Skip to content
Could medicine be the next industry to come under scrutiny in the #MeToo era?
stock image of people standing on a hospital-like floor

Society & CultureArticle

Could medicine be the next industry to come under scrutiny in the #MeToo era?

by
India has a plan to deport millions of Muslim immigrants. Here’s why it’s failing.

India has a plan to deport millions of Muslim immigrants. Here’s why it’s failing.

by
Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight
Northeastern professors Ron Sandler and John Basl provide organizations a framework for creating a well-designed and effective artificial intelligence and data ethics committee in a new report produced in collaboration with global professional services company Accenture.

Science & TechnologyArticle

Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight

by
The federal deficit is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2020. Here’s what that means.
Lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2018. The budget deficit—the gap between what the government spends and what it takes in through taxes and other sources of revenue—is expected to reach $960 billion for this fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The deficit will widen to $1 trillion by fiscal year 2020. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The federal deficit is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2020. Here’s what that means.

by
Northeastern University researchers are designing the future of work, starting with collaborative robots for processing seafood
A soft gripper attachment holds a fake fish in Taşkın Padır's lab in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

BusinessArticle

Northeastern University researchers are designing the future of work, starting with collaborative robots for processing seafood

by
What’s really at stake in the trade war between the US and China?

What’s really at stake in the trade war between the US and China?

by
When corporations respond to terror attacks with acts of kindness—and when they don’t
Special Police, Army, and other units move toward the scene in Paris suburb Saint-Denis on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks. Credit: KAMIL ZIHNIOGLOU/Sipa via AP Images

BusinessArticle

When corporations respond to terror attacks with acts of kindness—and when they don’t

by
Human trafficking in the US is a much bigger problem than we think
State and regional law enforcement records likely reflect less than 10 percent of trafficking victims in the area, according to new research by Amy Farrell, a Northeastern University professor who studies human trafficking. Photo by iStock

Society & CultureArticle

Human trafficking in the US is a much bigger problem than we think

by
The story behind the data on mass murder in the United States

The story behind the data on mass murder in the United States

by
Global health researcher helps build treatment center in Kenya to combat neglected tropical disease visceral leishmaniasis
A nurse and pharmacist admit 10-year old Lopeto Losile to the new ward of the Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital. Losile’s father observes the process. Photo by Natalia Jidovanu for Northeastern University

HealthArticle

Global health researcher helps build treatment center in Kenya to combat neglected tropical disease visceral leishmaniasis

by
How to sign FOMO, bae, and selfie in American Sign Language

Society & CultureArticle

How to sign FOMO, bae, and selfie in American Sign Language

by
Why people are less likely to enroll in college when the economy is doing well
Counter-cyclical trends in college enrollment, and especially graduate school enrollment, are par for the course, says Alicia Sasser Modestino, a Northeastern professor who has studied the relationship between employer demands and the labor market.

Why people are less likely to enroll in college when the economy is doing well

by