The Salem News Book takes a look at journalism’s future If you’re looking for the future of journalism, the New Haven Independent is a good place to start. That is the finding of media observer Dan Kennedy, whose new book “The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age” was recently published by University of Massachusetts Press. “I had originally intended on […]
Hate Was Alive and Well in Massachusetts Before the Marathon Bombing In fact, many of the most infamous violent attacks have been acts committed by individuals, not by groups. Think the Oklahoma City bombing, the first World Trade Center attack, the underwear bomber who was thwarted, and the countless campus and school shootings that have claimed the lives of many. All of these acts were plotted, […]
Boston Globe: Northeastern’s 3-D printing lab is for all to use Along with researching papers or studying for exams, Northeastern University students will soon be able to go to the library and create their own iPhone cases or dorm room lamps. The school is opening a 3-D printing lab this fall within its library to give all students access to this trendy manufacturing technology, which has […]
WQXR In Philanthropy, Why Naming Rights are the Name of the Game Patricia Illingworth, an editor of Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy, believes that naming rights are a mixed blessing from an ethical standpoint. To some degree, “the arts seem to be a place where people from all walks of life and all social classes can gather together in solidarity,” she noted. “So if billionaires are branding […]
Boston.com Northeastern University creates digital archive for marathon bombings Researchers at Northeastern University are compiling a digital archive devoted to the Boston Marathon bombings, the university announced today in a statement. The “Our Marathon” project is sponsored by Northeastern’s NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, and will include photos, videos, and social media related to the attacks. The team will hold a series of public outreach events […]
Special skills can help land emerging Mass. jobs Ana Costagliola learned more than a year ago that her employer planned to move its Boston operations — including her job as a computer database assistant — to New York. Determined to stay in the Boston area, the 47-year-old mother of two entered Boston University’s graduate certificate program in database management to hone and expand […]
Criminologist Advises Boston Carjacking Victim: Keep a Low Profile Criminologists and other social scientists should use their expertise to help the subjects of their research, including crime victims, says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University. Mr. Fox recently helped a 2012 master’s-degree graduate from Northeastern who was drawn into the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. […]
Forbes Forbes: Getting Serious About Startups: Northeastern University’s IDEA In the age of startup-mania, accelerators, incubators and the constant search for venture capital,Northeastern University is taking a proactive approach to getting would-be founders to an entrepreneurial happy-place. IDEA calls itself a “venture accelerator,” The three-year-old program within the university was founded by students who – after coming face to face with the harsh realities of […]
Marathon Bombers’ Refugee Roots Shed Light on Trajectories Many classmates, friends, and family members of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have expressed shock in the accusations against the Chechen-born brothers who are suspected to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. This is especially true in the case of Dzhokhar, who appeared to be well integrated in American culture compared to his older brother, […]
Experts say bond with brother may have helped draw younger suspect into Boston bomb plot Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died last week at age 26 in a shootout with police, and his 19-year-old sibling Dzhokhar are hardly the first brothers involved in criminal acts. Three pairs of brothers were among the 9/11 terrorists, for example, and three brothers were convicted in 2008 for planning to attack soldiers at Fort Dix in […]
The Tsarnaevs’ deadly brotherhood: Column By all accounts, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of two brothers suspected of having perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings, was a good kid, a bright young man and hardly the type of angry malcontent you’d expect of a terrorist. He graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin where he starred on the varsity wrestling team, and earned a city-funded $2,500 […]
The New Yorker Captured in Watertown Like most everyone else in Watertown, Jennifer Rivera, a twenty-eight-year-old accountant and volunteer E.M.T., felt a mixture of relief and apprehension on Friday when, at around 6P.M., Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick lifted the “shelter-in-place” order that had kept her cooped up with her roommates all day. “I mean, I know everyone had cabin fever. But […]