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.
A mother tracks down and befriends the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her own autistic son. Her journey with side trips through autism's past and present exposes a startling record of cruelty and kindness alike, framed by forces like race, money and privilege. Ultimately, she finds hope that more of us are learning to have the backs of those who are "different."
Join the Globe's Loren King and producers John Donvan and Caren Zucker in this virtual discussion about the film, 'IN A DIFFERENT KEY'Â on Tuesday, August 29th at 5:00PM EST.
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