Listening will change worlds: how to birth healthier families Is this just the promise of an idealistic social worker? In some ways I fit that stereotype. Shapeless dresses, check. Chunky jewelry, check. Optimist, check. But idealist? No, I shed that mantle long ago. I work with women who have perinatal emotional complications, so I no longer have the luxury of being an idealist. (Perinatal […]
Find the best phone-screen size for you I plan to step up this year to a screen that measures at least 4.7 inches in diagonal, from the 4-inch iPhone I use today. With smartphones, even a little increase is a big deal. We used to laugh at Gordon Gekko’s giant cellphone in “Wall Street,” but handset makers are back to supersizing phones—or […]
Boston Herald Aereo’s CEO signals more hiring in Hub ON THE AIR: Aereo founder and chief executive Chet Kanojia, left, speaks at a Northeastern University event with the university’s president Joseph Aoun last week. Kanojia is a Northeastern graduate. Internet TV company Aereo continues to expand and is looking to Boston to beef up its engineering staff even as it faces lawsuits across the […]
Cambridge Discovers the Limits of Its Green Virtue By BEN COMPAINE Cambridge, Mass. This might have been a story about the little train that could. Rather, it’s about the big train that could not. Global Partners LP GLP +1.33% operates a bulk petroleum storage terminal north of Boston in Revere, on Massachusetts Bay. Global Partners has been bringing in its inventory by barge […]
Stuff Guiding girl gamers to STEM careers Gaming and education experts gathered recently at the Northeastern University-Seattle campus to kick off an ambitious, long-term project to create just such a game. GAMES – short for Girls Advancing in Math, Engineering and Science – includes participants from Northeastern, the University of Washington’s Center for Game Science, the private DigiPen Institute for game developers, […]
The Seattle Times Games to keep teenage girls enthralled with math, science On Friday, some of the best gaming and education minds in the area gathered at the Northeastern University-Seattle campus to kick off an ambitious, long-term project to create just such a game. G.A.M.E.S. — short for Girls Advancing in Math, Engineering and Science — includes participants from Northeastern, the University of Washington’s Center for Game […]
Healthcare IT News 3 benefits of virtual health assistants In explaining NextIT’s work, Morrison repeatedly cited research conducted by Northeastern University’s Timothy Bickmore, who argues that so-called relational agents “can play a major role in the chronic disease management process by providing patients not only with an additional source of information about their disease, treatment regimen and adherence level, but with motivational support for taking care […]
The Boston Herald Pols offer grads deal on loans U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Salem) yesterday touted their bill to prevent the federal student loan interest rate from doubling next month and let students, for one year, pay the lower rate major banks do — though experts say the proposal would have no effect on the economy or the soaring […]
Your Patient Is Your Partner: Collaboration Creates The Best Medical Outcomes In a recent interview, physician and noted social activist Dr. Paul Farmer gave this advice to graduating medical professionals: their real impact will come when they work in teams. As the co-founder of Partners in Health and a champion of improving health in underserved communities, Farmer’s work is built on building partnerships and applying successes and lessons […]
For some empty nesters, city living is just right While the vast majority of baby boomers choose to stay put, some are reversing the urban flight that drained Boston’s population in the last half of the 20th century. Many don’t need the big suburban home once the kids move out. They are tired of shoveling snow and driving to restaurants and shopping malls; some […]
Boston Vying For $5 Million To Improve City Life For all of us who live in or close to a big city, here’s a provocative idea: Mayors may be in the best position to offer big solutions, innovation and new ways to deliver services. Mayors have more ways to encourage change than community organizations, than governors or even presidents. Whether you agree with that […]