Mikhail Palatnik
Global Studies
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Rita Parai
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Eleanor Pardini
Environmental Studies
Nelson Pardiño
Romance Languages and Literatures
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Department of Political Science
Shanti Parikh
Department of Anthropology
John Parks
Environmental Studies
Timothy Parsons
Department of History
Anca Parvulescu
Department of English
Saori Pastore
Department of Physics
Gary Patti
Senior Director, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing
Amy Pawl
Department of English
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Department of History
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Department of Biology
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Department of Music
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Department of Economics
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Department of Economics
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Department of English
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Department of Physics
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College Writing Program
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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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