VisionariesA series of reports on innovators in Greater Boston. Harvard Professor Still 'Playing Science' And Winning Federal Grants At Almost 94He has typical age-related health issues but his mind has remained very clear -- perhaps "because I use it all the time."ResumeLocal Coverage05:56Jul 12, 2019Arlene 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...ResumeLocal Coverage08:19Apr 26, 2019CRISPR Wizard Feng Zhang: The Making Of A Sunny Science SuperstarBy 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.ResumeLocal Coverage07:32Apr 26, 2018Visionaries: 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...ResumeLocal Coverage06:30Oct 4, 2016Visionaries: MIT Scientist Helps Blind Indian Children See, And Then Learns From ThemPawan 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...ResumeLocal Coverage06:46Apr 10, 2015AdvertisementVisionaries: MIT's Alan Guth Made A 'Spectacular Realization' About The UniverseGuth's “cosmic inflation” is accepted as the most plausible explanation for the evolution of the universe.ResumeLocal Coverage07:17Feb 26, 2015A 'Messenger To Mankind,' Elie Wiesel Continues His Fight Against IndifferenceFifty-four years after the publication of his seminal memoir, "Night," the Holocaust survivor, now 85, asks: "Haven't we learned anything?"ResumeLocal Coverage09:07Feb 10, 2014Visionaries: 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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:02Dec 3, 2013Visionaries: One Harvard Scientist's Quest To Find A Cure For His KidsWhen 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...ResumeLocal Coverage10:24Mar 26, 2013Visionaries: Harvard Doctor Bridges Research And Action In Global HealthDr. 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.ResumeLocal Coverage09:36Feb 1, 2013Visionaries: Zipcar Founder Sees Success In SharingZipcar founder Robin Chase believes that collaboration is essential to solving the world's most pressing problems.ResumeLocal Coverage08:14Dec 21, 2012Visionaries: Dr. Jim O’Connell, Provider Of Health Care To The HomelessDr. 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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:31Nov 27, 2012E Ink Founder's Startup Goal: Power The World With Efficient Nuclear PowerRussell 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...ResumeLocal Coverage08:13Nov 2, 2012Visionaries: Author M.T. Anderson, Pioneer Of Smart Young Adult FictionSince the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that also draw adult readers.ResumeLocal Coverage08:37May 1, 2012Visionaries: 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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:53Apr 24, 2012Clara Wainwright: Fabric Artist, First Night Creator On Community ArtLocal fabric artist and quilter Clara Wainwright and one of her quilt collaborators talk about the nexus between community building and art.ResumeRadio Boston09:30Apr 17, 2012Visionaries: Creative Power Couple Bill And Clara WainwrightOver four decades, Clara and Bill Wainwright have nurtured countless creative collaborations in Boston while making their own work and overcoming some major obstacles.ResumeLocal Coverage10:14Apr 17, 2012Visionaries: Musical Innovator Tod MachoverWe begin a new series, "Visionaries," by profiling the tech-driven, inventive composer Tod Machover.ResumeLocal Coverage09:59Apr 10, 2012
Harvard Professor Still 'Playing Science' And Winning Federal Grants At Almost 94He has typical age-related health issues but his mind has remained very clear -- perhaps "because I use it all the time."ResumeLocal Coverage05:56Jul 12, 2019
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...ResumeLocal Coverage08:19Apr 26, 2019
CRISPR Wizard Feng Zhang: The Making Of A Sunny Science SuperstarBy 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.ResumeLocal Coverage07:32Apr 26, 2018
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...ResumeLocal Coverage06:30Oct 4, 2016
Visionaries: MIT Scientist Helps Blind Indian Children See, And Then Learns From ThemPawan 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...ResumeLocal Coverage06:46Apr 10, 2015
Visionaries: MIT's Alan Guth Made A 'Spectacular Realization' About The UniverseGuth's “cosmic inflation” is accepted as the most plausible explanation for the evolution of the universe.ResumeLocal Coverage07:17Feb 26, 2015
A 'Messenger To Mankind,' Elie Wiesel Continues His Fight Against IndifferenceFifty-four years after the publication of his seminal memoir, "Night," the Holocaust survivor, now 85, asks: "Haven't we learned anything?"ResumeLocal Coverage09:07Feb 10, 2014
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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:02Dec 3, 2013
Visionaries: One Harvard Scientist's Quest To Find A Cure For His KidsWhen 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...ResumeLocal Coverage10:24Mar 26, 2013
Visionaries: Harvard Doctor Bridges Research And Action In Global HealthDr. 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.ResumeLocal Coverage09:36Feb 1, 2013
Visionaries: Zipcar Founder Sees Success In SharingZipcar founder Robin Chase believes that collaboration is essential to solving the world's most pressing problems.ResumeLocal Coverage08:14Dec 21, 2012
Visionaries: Dr. Jim O’Connell, Provider Of Health Care To The HomelessDr. 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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:31Nov 27, 2012
E Ink Founder's Startup Goal: Power The World With Efficient Nuclear PowerRussell 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...ResumeLocal Coverage08:13Nov 2, 2012
Visionaries: Author M.T. Anderson, Pioneer Of Smart Young Adult FictionSince the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that also draw adult readers.ResumeLocal Coverage08:37May 1, 2012
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.ResumeLocal Coverage10:53Apr 24, 2012
Clara Wainwright: Fabric Artist, First Night Creator On Community ArtLocal fabric artist and quilter Clara Wainwright and one of her quilt collaborators talk about the nexus between community building and art.ResumeRadio Boston09:30Apr 17, 2012
Visionaries: Creative Power Couple Bill And Clara WainwrightOver four decades, Clara and Bill Wainwright have nurtured countless creative collaborations in Boston while making their own work and overcoming some major obstacles.ResumeLocal Coverage10:14Apr 17, 2012
Visionaries: Musical Innovator Tod MachoverWe begin a new series, "Visionaries," by profiling the tech-driven, inventive composer Tod Machover.ResumeLocal Coverage09:59Apr 10, 2012
