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.
“Don't Look Up,” Netflix's hit climate-apocalypse film from Worcester-raised director Adam McKay, imagines how society would respond to the discovery of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The result? Repeated disinterest.
In this event, Globe reporter and documentary filmmaker David Abel hosts a conversation with co-producer of the film Ron Suskind and Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the City of Boston, about the film’s commentary and what it says about our society. The panel will consider what we can and should take away from the film and how we should adjust our mindset around addressing climate change on a local level.
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