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.
Join Globe Rhode Island for a two-panel Rhode Map Live event to close out 2024 and look ahead at what’s to come for the Ocean State in the New Year. Globe columnist Dan McGowan first hosts a panel featuring David N. Cicilline and Ann-Marie Harrington of Rhode Island Foundation to examine the Foundation’s five-year action plan. He’ll then host a panel of Foundation grantees to discuss the work they’re doing to enhance and support the local community. Light food, beverages, and parking will be available.
The Rhode Island Foundation supports community organizations that seek to enhance education and student success, healthy and strong communities, housing and economic mobility, climate action and sustainability, and civic and cultural life – all with an eye for equity. This panel will feature a discussion with three local leaders whose organizations are at the forefront of this work.
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