Olivia DrakeMay 12, 20101min
Francis Starr, associate professor of physics; David Beveridge, the Joshua Boger University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics; and Michael Weir, professor of biology, director of the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled “MRI-R2: Acquisition of Shared Cluster and Database Computing Facilities at Wesleyan University.” The grant, worth $298,736, will be awarded over three years beginning May 1, 2010. The grant was awarded as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Olivia DrakeMay 12, 20101min
Suzy Taraba, University Archivist and head of Special Collections, received a grant from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation for the purpose of upgrading its exhibition area, located outside Special Collections & Archives in Olin Library. The $50,000 award will be applied Jan. 15, 2011 through Sept. 15, 2012. “The grant will enable us to improve the lighting in the area, and allow us to install new cases that are more secure and attractive, and that offer some humidity control,” Taraba says.

Olivia DrakeApril 21, 20101min
Hilary Barth, assistant professor of psychology, received a five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled "Magnitude Biases in Mathematical Cognition, Learning, and Development." The grant supports research on the development of children's mathematical understanding. The grant is worth $761,005. More about her grant and studies can be found here. Read more here.

Olivia DrakeMarch 22, 20101min
Scott Holmes, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on March 2. The three year grant, worth $599,832, will support his studies on “Epigenetic Silencing of Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” Read more on Holmes's study here.

Olivia DrakeFebruary 8, 20101min
Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy, received a grant from NASA on Jan. 28 for his research titled "Probing the Atomic  & Molecular Inventory of the Beta-PicAnalog, the Young Edge –On Debris Disk of HD32297rp." The $48,334 grant, will be applied over two years.

Olivia DrakeFebruary 8, 20101min
Wesleyan's Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS) received a nearly $1M grant from the United Illuminating Company (UI) and The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) to provide professional development workshops for eesmarts teachers regarding energy and energy-efficient behaviors and technologies. These new contracts provide funding for a fourth year of the program and are renewable for an additional two years. Read more on the grant here https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2010/02/02/pimms/.