When Sean Casto walks across the stage for graduation on May 3, the Northeastern business student will walk straight into a self-generated career.

It was as incongruous a situation as I could imagine. April 19 was one of the most gripping news days we have ever experienced in Massachusetts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the suspected marathon bombers, was in hiding. Boston and several other cities were under voluntary lockdown. And that morning I was driving north, toward Haverhill, […]

With the aftermath of marathon bombings still hanging over Boston, Northeastern University began the city’s commencement season Friday to recognize its students’ achievements and the work of region’s first responders.

And while the intriguing lineup of speakers invited to deliver words of wisdom to graduating classes of 2013 include World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at Northeastern University this Friday and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at Boston College on May 20, the most controversial selection may have come from the granddaddy of all schools here.

Despite the better than expected numbers, William Dickens, professor of economics and social policy at Northeastern University, says today’s job report is basically “more of the same.” He tells The Daily Ticker, “We’ve been in a very, very slow recovery now since 2009 and what we’ve been seeing is a very, very slow decline in the […]

Northeastern University used its graduation to celebrate the work of Boston’s first responders as well as a small group of nursing students who did not hesitate to help the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Among the masses of this year’s graduating class was 22-year-old Kelly Ennis. “We just kept getting patients pouring in and […]

With the aftermath of marathon bombings still hanging over Boston, Northeastern University began the city’s commencement season Friday to recognize its students’ achievements and the work of region’s first responders. More than 20,000 students, family members, friends, faculty, and staff gathered in TD Garden Friday morning to cheer and celebrate the graduating class, but the […]

The backdrop to the day was TD Garden, where Northeastern University held its commencement. As 20,000 people clapped and roared, Gov. Deval Patrick conferred an honorary degree on Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis for his handling of the marathon bombings investigation. “Your extraordinarily united efforts made possible an investigation that moved with astonishing speed and […]

When my friend Nicola quit her job in educational publishing, it was for understandable reasons: one of her colleagues was a bully, her boss was providing little support and work had become miserable. (I’ve changed her name.) She had a strong CV, a husband with a steady job and young children to spend time with […]

“It’s a tragic thing and it’s connection from that event to this event is that’s something that vets experience on a daily basis over there. So you can imagine they’re in that situation all the time when they’re deployed and it becomes more important to support a cause like this,” says veteran and runner Nick […]

It was as incongruous a situation as I could imagine. April 19 was one of the most gripping news days we have ever experienced in Massachusetts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the suspected marathon bombers, was in hiding. Boston and several other cities were under voluntary lockdown. And that morning I was driving north, toward Haverhill, […]

Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., will honor city Police Commissioner Ed Davis III with an honorary degree at the school’s commencement ceremony Friday. Davis is accepting the honor on behalf of Boston Marathon bombing first responders, the university said, including public safety offi­cials, emer­gency med­ical per­sonnel, stu­dents and marathon run­ners. Mass­a­chu­setts Gov. Deval Patrick will read the […]