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Steven Pijut
College Writing Program

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Alessandro Poletto
East Asian Languages and Cultures

Robert Pollak
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Amy Pond
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Jay Ponder
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Graziella Postolache
Romance Languages and Literatures
John Powers
Program in Film and Media Studies

Thomas Cody Prang
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Comparative Literature and Thought

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East Asian Languages and Cultures
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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