And while the intriguing lineup of speakers invited to deliver words of wisdom to graduating classes of 2013 include World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at Northeastern University this Friday and Irish Prime Minister Enda … read more »
MIT Sloan falls out of top 10 undergraduate biz school listing
The Bloomberg Businessweek rankingsare based on a combination of student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes, and academic quality. Roughly 86,000 graduating seniors at more than 140 universities receive a 50-question survey focused on … read more »
Real Estate: Huntington Ave. Y gets a face lift
The Huntington Avenue YMCA’s brick and iron facade and its familiar rooftop sign near Symphony Hall will remain unchanged. But simultaneous projects totaling more than $100 million by the YMCA … read more »
Housing report predicts demand for transit-oriented, higher density development
Greater Boston’s housing market will improve, but buyers and tenants may seek different types of housing, according to the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2012 released Wednesday by the Boston … read more »
VentureCrowd launches student entrepreneurship networking site at Northeastern
VentureCrowd, a startup that has developed an online portal for connecting entrepreneur-minded students at universities, on Tuesday launched with its first customer, Northeastern University.
Former Northeastern University President Kenneth G. Ryder dead at 88
Kenneth G. Ryder, former president of Northeastern University, has died, according to the university’s website. He was 88. Ryder was NU’s fourth president, serving for 14 years beginning in 1975. During … read more »
Champions in Education — Barry Bluestone
Barry Bluestone Title: Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University Building a base to ‘think and do’
Rethink Robotics for manufacturing
A new human-like robot developed and produced by a Boston company will likely find strong demand from U.S. manufacturers looking to automate repetitive tasks, according to some who follow the … read more »
Northeastern U. to rename business school after receiving largest gift ever
Two Northeastern University alumni gave a $60 million gift, a gift that will put their names on the school’s College of Business Administration.
Law school faculty bloggers rising in the ranks
Jeffrey Lipshaw, an associate law professor at Suffolk University Law School, writes for a variety of legal blogs, including “The Legal Whiteboard” and “PrawfsBlawg.” He pens 50 blog posts per … read more »
NU to embark on largest fundraising campaign
Leveraging its momentum with record high applications and research dollars, Northeastern University is set to launch in 2013 the largest fundraising campaign in the school’s history.
Northeastern launches a free .edu site for campaigns & conventions
Northeastern University has launched a website and an online educational course centered around the upcoming presidential election and political conventions, according to the university.