Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
After a long year of traveling only as far as our imaginations can take us, we’re all aching to hit the road. But is it still too risky to dust off our suitcases? When will we know it's safe? In this subscriber-only event, Globe travel writer and columnist Christopher Muther takes your questions to the experts: Gloria Guevara Manzo, CEO and president at The World Travel & Tourism Council; Abraar Karan, global health specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Jessica Nabongo, founder and CEO of Catch Me If You Can.
