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.
The New England Aquarium presents a screening of the film ENTANGLED and a panel discussion featuring filmmaker and Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental reporter David Abel along with Dr. Peter Corkeron, Senior Scientist and Chair of the Kraus Marine Mammal Conservation Program, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life; Erica Fuller, Senior Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation; and Rob Martin, Commercial Fisherman, South Shore Lobstermen's Association, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance moderated by Dr. Kelly Kryc, Director of Ocean Policy at the New England Aquarium.
Support the New England Aquarium’s most urgent needs by donating to The Mission Forward Fund which allows the institution to fulfill its mission safeguarding ocean animals and habitats. Show your support here.
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