Profiles

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A molecular and cellular biology concentrator, Will Clerx said his interest in science began when he was a small child looking for insects in his Seekonk, Mass., backyard. “I was always fascinated by the natural world and exploring why things are the way they are."

Research to lose sleep over

Will Clerx ’14 studied effects of staying awake on hard-pressed students

Health|

DateMay 19, 2014

Hearkening to herbs

Beyond work, Zabel studies and uses them, advising on their qualities

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DateApril 3, 2014June 19, 2019

While in college, Clara Long spent a spring semester in Belém, Brazil. “That totally changed the trajectory of my life,” she said, and turned a passion for tending the environment into “something that was much more about people.” Now graduating from Harvard Law School, Long is interested in human rights, and views her education at Harvard as a way of acquiring “tools for dealing with injustice.”

Daring to be a doer

Clara Long, who has worked many jobs in many lands, will use her law degree to aid others

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DateMay 24, 2012

“I was prepared for the sacrifices that come with playing sports on a high level and getting my schoolwork done,” said Mariah Pewarski (left), who, alongside teammate and fellow freshman Morgan Powell, plays both field hockey and lacrosse.

On the go

Two-sport freshmen balance schoolwork, athletics

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DateApril 7, 2011

Professor Naomi Pierce (left) and Roger Vila, a postdoctoral fellow who led expeditions to South America, continue to research the unlikely work of Vladmir Nabokov, who studied the migration of certain butterflies in the Americas.

Nabokov’s blues

Novelist was gifted in more ways than one — just ask a lepidopterist

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DateFebruary 17, 2011

History in the making

Current events drew Mary Lewis to study France’s past

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DateFebruary 3, 2011April 16, 2019

Trading places

Economist Melitz adds realism to international business models

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DateNovember 4, 2010May 16, 2019

Brazil’s public intellectual

Now a Harvard professor, Nicolau Sevcenko finds time to reflect

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DateOctober 21, 2010March 5, 2019

Clif Colby, scientific instrument maker at the Rowland Institute, is one of dozens of faculty and staff being honored for 25 years of service at Harvard. But don't count on a 26th year — Colby retired as of Sept. 30. “I’ll still miss the people,” he said. “This is a great place, it really is.”

25 years of service

Oct. 13 event honors dozens of employees on reaching milestone

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DateOctober 7, 2010June 19, 2019

Figuring out suicidal behavior

New psychology professor uses science to evaluate treatments

Health|

DateOctober 7, 2010June 19, 2019

Ecuadorian Harvard staff member Kalan Chang, who works two jobs, came to the United States without knowing English and is now on the road to an undergraduate degree with plans for two master’s degrees and an accountant certification, thanks to Harvard’s Bridge to Learning and Literacy program. "I am one of the lucky ones," said Chang.

Crossing that bridge

Bridge program helps émigré to gain education, become citizen

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DateSeptember 14, 2010

Hard science, soft verse

Ron Spalletta manages medical unit by day, pens poetry by night

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DateSeptember 2, 2010July 24, 2019

Tracing the roots of political thought

Eric Nelson studies where we’ve been to understand where we are

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DateSeptember 2, 2010May 6, 2019

The gym unlocker

Ed Kelley, a Harvard employee since 1959, has kind words for everyone

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DateApril 15, 2010

Locke, seen here by the Harvard Square T station, is a transportation maven, overseeing the diverse ways in which the Harvard community commutes.

Coming and going at Harvard

Kris Locke directs commuter-assistance programs

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DateDecember 3, 2009

Valerie Nelson is the public health manager at Harvard University.

Food for thought, and testing

Health and safety ninja Valerie Nelson makes sure campus meals are safe

News|

DateNovember 12, 2009

The piano man

Austin Grimes repairs and cares for Harvard's pianos

News|

DateOctober 29, 2009

Bringing plants, technology together

As an editor at the Herbaria, Tremonte finds plenty of pressing paperwork

News|

DateOctober 1, 2009

Greening the meaning of bottom line

Veteran staffer helps give Harvard buying power a sustainable twist

News|

DateSeptember 1, 2009

(Cambridge, MA - May 29, 2009) - John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health (School of Public Health); Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, stands surrounded by water outside the Science Center at Harvard University. John Briscoe's career has focused on the issues of water and economic development, and most recently he served as the World Bank's Senior Water Advisor. Staff photo Jon Chase/Harvard News Office

‘Water guy’ John Briscoe stays in motion

Brought to Harvard with joint appointment at SEAS, HSPH

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DateJune 11, 2009

Mohan Sundararaj of HSPH harnesses the power of music to heal

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DateJune 7, 2009

Athlete, scholar, humanitarian

Andrew Berry ’09

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DateJune 4, 2009

Calla Videt explores ‘the space between’

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DateJune 4, 2009

‘My ministry is in the birthing rooms’

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DateJune 4, 2009

GSE dancer Stewart tangos with art, academics

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DateJune 4, 2009

Jane Cheng ’09: Preserving art, making it public, passing it on

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DateJune 4, 2009

Kip Kitur ’09 plans to head home to help

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DateJune 4, 2009

Hometown girl makes (and does) good

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DateJune 4, 2009

Nick Rizzo ’09: Have compassion, will travel

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DateJune 4, 2009

Take two: Brother’s keepers Bill and Dan Jones ’09, ’09

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DateJune 4, 2009

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