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 state was already in the midst of a workforce crisis prior to the pandemic – not enough people trained for the fields that were hiring. Now, these sectors are shifting, and so are the skills that people need for these jobs. In this virtual event, Boston Globe business reporter Jon Chesto will guide the new conversation on workforce development, especially in the Greater Boston region’s most marginalized communities. How can we emerge from the pandemic with a more diverse and better trained workforce?
JPMorgan Chase & Co, a leading global financial services firm, is committed to supporting Black and Latinx communities, and closing the opportunity gap. Boston is one of seven winning cities in the firms AdvancingCities Challenge. The $5 million investment to the Boston Opportunity System (BOS) Collaborative will drive economic opportunity along Fairmount Corridor which will include providing neighborhood-based job training. These efforts align with the goals of the firm's New Skills at Work initiative, a $350M global investment to help prepare for the future of work and meet the growing demand for skilled workers.
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