New Zealand Herald Shh … here’s the truth about gossip We devote up to two-thirds of our daily conversation to gossip. But is swapping tidbits about your neighbours, co-workers or friends really that bad? Suzanne Harrington thinks not.
Companies urged to push harder for diversity The Boston business Journal’s Leaders in Diversity event is underway at the Westin Copley, with Emmett G. Price III, chair of the African American Studies Department at Northeastern University , giving the keynote address. He urged the audience to push even harder within their companies and organizations to create more diversity and inclusion.
MIT SHASS News Dr. Joseph Aoun, PhD ’82, President of Northeastern University, receives the 2011 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Dr. Joseph Aoun, a distinguished linguistics scholar, and the seventh President of Northeastern University, is the recipient of the 2011 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award, presented bienially by MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Dr. Aoun’s award lecture is on “The Future of American Higher Education in the Global Knowledge Marketplace.”
If You’re Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too? MARY LOU DiNARDO checked three times to make sure: was that a smiley face at the end of the latest e-mail from her most dour client?
Worcester Telegram Curb federal overreach The federal government routinely attaches conditions to its largesse that expand Washington’s reach to policy areas long under state control. This ‘regulation without representation’ has become a serious problem that requires a powerful remedy.
BostInnovation Will Robotic Dragons Be the Next Generation’s Teachers? Northeastern, MIT & Harvard Find Out How many times have you fallen asleep in a lecture hall, tired of hearing your professor drone on and on about literature, statistics or ethics? Imagine learning from a plush dragon, instead. Yes, you heard us correctly. Researchers from Northeastern University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are examining how social robots can […]
CBS Money Watch Job Interview Going Badly? 5 No-Fail Ways To Fix It Job interviews are, generally, not fun. You’re trying to prove your worth as quickly and efficiently as you can – sometimes in 20 minutes or less. If things don’t go quite right, before you know it you may find yourself getting the “Don’t call us” line and a limp handshake.
Tech News Daily New University Facility Tests Homeland Security Tech Northeastern University has built a facility to serve as a testing ground for new homeland security technology.
Market News International US Economists Worried Over Jobs Outlook For Older Workers U.S. policymakers continue to be frustrated by a stubbornly high unemployment, with over 6 million Americans without a job for 27 weeks or more, and two economists Tuesday highlighted the significant challenges in particular for older workers displaced by the “Great Recession.”
NY Daily News As NBA lockout carries on, players and owners make call to 6th man, federal mediator George Cohen The Kobe Bryant of mediators will attempt to do something Tuesday that NBA owners and players have failed to accomplish in more than two years of negotiating.
Business Week More Facebook Friends Means Bigger Brain Areas, U.K. Study Finds People who have more Facebook friends have more gray matter in their brains, a finding that may spur further research on the relationship between social networking and the mind, U.K. researchers said.