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Sidney Williams
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Department of English
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Assistant Vice Provost
Helina Woldekiros
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Program in Public Scholarship
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Department of Anthropology
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Department of Sociology
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Department of Physics
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East Asian Languages and Cultures
Yan Yu
Department of Chemistry
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Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
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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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