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.
 Watch reporters Evan Allen and Neil Swidey as well as editor Steve Wilmsen in a discussion of "The Virus's Tale", a narrative of the missteps and hesitations that helped make Massachusetts one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus. They’re joined by Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina, who warned about the unfolding tragedy, and Joe Ramirez, a nursing assistant who witnessed it first hand at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.Â
