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Patriot Ledger
The beginning of another bank crisis?
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Late last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced that the two institutions would start purchasing mortgages with down payments as low as 3 percent instead of the already absurdly […]
Get ready for the spread of Ebola hoaxes
It’s not the first time people seeking attention have taken advantage of an unfolding crisis or tragedy to spread panic. After Sept. 11 and around its anniversary, bomb threats have led to numerous buildings being evacuated. This September, a Manhattan man was arrested for making 61 prank calls threatening a terrorist attack. People have screamed […]
Discovery News
Readying for Ebola: How U.S. hospitals are gearing up
Federal health-care officials, hospital administrators and emergency-care doctors are preparing for the first cases of Ebola here in the United States. Experts say it’s not a question of if, but rather when it will happen. The good news is that the public health infrastructure in the United States — from the epidemiologists at the Centers […]
Twitter and blogs are not add-ons to research
“The best (and most successful) academics are the ones who are so caught up in the importance of their work, so caught up with their simple passion for a subject, that they publicise it with every breath,” Professor Hitchcock says. He praises the early career scholars who have dismissed concerns that exposing their research too […]
Are we finally ready to reduce racial bias in our courts?
While trends in American criminal justice have come and gone over the last century, what has remained tiresomely — and implacably — consistent has been the role of race as a factor in decision-making by jurists, juries and prosecutors alike. Seemingly unrelated events over the last few weeks suggest that a serious pendulum swing is […]
Gratitude Is About the Future, Not the Past
When life’s got you down, gratitude can seem like a chore. Sure, you’ll go through the motions and say the right things — you’ll thank people for help they’ve provided or try to muster a sense of thanks that things aren’t worse. But you might not truly feel grateful in your heart. It can be […]
The Atlantic Cities
Flood, Rebuild, Repeat: Are We Ready for a Superstorm Sandy Every Other Year?
Matthias Ruth, an economist at Northeastern University who focuses on climate impacts, says the key is to provide a financial return for planning ahead. “We know that what once was the 100-year floodplain now is the 10- or 5-year floodplain. So what we need to do is give the incentives to either fortify buildings, elevate them, flood-proof […]
The Atlantic Cities
Cities Might Not Be as Prepared as They Think for a Bioterrorism Attack
Imagine that a small group of terrorists deliberately infect themselves with smallpox and then walk around London, spreading it to the populace. How much could the terrible disease proliferate before the world realized something was amiss? This unsettling question is at the heart of new computer model showing how a bioterrorism attack in one city […]
For Northeastern, history not an obstacle
It’s not often that a college hockey team has time to savor a victory. Usually, it’s back to work right away, getting ready for the next game. In the case of Northeastern’s win over Boston University in the semifinals of Monday’s 61st Beanpot at TD Garden, coach Jim Madigan said he wanted his players to […]
Boston Magazine
Northeastern University Study Tells Us What We Already Know
I’ve written a lot over the past few months about how inexpensive and large-scale online college programs, such as EdX, are dramatically changing the face of higher education, and how universities that focus on offering students practical skills, such as entrepreneurship, are the most important institutions in today’s job-starved world. Programs that are cheap, accessible, […]
Note to Class of 2012: More than half of young college graduates now jobless or underemployed
The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
Notorious: Can Bulger get fair trial in Boston?
With his reign as the former leader of Boston’s notorious Irish-American Winter Hill Gang already fodder for books and movies, some wonder if James “Whitey” Bulger can get a fair trial in his home town — or even if the case will ever come to trial.