Instead of keeping chil­dren sat­is­fied, we need to fuel their feel­ings of frus­tra­tion. The French, as well as many others, believe that rou­tinely giving your child a chance to feel … read more »

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity in Boston, Mass., will honor city Police Com­mis­sioner Ed Davis III with an hon­orary degree at the school’s com­mence­ment ceremony Friday.

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity in Boston, Mass., will honor city Police Com­mis­sioner Ed Davis III with an hon­orary degree at the school’s com­mence­ment cer­e­mony Friday. Davis is accepting the honor on behalf of Boston … read more »

The Boston Marathon bombers have brought a number of impor­tant assump­tions into the national dia­logue con­cerning the char­acter of domestic ter­rorism. Unfor­tu­nately, the con­ver­sa­tion has too often been filled with … read more »

As part of the Boston com­mu­nity, we share the sad­ness of last week’s Boston Marathon bomb­ings. Thanks to excel­lent police work and public coop­er­a­tion, Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsar­naev were iden­ti­fied … read more »

Many class­mates, friends, and family mem­bers of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsar­naev have expressed shock in the accu­sa­tions against the Chechen-​​​​born brothers who are sus­pected to be respon­sible for the Boston … read more »

In the after­math of the Boston marathon bomb­ings, numerous politi­cians are calling the Gang of 8’s push for immi­gra­tion reform into ques­tion. What lessons can advo­cates learn from 2001? Hosted by: … read more »

With a nod to Earth Day, the Princeton Review has released its guide to 322 of the greenest col­leges in the United States, with help from the Center for Green Schools at at … read more »

Med­i­ta­tion doesn’t just make you a better person men­tally and phys­i­cally, but it could also make you a better person when it comes to com­pas­sion. A new study from North­eastern Uni­ver­sity and … read more »

If three years is too long, and two years is too short, maybe two-​​​​and-​​​​a half years is just right. Call it the Goldilocks solu­tion to the legal edu­ca­tion crisis. And make … read more »

Con­se­quence: Leaders With “Fem­i­nine” Qual­i­ties Are More Valu­able “The aim is to behave like a good coach, and channel your charisma to moti­vate others to be hard­working and cre­ative. The … read more »

The NPR story fol­lows North­eastern Uni­ver­sity speech sci­en­tist Rupal Patel as she works to develop an elec­tronic voice to replace the generic ones on Samantha’s iPad, a new voice based … read more »