\nMousumi Bose\u00a0<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>Nutrition and Food Studies \nSTAIR II Consortium<\/em> \nNational Institutes of Health \n$66,365 \nDr. Bose was awarded the second year of a training grant from the Sterol and Isoprenoid Research (STAIR) Consortium of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. This will allow her to contribute to the research goals of STAIR by investigating rare diseases of sterol metabolism, including nutritional aspects of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders. \n<\/div>
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\nGerard Costa<\/strong>\u00a0\u2022 Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health \nSocio-Emotional Formation Initiative (MSU-SEFI) 2017-2018<\/em> \nNJ Department of Human Services \n$850,000 \nMSU-SEFI serves as the statewide hub, in partnership with the Department of Human Services and the array of government and community partners, to coordinate and integrate the professional formation and support initiatives promoting 0-8 mental health\/social and emotional development and full inclusion. \n<\/div>
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\nTeresa Fiore<\/strong> \u2022 Modern Languages and Literatures \nItalian for Spanish speakers and Made in Italy (Digital Curriculum)<\/em> \nItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation \n$17,659 \nDr. Fiore’s project will create innovative curricular offerings that, in reflecting changes to the student population in the U.S. (an increase in the number of Hispanic and thus Spanish-\u00adspeaking students), and the contemporary lure of Italy for American students (towards the Italian language and culture as a lifestyle, \u201cLiving Italian-\u00adStyle\u201d), promise to potentially recruit majors and minors in Italian and thus increase enrollment at the advanced level via a rethinking of entry-\u00adlevel courses. \n<\/div>
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\nJinshan Gao<\/strong>\u00a0\u2022 Chemistry and Biochemistry \nCharacterization and enrichment of glycoprotein\/glycan via multi-functional \nfree radical reagents<\/em> \nNational Institutes of Health \n$356,609 \n<\/strong> \nThe goal of Dr. Gao’s research is to develop solid-supported free radical probes for glycan moiety enrichment and characterization, and free radial activated glycoprotein structure elucidation (FRAGPSE) reagent for glycoprotein characterization, especially the protein sequencing and glycosylation determination, moving the frontier of glycan study forward significantly. \n<\/div>
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\n\u200cYvonne Gindt<\/strong>\u00a0\u2022 Chemistry and Biochemistry \nDNA Repair under Extreme Conditions – Extended Studies<\/em> \nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration \n$33,139 \nWith this continuation of a subaward from\u00a0Temple University, Dr. Gindt will continue to\u00a0study DNA repair by characterizing and comparing photolyases cloned from a hyperthermophile and a psychrophile to investigate the development of key biological processes relevant to the origin of life on Earth and the search for life elsewhere. \n<\/div>
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\nElaine Hitchcock<\/strong> \u2022 Communication Sciences and Disorders \nInvestigating the effects of visual acoustic biofeedback intervention for speech sound errors in childhood apraxia of speech: A pilot study<\/em> \nPentax Medical \n$10,000 \nThe long-term goal of Dr. Hitchcock’s project is to identify the effectiveness of visual acoustic for treatment of lingual speech sounds\/sound sequence errors, specifically rhotic errors in children diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech. \n<\/div>
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\nPankaj Lal<\/strong> \u2022 Earth and Environmental Studies \nEcosystem service tradeoffs, landowner incentives, and optimal policy design to promote sustainable Longleaf Pine agroecosystems<\/em> \nUS Department of Agriculture \n$96,441 \nThe goal of this project, funded by a subaward from the University of Florida, is to increase the ability to assess and communicate the economic tradeoffs associated with managing longleaf pine (LLP) in the Southeastern US. Dr. Lal along and a graduate student will work with University of Florida researchers towards acceptability and public preferences analysis of LLP ecosystems. \n<\/div>
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\nChristopher Matthews<\/strong> \u2022 Anthropology \nMany Voices of Montclair<\/em> \nNJ Council for the Humanities \nThe Montclair History Center plans to research and explore the nationalities and ethnicities that contributed to the development of the multi-cultural community of Montclair by conducting a series of oral histories with long-term residents of Montclair who represent a variety of cultures. Dr. Matthews will construct the framework of the research and interview questions, as well as training and supervising ÌÇÐÄvlog students to assist with the project. \n<\/div>
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\nBryan\u200c Murdock<\/strong> \u2022 Center for Community Engagement \nKrystal Woolston<\/strong>\u00a0\u2022 Center for Community Engagement \nÌÇÐÄvlog EECO Project<\/em> \nCorporation for National and Community Service \n$295,747 \n<\/strong>\n
The third year of this program will continue to engage twenty AmeriCorps members who will support the development and implementation of a full service university-assisted UACS community school project in Orange, NJ.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\nRobert Reid<\/strong> \u2022 Family Science and Human Development \nPauline Garcia-Reid<\/strong> \u2022 Family Science and Human Development \nPaterson Coalition Against Substance Abuse (P-CASA)<\/em> \nUS Department of Health & Human Services\/SAMHSA \n$125,000 \nNow in its fifth year, P-CASA seeks to develop the infrastructure of an anti-drug coalition targeting at-risk racial and ethnic minority adolescents in Paterson\u2019s 1st Ward. As a collaborative effort between ÌÇÐÄvlog and a diverse group of community stakeholders, P-CASA will introduce evidence-based environmental prevention strategies to meet the goals of the Drug Free Communities Grant Program, which are to increase community collaboration and reduce substance use among youth aged 12\u201317. \n<\/div>
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\nJennifer Robinson<\/strong> \u2022 Center of Pedagogy \nBeing United in Leadership Development (BUILD)<\/em> \nNJ Department of Education \n$113,000 \nDr. Robinson has been awarded funding for the third and final year of BUILD, through which experienced teachers participate in a research-based professional development program to improve district-wide mentoring and induction policies and practices. \n<\/div>
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\nTeresa Rodriguez<\/strong> \u2022 University Art Galleries \nNJSCA General Program Support FY 2018<\/em> \nNJ State Council on the Arts \n$12,828 \nThis award will support professional exhibitions specifically to produce exhibition catalogs and other marketing materials to promote the shows, educational programs, outreach plans, and new audience development in the seven counties we cultivate and the general public. \n<\/div>
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\nDavid Rotella<\/strong> \u2022 Chemistry and Biochemistry \nJohn Siekierka<\/strong> \u2022 Chemistry and Biochemistry \nDevelopment of inhibitors of P. falciparum cGMP dependent protein kinase (PfPKG) for malaria chemoprevention<\/em> \nNational Institutes of Health \n$245,047 \nThis three-year, $751,140 collaborative research grant with Rutgers University supports the design, synthesis, and characterization of potential inhibitors of P. falciparum Protein Kinase G (PfPKG) as antimalarial agents. \n<\/div>
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\nLynn Schneemeyer<\/strong> \u2022 Chemistry and Biochemistry \nMichael Weinstein<\/strong> \u2022 Dean’s Office, CSAM \nDeveloping a Wetland Baseline at the Watershed Scale<\/em> \nNJ Department of Environmental Protection \n$63,479 \nThe second year of this US Environmental Protection Agency-funded project will continue to address New Jersey\u2019s desire to strengthen core elements of its EPA-approved Wetland Program Plan, including long-term state wetland program planning (i.e., Wetland Program Plans, or WPPs), and carrying out shorter-term projects that are consistent with the WPP. \n<\/div>
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\nAmy Tuininga<\/strong> \u2022 PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies \nPankaj Lal<\/strong> \u2022 Earth and Environmental Studies \nNSF INCLUDES DDLP: Sustainability Teams Empower and Amplify Membership in STEM (S-TEAMS)<\/em> \nNational Science Foundation \n$300,000 \nS-TEAMS will examine how students underrepresented in STEM can be better integrated into the STEM disciplines through their participation in transdisciplinary Sustainability Teams, which will work with corporations and organizations to conceive, develop, produce, and deliver high-quality Sustainability projects. \n<\/div>
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\nMichael Weinstein<\/strong> \u2022 Dean’s Office, CSAM \nAt Risk – Healthy Coastal Ecosystems and Resilient Communities & Economies in an Era of Climate Change: A Balanced Approach to Protecting People, Property and Nature in Historic Greenwich Township, N.J.<\/em> \nNJ Sea Grant Consortium \n$12,346 \nIn the second year of this subaward from the NJ Institute of Technology, Dr. Weinstein will continue to develop an Environmental Constraints Analysis to evaluate proposed engineering designs to mitigate storm surge and flooding during severe storm events at Greenwich, NJ. \n<\/div>
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\nMeiyin Wu<\/strong> \u2022 Passaic River Institute \nStopping Trash Where it Starts<\/em> \nNew England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission\/Hudson River Foundation \n$10,200 \nThis project, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, characterizes and identifies the sources of trash and floatables of the Passaic River and the Newark Bay, the local conditions contributing to trash dispersal, and community-specific actions for reducing trash at the source. This supplemental award will support the work of up to five members of the Friends of Bonsal Preserve who will work on this project. \n<\/div>
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\nJedediah Wheeler\u00a0<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0Arts and Cultural Programming \nGeneral Programming Support FY 2017 \n<\/em>NJ State Council on the Arts \n$54,464 \nThe second year of this award will help support Peak Performances’ mission to provide unique theatrical experiences that foster both creativity and learning for on-campus and community audiences. In addition, NJSCA also recognized ACP for Artistic Excellence as well as designated it as a Major Cultural Institution in NJ. \n<\/div>
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\n\u200cMichelle Zhu<\/strong> \u2022 Computer Science \nPankaj Lal<\/strong> \u2022 Earth and Environmental Studies \nNicole Panorkou<\/strong> \u2022 Mathematical Sciences \nBharath Samanthula<\/strong> \u2022 Computer Science \nAssimilating Computational and Mathematical thinking into Earth and Environmental Science (ACMES)<\/em> \nNational Science Foundation \n$1,147,085 \nThe goal of this project is to nurture the next generation of innovators by advancing student learning in\u00a0STEM + Computing through a seamless integration of earth and environmental science, mathematics and computer science in Grades 5-7. \n<\/div>