Future Boston Alliance and the Business of Hipness

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May 14, 2012 | 0 comments

By Michael Lake and Daniel Spiess, World Class Cities Partnership

Boston’s high ranking as a global innovation city and, according to one recent report, reputation as the 10th most competitive city in the world would be the pride of mayors everywhere, but Boston continues to experience its “brain drain.” Northeastern University’s World Class Cities Partnership, whose global research has focused on talent attraction and retention issues, recently hosted the pre-launch of Boston’s foremost advocate for hipness – the Future Boston Alliance (FBA). Founded by Greg Selkoe, a locally-based streetwear retailer, Selkoe and FBA director Malia Lazu described the Alliance as an opportunity for Boston and Massachusetts to seek input and guidance from an untapped core of new leaders and entrepreneurs in order for our region to compete in the 21st century. Selkoe and Lazu noted that not only does Boston need to compete in education and technology, in which it already performs quite well, but it also needs to compete in the ‘hip’ factor as featured by Michael Farrell in his recent Boston Globe article “E-retailer Hopes to Boost Hub’s Hip Factor.”

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Campaign 2012: Policy Advice to the President

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May 9, 2012 | 0 comments

The Open Classroom Series | Fall Semester 2012
Wednesday evenings from September 5th through December 12th.

Policy School Students Win Affordable Housing Development Competition

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May 3, 2012 | 0 comments

George Durante and Diego Rodriguez Renovales, two graduating MURP students, were part of the team that won the 12th Annual Greater Boston Affordable Housing Development Competition at the Boston Society of Architects.

The team worked on behalf of the Caribbean Integration Community, a non-profit community development corporation based in the Grove Hall area of Boston. They engaged in community outreach, conducted research, and consulted with key organizations and firms to create a development proposal.

The MBTA: The Auto Driver’s Best Friend

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Apr 17, 2012 | 0 comments

Beginning July 1, MBTA fares will be going up and service will be cut.  To some, the increases may seem modest:  a single CharlieCard ride on the Red, Orange, or Blue line will increase by 30 cents to $2.00.  Bus rides will increase by 25 cents and student fares by fifteen.  Monthly passes for commuter rail riders will increase between $38 and $64.  Some routes will be discontinued; others will experience service cuts on weekends.  All of this is to help close a projected MBTA deficit of $160 million in fiscal year 2013. These fare...

Political repurposing

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Apr 10, 2012 | 0 comments

The White House Middle Class Task Force was set up to shape policy, but now its work is part of election-year politics   BY: SHAWN ZELLER April 10, 2012 TWO WEEKS AFTER his inauguration, President Obama invited supporters of his 2008 campaign to the White House to lay out his plan for a Middle Class Task Force. The idea behind the task force was that research and public outreach could break through the partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill and help create good-paying jobs in growing fields and make sure that workplaces are safe and...

State Needs Young Professionals; They Want Cool Digs

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Apr 10, 2012 | 0 comments

By DAVID FINK
The Hartford Courant | April 10, 2012

The nation's state-against-state competition for young professionals has been called "America's Third Civil War" by noted Northeastern University Professor Barry Bluestone.

Hyperbole? Unlikely.

The Northeastern Humanities Center with the Department of English Present:

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Apr 5, 2012 | 0 comments

The 8th annual Peter Burton Hanson Memorial Lecture: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Reading and Conversation
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7p.m.
The John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute
40 Leon Street
West Village F
Northeastern University

Book signing and reception to follow