The backdrop to the day was TD Garden, where Northeastern University held its commencement. As 20,000 people clapped and roared, Gov. Deval Patrick conferred an honorary degree on Boston Police … read more »
Patrick Gives Davis Honorary Degree at Northeastern
The backdrop to the day was TD Garden, where Northeastern University held its commencement. As 20,000 people clapped and roared, Gov. Deval Patrick conferred an honorary degree on Boston Police … read more »
$57M in Tax Credits Helped Create 2,500 Life Sciences Jobs … Maybe
Patrick joined researchers from Northeastern University who presented a report showing that the state has given out $56.6 million in tax credits, and life sciences companies have created 2,537 new … read more »
University Presidents on the Future of College
What’s the future of higher education? There might be no one better to answer the question than Lawrence Bacow, the former president of Tufts, and Joseph Aoun, the president of Northeastern.
The Future of College
The price of college has been skyrocketing for years — many private schools are closing in on $60,000 a year once you factor in books, mandatory fees, and housing. And, … read more »
Mass. Economist Predicts Slow Growth in 2013
The jobs report released Thursday marked an end to the slow and moderate economic growth of 2012, as the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that the … read more »
A History of Violence
AUDIO: Has the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut sounded the alarm that as a country we need to think long and hard about our relationship with guns and our culture … read more »
30 Issues Discussion: Trade
We continue our 30 Issues in 30 Days election coverage with a conversation on trade. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney touched on it earlier this week during the foreign … read more »
30 Issues: Government Help for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs
Is there a role for government in helping entrepreneurs? Should the free market rule? Here are the big questions, with Hugh Courtney, dean of Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business — … read more »
Bobby Valentine ‘Shot from the Lip’
Everyone said it was coming. The Boston Red Sox fired manager Bobby Valentine Oct. 4, the day after the team ended its worst season in more than 40 years. Former Major … read more »
Replacement Referees
VIDEO: WGBH discusses the replacement referees
A Manufacturing Comeback in Massachusetts
U.S. employers adding 163,000 jobs in July was a hopeful sign for many, including investors. Stocks rose on Wall Street even though the figure wasn’t enough to drive down the … read more »