Visionaries
A series of reports on innovators in Greater Boston.
Harvard Professor Still 'Playing Science' And Winning Federal Grants At Almost 94
He has typical age-related health issues but his mind has remained very clear -- perhaps "because I use it all the time."
Arlene Sharpe's Science Helps Cancer Patients, And 'It Doesn't Get Better Than That'
The chair of Harvard's new immunology department helped pioneer the science behind the most promising new type of cancer treatment in decades -- and it all began with lima beans...
CRISPR Wizard Feng Zhang: The Making Of A Sunny Science Superstar
By any measure -- papers, prizes, impact -- Zhang is a science superstar, one of the most inventive life scientists in the world. And he’s only 35.
Visionaries: Harvard's George Church, A Gene-Era Imagineer Who 'Tells The Muggles'
The geneticist is known as one of the most brilliant scientists in the world, and he's eager -- unlike many scientists -- to talk with the public about the powers...
Visionaries: MIT Scientist Helps Blind Indian Children See, And Then Learns From Them
Pawan Sinha is expanding the project he founded to combine science with humanitarian work: It provides eye surgery for poor blind Indian children, and then advances brain science by studying...
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Visionaries: MIT's Alan Guth Made A 'Spectacular Realization' About The Universe
Guth's “cosmic inflation” is accepted as the most plausible explanation for the evolution of the universe.
A 'Messenger To Mankind,' Elie Wiesel Continues His Fight Against Indifference
Fifty-four years after the publication of his seminal memoir, "Night," the Holocaust survivor, now 85, asks: "Haven't we learned anything?"
Visionaries: For Surgeon, Face Transplants Help Patients Emerge From 'Social Death'
We profile Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a 42-year-old plastic surgeon who led a campaign to do face transplants at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Visionaries: One Harvard Scientist's Quest To Find A Cure For His Kids
When Doug Melton, one of the premier stem cell scientists in the world, found out his son had Type 1 diabetes, he transitioned from basic research to a search for...
Visionaries: Harvard Doctor Bridges Research And Action In Global Health
Dr. Anne Goldfeld does the work of three people: fighting for human rights, treating seriously ill patients in Cambodia and Ethiopia, and conducting research to help eradicate AIDS and tuberculosis.
Visionaries: Zipcar Founder Sees Success In Sharing
Zipcar founder Robin Chase believes that collaboration is essential to solving the world's most pressing problems.
Visionaries: Dr. Jim O’Connell, Provider Of Health Care To The Homeless
Dr. Jim O’Connell has made Boston a model for how to provide health care to the homeless, and his approach is now a template for similar programs around the world.
E Ink Founder's Startup Goal: Power The World With Efficient Nuclear Power
Russell Wilcox co-founded E Ink, the company that took a new technology out of MIT to create and build e-reader screens. Now he’s taken the helm of another start-up out...
Visionaries: Author M.T. Anderson, Pioneer Of Smart Young Adult Fiction
Since the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that also draw adult readers.
Visionaries: Terri Lyne Carrington, Jazz Prodigy
From a teenage appearance on the “Tonight Show” to a 2012 Grammy Award, Terri Lyne Carrington remains a role model not just for drummers, but for aspiring female musicians everywhere.
Visionaries: Creative Power Couple Bill And Clara Wainwright
Over four decades, Clara and Bill Wainwright have nurtured countless creative collaborations in Boston while making their own work and overcoming some major obstacles.
Visionaries: Musical Innovator Tod Machover
We begin a new series, "Visionaries," by profiling the tech-driven, inventive composer Tod Machover.