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 »

The job­less rate has been edging down­ward, but the long-​​​​term unem­ployed have been left out. Do we need a tar­geted pro­gram to get these 4.8M Amer­i­cans back to work?

Does Ashley Judd have the chops to defeat Mitch McConnell in next year’s U.S. Senate race in Ken­tucky? Already the pos­si­bility of a Judd-​​​​McConnell matchup has spawned a mini-​​​​tornado of … read more »

Maxine Roca, a grad­uate of North­eastern Uni­ver­sity — famous for expe­ri­en­tial edu­ca­tion — was a teacher with Teach for America and ended up becoming a recruiter at her old high … read more »

North­eastern University’s learning dis­ability pro­gram ensures a reg­i­mented schedule of dynamic and inten­sive tuto­rials on top of courses. The school also empha­sizes indi­vidual stu­dent attention.