Paul C. Notari holding a framed copy of the flyer used to promote the Paul C. Notari Research Grants in Environmental Studies (Photo credit: Mary Lou Notari)
Four research microgrants of $500 will be offered by the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center in an annual competition, beginning in 2022. Read more
Students and mentors at a CARA event. (Photo courtesy of CARA)
CARA helps first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color gain the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Read more
Professors Anne Valk and Johanna Devaney
Professor Anne Valk was awarded funding for a project on LGBTQ+ teacher education and Professor Johanna Devaney is the recipient of funds in the area of digital humanities advancement. Read more
Gita Martohardjono
The funding supports a suite of digital assessments in 16 languages that is available for free to New York State educators. Read more
The program, which includes a new writing course and career networking opportunities, is supported by a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools. Read more
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Their work will help researchers better understand the structures of particles like protons and neutrons, and the phase of matter that existed at the very beginning of the universe. Read more
Professor Andrea Alù
The award recognizes Alù’s challenges to the boundaries of materials science and physics, which have brought about advances in electromagnetics, nano-optics, and acoustics. Read more
By 2022, over 400 humanities scholars will have benefited from the train-the-trainer model of the Digital Humanities Research Institute. Lisa Rhody, who leads the DHRI, is shown conducting a workshop at a past institute.
Many participants in the 2021 institute, offered virtually, come from schools that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students; curriculum materials will be freely available online. Read more
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Lo Ferguson (Photo courtesy of Ferguson)
Ferguson, whose research focuses on transgender college students, wants to work "on things like access to health care and housing for the LGBTQ community, and at a level that will enact more systematic change." Read more
Susana Mingote and Orie Shafer
Shafer will study how different neurotransmitters released by the same neuron mediate different functions within our circadian clocks. Mingote will investigate neurons that release both dopamine and glutamate, and their relation to disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s. Read more