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Redesigning Boston’s North End
Six Northeastern University civil engineering seniors say they have the answer to solving traffic problems and pedestrian congestion that plague Boston’s North End: seasonal, portable sidewalks. The...
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3Qs: Evaluating U.S.-Afghanistan relations
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama headed to Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership pact with President Hamid Karzai. We asked...
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3Qs: Analyzing the cybersecurity threat posed by hackers
Last week, Anonymous, a global group of hackers, successfully infiltrated the Department of Justice’s system and released stolen data. At the same time, al-Qaida, the international terrorist...
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3Qs: The future of the Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court is preparing to rule on the constitutionality of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We asked Kristin Madison, a professor with dual appointments in the...
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3Qs: High time for an AIDS ‘wake-up call’
The United States will host the International AIDS Conference for the first time in 22 years from July 22–27 in Washington, D.C., where some 25,000 delegates from around the world will meet to evaluate...
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3Qs: Why a mosquito is more than just a summertime pest
You know that mosquito bite you’re scratching like crazy on that hot, summer night? According to Rebeca Rosengaus, associate professor of biology in the College of Science, it may be a vector, or...
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3Qs: Life after the Olympics
For some Olympic athletes, many years of dedication and hard work is rewarded in the form of a shiny gold medal. But most Olympians fall short and, in some cases, never compete again. We asked Justine...
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3Qs: The business of the Olympics
The Olympics is not just another athletic competition on the international stage — it‘s also a business that has become increasingly commercialized over the last several years. We got a first-hand...
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3Qs: Bitter taste for an American treat?
Last week Hostess Brands — which makes iconic foods such as Twinkies and Wonder Bread — announced that it is going out of business and filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking permission...
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3Qs: What to know about this year’s flu season
Health officials say this year’s flu outbreak is the worst in a decade, and Boston on Wednesday declared a public health emergency as the flu epidemic worsened. Forty-one states are currently...
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Spring break, with a humanitarian twist
Florida-bound Lindsay Weigel and David Barra will spend a lot of time in the sun over spring break next week, but they’re not heading south for the tan. Instead, they will be removing invasive plant...
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Alternative Spring Break: A firsthand account
I’ve just returned from a week-long Alternative Spring Break service project in the Florida Everglades, where I volunteered alongside a group of amazing Northeastern students as they worked hard...
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3Qs: What will come of Egypt’s elections?
After a week of clashes with the military council, Egyptians cast their ballots in the first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak was removed from power. We asked Professor of Political Science...
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3Qs: ‘Tis the season to find employment?
It’s that time of year when retail stores keep longer hours, delivery companies work around the clock to move holiday packages, and seasonal job opportunities increase. Lynne Sarikas, director of the...
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3Qs: Rockin’ around the holidays
Whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to escape holiday music this time of year. In malls, on the radio and on television, artists are continuing to recreate holiday classics and new holiday-themed...
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Taking the Bull by the horns
Northeastern University senior Jeff Sayles II has earned one of five highly competitive sports marketing internships at Red Bull, edging out more than 1,400 other student applicants nationwide. He’ll...
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3Qs: Taking a patient-facing approach to health care
The United States spends $2 trillion in health care annually. New technologies and approaches to health care have led to a growing field in health informatics, which has a focus on both the clinical...
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3Qs: ‘Leaping’ into the realm of science
Murray Gibson (center), dean of the College of Science, says that without a leap day every fourth year, summer would drift out of sync about one month every 100 years or so. Photo by Mary Knox Merill....
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3Qs: It may be daylight saving, but we’re losing an hour
This weekend we turn the clocks forward an hour for the return of daylight saving time, which means we lose an hour of sleep. We also have to do things an hour earlier than we did before relative to...
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Northeastern’s ROTC program honored with MacArthur Award
This marks the first time Liberty Battalion, the largest ROTC program in Massachusetts, has been recognized with the prestigious MacArthur Award. Above, Northeastern’s ROTC seniors are seen on...
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