Northeastern Names New Vice Provost for Research

Northeastern University has announced that Arthur F. Kramer will become the school’s new senior vice provost for research starting in May.

Kramer, who comes to North­eastern from the Uni­ver­sity of Illi­nois at Urbana-​​Champaign, will suc­ceed Mel Bern­stein in the role, according to a press release from Northeastern.

Kramer comes to Northeastern as the university prepares to open its Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Sci­ence and Engi­neering Com­plex. His experiences at the University of Illinois are very relevant to this new launch. There, Kramer directs the Beckman Insti­tute for Advanced Sci­ence and Tech­nology and led the university’s intel­li­gent human com­puter inter­ac­tion group.

At Northeastern, Kramer will help the university continue to elevate its research portfolio, which has more than doubled over the past nine years.

“I am looking for­ward to working col­lab­o­ra­tively with the fac­ulty, staff, stu­dents, and admin­is­tra­tion to fur­ther pro­mote Northeastern’s dis­tinc­tive research and edu­ca­tional cul­ture, with a com­mit­ment to use-​​inspired, solution-​​focused research,” Kramer said in the Northeastern press release. “Clearly, North­eastern is at the threshold of devising addi­tional novel inter­dis­ci­pli­nary solu­tions to impor­tant soci­etal chal­lenges, and it is an honor and a priv­i­lege to assist the fac­ulty, stu­dents, and staff in these impor­tant endeavors.”

At Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, strategic research themes include international business and strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation, corporate governance and healthcare, according to the school’s website. Its research centers and institutes include the Business Sustainability Initiative, the Center For Family Business, the Center for Emerging Markets, the Center for Entrepreneurship Education, the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research, the Center for Workforce Analytics, the Institute for Global Innovation Management and the Social Enterprise Institute.

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