VIDEO: Northeastern University’s Terry Fulmer discusses the growing healthcare sector. She speaks with Adam Johnson and Alix Steel on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.”

In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued its decision on the Affordable Care Act, some health law experts have taken a longer look at the implications. And they are concerned about just how far-reaching the decision could be. The Medicaid decision may have big ramifications, Wendy Parmet, associate dean for academic affairs at Northeastern […]

MassDiGI aims to help train the next generation of video game designers.

Northeastern University has entered into an agreement with four other schools to build a “green” high performance computing center in Holyoke, Mass.

Variation in guns laws from state to state may be complicating law enforcement efforts, especially in regions such as New England, where states are split between restrictive and largely hands-off approaches to gun ownership, according to some gun law specialists and gun control advocates. Those looking to cut gun violence, however, should look beyond rifles, […]

The US economy lost momentum over the past three months and Massachusetts is expected to follow as consumer spending slows and the economic crisis in Europe takes its toll. Although the Massachusetts economy grew at more than double the national rate, according to report released Friday by the University of Massachusetts, a slowdown in the […]

Americans are mourning along with victims’ families in the wake of the Aurora movie theater shootings. But what should our feelings be toward the family of James Holmes, the shooting suspect? Experts who study shooting rampages and killing sprees say we should mourn for them too. “We have lots of sympathy for the families of […]