Olivia DrakeJohan “Joop” Varekamp, the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, professor of environmental studies, received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in January. He will use the funds to build a new X-Ray Fluorescence lab in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department. The lab will be used for analyzing rocks, soils and waters.
Lisa Dierker, chair and professor of psychology, and Jennifer Rose, research associate professor of psychology, are the co-recipients of a $97,936 grant from the University of Illinois, through the National Cancer Institute. The award will support their research titled "Social Emotional Contexts of Adolescent Smoking Patterns" through July 2011.
On Dec. 13, 2010, the Center for the Arts received a grant worth $9,250 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCCT) to support the Green Street Art Center's After School Program in 2011-12.
The Green Street Arts Center received a $2,500 grant from the Middlesex County Community Foundation on Dec. 28. The award will support the "Arts in the Communities" project through June 30, 2011. "Arts In Our Communities" is a collaborative program which aims to increase the number of people engaging in arts activities, as both participants and audience members. The program’s objective is to provide the tools of critical thinking and civic engagement while injecting a powerful stream of creativity into the local communities, thus reinvigorating people’s drive to work, think and create together. Arts In Our Communities intends to bring a…
The Green Street Arts Center received an award for $5,000 from Bank of America on Dec. 16. The one-year grant will fund Green Street’s Afterschool Program.
Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy, received a $55,973 grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute to support the Advanced Spectra Library Project: Cool Stars. The grant will allow Redfield to facilitate the analysis of data collected on the Hubble Space Telescope and travel to meetings to present the results. He will collaborate with 20 other researchers from around the world on the project. "All astronomers, worldwide, put in proposals once a year to use the Hubble to get observations. They get about 10 times more requests than they have time to give," Redfield explains. "If you are approved, you…
On Dec. 12, the Center for the Arts received a grant worth $136,585 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCCT) to support the Feet to the Fire initiative in 2011-12. The CCCT also awarded the CFA with an $11,000 award to support the Breaking Ground Dance Series in 2011-12.
Lisa Dierker, chair and professor of psychology, received a grant worth $347,241 for "Center for Prevention and Treatment Methodology." The grant, awarded Nov. 24, is subcontracted with Penn State.
Laura Stark, assistant professor of sociology, assistant professor of science in society, assistant professor of environmental studies, received a grant worth $6,900 from the American Sociological Association for her study titled “How do research subjects affect biomedical studies?” The grant was awarded Oct. 21.
The Wesleyan Fund, operated by University Relations, received a $15,000 grant from the Bigglesworth Family Foundation on Nov. 23.
The Liberty Bank Foundation awarded Wesleyan a grant for $2,000 in support of the Etherington Scholarship Program on Oct. 29. Funding assists graduates of, or transfers from, any of the Connecticut community/technical colleges in meeting their educational costs at Wesleyan.
Suzanna Tamminen, director of Wesleyan University Press, received a $50,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for the Driftless Connecticut Series. The Driftless Connecticut Series is a publication award program established in 2010 to recognize excellent books with a Connecticut focus or written by a Connecticut author. To be eligible, the book must have a Connecticut topic or setting or an author must have been born in Connecticut or have been a legal resident of Connecticut for at least three years. The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation…