A reality check on claims of vintage ‘fake news’ As framed by Breitbart, the Post-Gazette’s report is a comforting revelation for white readers who feel attacked by those dreaded social justice warriors. But here is a reality check, courtesy of Margaret A. Burnham, founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University: “It is far more common to uncover lynchings that […]
Yahoo! Either Trump or Clinton – the winner defies age bias The study, led by Albert-László Barabási at Northeastern University in Boston, should further help change attitudes in the workplace about tapping older workers, especially in creative fields. It could also cause institutions with a required retirement age to drop that rule. Dr. Barabási cites the example of John B. Fenn, who was forced to retire […]
Older scientists are touted as offering untapped value Federal funding agencies have been eager to support younger researchers, reflecting a widespread belief that nurturing the next generation is critical to ensuring the long-term success of the nation’s scientific enterprise. A new analysis out of Northeastern University, however, is challenging the orthodoxy. Looking across a variety of fields, the study found that while a […]
Never too old for a ‘eureka moment’ Critics of the tenure system often say that scholarly productivity declines over time. While that’s true, according to a new study in Science, creativity, or a shot at a big breakthrough, doesn’t have to wane — as long as one keeps working. “We offer empirical evidence that impact is randomly distributed within the sequence of […]
Water-based implant new option for Americans with big toe damage “It’s a good thing for prolonging a joint’s use without doing something more drastic, like a total joint replacement … but nobody knows how long this hydrogel will last,” said Dr. Arthur Coury, a professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. “There are some horror stories of hydrogels degrading in the body and […]
Florida Record Hulk Hogan’s Gawker verdict as much about newsworthiness as privacy, according to experts Jessica Silbey, a law professor at Northeastern University School of Law who has written about the Gawker case, said the question of whether what Gawker posted was newsworthy is a difficult question, especially as Hogan had spoken widely about his sex life to the media. “I think the harder question about the Hulk Hogan case, […]
PCWorld How the skills shortage is transforming big data In the early days of computing, developers were often jacks of all trades, handling virtually any task needed for software to get made. As the field matured, jobs grew more specialized. Now we’re seeing a similar pattern in a brand-new domain: big data. That’s according to P.K. Agarwal, regional dean and CEO of Northeastern University’s […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Holocaust project focuses on what Americans knew and when Laurel Leff, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, thinks “trying to find out what Americans knew about the Holocaust at the time is a really important project.” She is the author of “Buried by The Times,” a roundly praised 2005 book that found that The New York Times altered and downplayed […]
The Christian Science Monitor Possible release of Illinois convict points to new willingness to revisit old cases Since 2011, the annual number of exonerations has more than doubled – the country now averages close to three exonerations a week – and this surge has been mirrored by an increase in prosecutor involvement. “Most prosecutors want to do the right thing. Prosecutors don’t want to keep innocent people in prison,” says Daniel Medwed, […]
Why aren’t millennial wages growing? Brendan Duke, associate director of economic policy at the Center for American Progress. Author of the new report, “When I Was Your Age: Millennials and the Generational Wage Gap.” (@brendan_duke) Alicia Sasser Modestino, professor of economics and public policy at Northeastern University. (@SasserModestino) Center for American Progress: When I Was Your Age — “By all […]
Report warns of future Mass. labor shortage “The real barrier to meeting some of those needs is very much in our vocational schools that desperately need to be expanded,” Barry Bluestone, a report author and professor of political economy at Northeastern University, told WBUR’s Morning Edition on Monday. He pointed to waiting lists for the state’s existing vocational schools, and said Massachusetts has not built a new […]
FBI Director James Comey damages his credibility But Comey’s Cassandra act is not supported by statistics. In fact, the data don’t suggest that there is a long-term spike in violent crime in the United States, according to James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University. In Seattle, police chief Kathleen O’Toole says crime is down this year […]