A large-scale analysis of BItTorrent file-sharing of videogames has shown that the number of illicit digital copies is not as high as reported by industry trade organisations. Anders Drachen from the Department of … read more »
Selected Media Coverage
Northeastern U. Goes Smoke-Free — Inside And Out
WBUR’s Martha Bebinger reports that starting this fall, Northeastern University will join a growing number of college campuses that are smoke-free, both inside and out. Northeastern Dean of Health Sciences Terry … read more »
Northeastern University says it’s readying to butt out
The university formally announced Tuesday that it will be among the first colleges in the Boston area to implement a campus-wide ban on smoking. While other Greater Boston colleges ban smoking … read more »
Northeastern University announces plans to adopt a smoke-free policy for fall 2013
Northeastern University plans to adopt a smoke-free policy for the upcoming fall semester, according to an e-mail sent today to the university community. Dean of the Bouvé College of Health … read more »
How Facebook Used Science To Design More Emotional Emoticons
In 1872, Charles Darwin published The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, a book that cataloged emotional expressions in humans and their link to the animal world. In the … read more »
A Proposal to Make the Micro Apartment a Little More Livable
Micro apartments are rapidly becoming the favorite affordable housing solution for young professionals and moderate-income renters in high-cost, crowded cities like New York and San Francisco. But the reality of living in less … read more »
Northeastern University students offer a vision for a Dudley Square parcel
With all the work happening in and around Roxbury’s Dudley Square, three Northeastern University students have created their own vision for a parcel in the neighborhood. Ryan Matthew, Mark Munroe, … read more »
Boston scientists earn Hughes Institute investigator status
It’s well known that Massachusetts fights above its weight when it comes to science. It rakes in more biomedical research funding per capita from the National Institutes of Health than any … read more »
Board seeks to ease veterans’ transition to the classroom
When Marine Corps heavy machine gunner Erik DeGiorgi returned to his native Plymouth in 2005, the South Shore town seemed nearly as foreign as the endless valleys his unit cleared … read more »
In Mass., only 1 in 4 teens expected to land a job this summer
The economy is moving toward recovery, but summer job prospects for the state’s youngest workers are dismal. The number of teens with jobs in Massachusetts fell 28 percent between 1999 and 2012. … read more »
Northeastern-Charlotte Doubles Graduate Programs
Boston-based Northeastern University opened its Center City campus in January 2012 with eight masters programs. Now, the University is adding seven masters degrees and two doctoral degrees. The programs were … read more »
Robotic Insect: To Promote Pollination in US, May Support Future Food Supply
“We’re getting closer and closer to the point where we don’t have enough bees in this country to meet pollination demands,” said entomologist Dennis vanEngelstorp of the University of Maryland, … read more »