

“Evolution didn’t shape us to be saints, it shaped us to be adaptable,” says David DeSteno, a psychology professor at Northeastern University. Any time we humans think we can get away with something, he says, the temptation to deceive increases. In “cheating experiments” conducted in 2007-08, DeSteno and collaborator Piercarlo Valdesolo found that 90 percent […]

POSTGRAD EDUCATION is becoming more specific than ever in two ways. First, it’s increasingly specialized and geared toward the needs of industry. “A lot of what’s driving the growth in master’s programs is new fields that are emerging,” says Sean Gallagher, who works in enrollment and student affairs at Northeastern University. He cites areas like […]

People have more empathy for puppies, full grown dogs and human children who are battered than they do for battered adult humans, U.S. researchers say. Study co-authors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke, professors at Northeastern University, questioned 240 men and women, most of whom were white and ages 18-25, at a large northeastern university. Participants […]

People have more empathy for battered puppies and full grown dogs than they do for some humans — adults, but not children, finds new research to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Contrary to popular thinking, we are not necessarily more disturbed by animal rather than human suffering,” said […]