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Denver’s $150M affordable housing plan highlights stepped-up strategy

For cities, addressing the affordability challenge is a tough task that requires innovation, said Barry Bluestone, director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University in Boston. “My perception,” he said, “is that the pressure has grown so dramatically since a decade ago, when we had the housing […]

Report: School ban on sugary sodas, sweet snacks working

Northeastern University associate professor Jessica Hoffman, the study’s lead author, said the findings are encouraging. “For decades competitive foods have not been regulated at the national level, so states have taken it upon themselves to do something,” Hoffman said in written statement. “These standards that were put in place in Massachusetts were really exciting because […]

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Braintree population projected to grow

In 15 years, the town’s population could jump by as much as 17 percent with fewer families with children and more residents over the age of 65. That’s the conclusion of a report “Envision Braintree” done by Lauren Costello and Barry Bluestone of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Bluestone, […]

Amazon rivals react to ‘Prime Day’ with big July sales

Amazon had 41 million Prime members in the first quarter of 2015, according to estimates by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The market research firm said Prime members spend an average of $1,100 annually on the site, $400 more than other Amazon customers. Prime Day “is not a reward to existing Prime members, and it’s not […]

U.S. Army funds body armor inspired by fish scales

The current body armour used by the U.S. military is primarily made of Kevlar, a high-strength synthetic fibre first developed in the 1960s. A Polish company recently announced it had developed a liquid for use in body armour which could provide more protection than traditional Kevlar-based armour. The liquid, called Shear-Thickening Fluid, hardens upon impact […]

Marshawn Lynch’s selective silence is a power move for black athletes

“His refusal to perform according to the boundaries and rules placed upon him by an organization with a racist history, his open rebuking of corporate overlords whose wealth is gained through consumption of his body and his blackness, are political acts,” said Sarah Jackson, assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University and author of Black Celebrity, Racial […]

New data offers an inside look at labor trafficking in the U.S.

Many foreign-born victims of labor trafficking actually came to the United States legally, according to a study released Tuesday that provides an in-depth look into forced labor. The study from Urban Institute and Northeastern University draws upon a trove of data, including closed records of 122 victims, as well as interviews with people who had been forced […]

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Colleges aim for creativity with degree programs

Graffiti and vandalism are frowned upon in everyday life, but one college is aiming to use these actions to encourage future students to think outside of the box. As part of its Whiteboard Innovation Challenge, Northeastern University recently introduced a plain white van to the streets of Boston. According to BetaBoston, the vehicle had simple […]

East coast colleges follow the money south and west

There aren’t any Greek columns or sprawling green lawns at Northeastern University’s satellite campus in Charlotte, N.C. But the location, on the 11th story of an office building in the middle of the city’s uptown district, is no accident. Charlotte is among the nation’s 10 fastest growing cities with more than one million people, according […]

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Expert asks: are we resilient enough to recover from a regional disaster?

Overlooking the valley, mighty Mount Rainier has been dormant since its last eruption around 1100 AD. But its activity – combined with its proximity to Seattle and Tacoma – makes any eruption there one of the most dangerous in the world, according to the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior’s Decade […]

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Co-op Programs Becoming Popular for Real World Experience

Northeastern University, which has one of the oldest co-op programs in the country, is a prime example. From 2006 to 2012, 90 percent of Northeastern grads were in full-time jobs or graduate school within nine months of commencement. Eighty-seven percent of graduates who were working had jobs related to their major. Of those, half had […]

Cruising — a safe, enjoyable way to travel

There have been claims recently that alleged serious crimes occur frequently on cruise ships and that many of those crimes go unreported. Nothing could be further from the truth. For an industry that enjoys a high repeat customer rate and with some of the largest cruise lines catering to families, any allegation of a serious crime is […]