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 Boston Globe Love Letters advice columnist Meredith Goldstein in the next installment of Taking Care with Joy Allen, chair of the Music Therapy Department at the Berklee College of Music. They discuss how music heals, what kind of music helps us during anxious times (the answer might surprise you), and what anthems Allen has recommended for essential workers.
Meredith Goldstein is an advice columnist and features reporter for The Boston Globe. Her advice column, Love Letters, is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the lovelorn that has been running online and in the paper for 11 years. Her Love Letters podcast will launch its fourth season later this year. Meredith's books include “Can’t Help Myself: Lessons and Confessions From a Modern Advice Columnist”; “Chemistry Lessons," a young adult novel about a teen who tries to use science to manipulate her love life; and “The Singles,” a novel about dateless guests at a wedding. Meredith lives in Boston with a full-size cotton candy machine.
Joy Allen, Ph.D., MT-BC, serves as Chair, Music Therapy and Acting Director, Berklee Music and Health Institute. She is an accomplished clinician, researcher, and educator with extensive experience in medical music therapy, psychological health, pain management, and the family system. Dr. Allen regularly consults with hospitals, community-based programs, and the tech industry on music and health related programming and research.
