Connecticut College

INSTITUTIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND FOR CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID FOR CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

MECHANISM OF DIFFERENTIATION FUNCTIONS OF CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6 (CDK6)

RUI: MUTAGENESIS STUDIES OF OLD AND NEW FIREFLY LUCIFERASES

RUI: MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF THE FIREFLY LUCIFERASE CATALYZED REACTIONS

TAS::57 3600::TAS 'DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL BIOLUMINESCENCE SOURCES'

SCIENCE LEADERS SCHOLARSHIPS

"MUTAGENESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES TO DEVELOP NOVEL BIOLUMINESCENT SYSTEMS"

IOS PROPOSAL: RUI: AUXIN DYNAMICS DURING VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODEL WOODY PLANT POPULUS

RUI: CHARACTERIZING ARCTIC LAKES DURING GREENHOUSE CLIMATES THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF SILICEOUS ORGANISMS: A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD.

MOTOR VARIABILITY AS A WINDOW INTO SUSTAINED ATTENTION

MECHANISTIC CHARACTERIZATION AND INHIBITION OF QUORUM SENSING REGULATOR PROTEINS

TAS::57 3600::TAS "DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL BIOLUMINESCENT SYSTEMS"

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE'S CAMPUS VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROJECT, "THINK S.A.F.E. (SEXUAL ASSAULT FREE ENVIRONMENT)"

RUI: FROM GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE: DOCUMENTING EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN FRESHWATER SILICEOUS ORGANISMS OVER 80 MILLION YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

CAMEL WELLBEING: THREE-YEAR CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT

NOVEL APPROACHES TOWARD THE SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOOCTANOID NATURAL PRODUCTS

RUI: MUTAGENESIS AND MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF THE REACTIONS CATALYZED BY FIREFLY LUCIFERASE

EQUIPMENT: MRI: ACQUISITION OF A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING -AN AWARD IS MADE TO CONNECTICUT COLLEGE TO ACQUIRE A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) WITH ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY (EDS) CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, BOTANY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, AND ANTHROPOLOGY. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN WHICH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE TRAINING IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY THROUGH CLASSWORK, LABORATORY WORK IN CLASSES, AND FACULTY-MENTORED INDEPENDENT RESEARCH RESULTING IN PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS COAUTHORED BY STUDENTS. THERE WILL BE A STRONG, POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND RETENTION OF WOMEN, UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES, AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM, ALL OF WHOM ARE WELL-REPRESENTED IN THE SCIENCES AND SUPPORTED BY THE COLLEGE THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SCIENCE LEADERS AND TWO POSSE SCHOLARS COHORTS. COLLABORATIONS WITH THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AT AVERY POINT AND THE U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC OUTREACH TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS VIA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, WILL SUPPORT THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THE SEM/EDS WILL ALSO ALLOW MULTIPLE EARLY CAREER FACULTY TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THEIR RESEARCH, ALL OF WHICH FOCUSES ON CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH AND SAFETY IN BOTH NATURAL AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. THE SEM/EDS FULFILLS MAJOR NEEDS FOR SEVEN DISTINCT GROUPS AT THE COLLEGE AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: (1) POROUS MANGANESE OXIDE MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL USE IN CATALYSIS, ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY; (2) PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS IN WATER SAMPLES AND ANCIENT SEDIMENT CORES; (3) WOOD FORMATION IN THE MODEL TREE POPULUS; (4) FEEDING MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES IN MARINE INVERTEBRATE LARVAE; (5) MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES IN STRAINS OF A PATHOGENIC FUNGUS THREATENING AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS; (6) EARLY INVERTEBRATE COLONIZATION OF 3D-PRINTED SCAFFOLDS FOR MARINE RESTORATION APPLICATIONS; (7) UPTAKE OF HEAVY METALS IN SOIL ROLE BY MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; (8) ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES OF INDIGENOUS AND SETTLER SOCIETIES IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TAS::57 3600::TAS "DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL BIOLUMINESCENT SYSTEMS"

RUI: PALEOBIOLOGY OF THE EOCENE GIRAFFE FOSSIL LOCALITY: RESPONSE OF AN ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM TO A GREENHOUSE CLIMATE

KIERKEGAARD'S JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS

KIERKEGAARD'S JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS

RUI: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY QUITTING IN VISUAL SEARCH: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DISTRACTORS -DISTRACTIONS ARE EVERYWHERE IN MODERN LIFE, AND THEY BRING CONSEQUENCES RANGING FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE DEADLY. IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT DISTRACTING OBJECTS CAN ATTRACT ATTENTION WHEN A VIEWER FIRST LOOKS AT A SCENE. FOR EXAMPLE, A FLASHING ROADSIDE BILLBOARD MAY TAKE A DRIVER?S EYES OFF THE ROAD FOR A MOMENT. BUT MIGHT DISTRACTIONS CHANGE BEHAVIOR IN OTHER, MORE SUBTLE BUT EQUALLY CRITICAL WAYS? ANOTHER KEY ASPECT OF VISUAL ATTENTION ARISES WHEN A PERSON SEARCHES FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT AND MUST DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY?VE FOUND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. AN IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATION OF THIS IS THAT WHEN A RADIOLOGIST SEARCHES A MEDICAL IMAGE, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN AREA OF CONCERN PRESENT IN THE SCAN. IN THESE SEARCHES, THERE IS A STRATEGIC DECISION COMPONENT IN WHICH THE SEARCHER MUST DECIDE THAT THEY?VE LOOKED THOROUGHLY ENOUGH TO BE CONFIDENT THAT INDEED NO ?TARGET? IS PRESENT. HOWEVER, THERE IS A GAP IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ? THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE RESEARCH ON HOW DISTRACTING OBJECTS MIGHT AFFECT THIS DECISION COMPONENT. IN THE CURRENT PROJECT, THE INVESTIGATORS EXPLORE THE PHENOMENON OF DISTRACTOR-INDUCED QUITTING, IN WHICH DISTRACTING OBJECTS ALTER THIS DECISION PROCESS AND CAUSE PEOPLE TO TERMINATE SEARCH EARLIER THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD. THIS EARLY QUITTING CAUSES PEOPLE TO ENTIRELY MISS TARGETS THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE LIKELY FIND. KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS PROJECT WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DISTRACTIONS ARE PROCESSED, LEADING TO NEW INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE FIELDS OF ATTENTION, DISTRACTION, AND DECISION-MAKING. FURTHERMORE, THESE RESULTS HAVE POTENTIAL REAL-WORLD IMPLICATIONS FOR TASKS THAT INVOLVE HIGH-STAKES SEARCHES FOR TARGETS, SUCH AS MEDICAL IMAGE SCREENING OR X-RAY BAGGAGE INSPECTION. IN PARTICULAR, IT IS WORTH CONSIDERING THAT THE USE OF SALIENT SIGNALS (E.G., FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) TO CONVEY INFORMATION TO A HUMAN OBSERVER MAY INADVERTENTLY TRIGGER THIS EXACT PROBLEMATIC SITUATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A COMPUTER SYSTEM IS TRAINED TO SCAN IMAGES AND HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL AREAS OF INTEREST FOR A RADIOLOGIST (OR SECURITY PERSONNEL) BY USING A SALIENT SIGNAL, THESE QUITTING EFFECTS MIGHT OFFSET ANY BENEFITS THE COMPUTER GUIDANCE SYSTEM MIGHT OTHERWISE AFFORD. FINALLY, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN OF THESE EXPERIMENTS, COLLECTION OF DATA, AND THE PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AT CONFERENCES INCLUDING THOSE FOCUSED ON MEDICAL IMAGING. SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE RECRUITED FROM THE SCIENCE LEADERS PROGRAM AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SCIENCES FOR STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED IDENTITIES. SALIENT SIGNALS CAN ALTER SEARCH STRATEGIES WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR TARGETS. MORE PRECISELY, IN RECENT WORK, THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT TASK-IRRELEVANT DISTRACTORS CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO QUIT SEARCHING EARLY. AS A RESULT, PEOPLE MORE FREQUENTLY MISS TARGETS WHEN THESE DISTRACTORS ARE PRESENT. IN THIS PROJECT, THE INVESTIGATORS USE A VARIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF SALIENT DISTRACTORS ON VISUAL SEARCH IN TASKS WHERE TARGETS MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT. PARTICIPANTS SEARCH FOR SIMPLE TARGETS IN VISUAL DISPLAYS WITH MULTIPLE NON-TARGETS AND PRESS A KEY TO INDICATE WHETHER A TARGET IS PRESENT OR NOT. EYE-TRACKING IS EMPLOYED TO INVESTIGATE THE SPECIFIC MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE PARTICIPANTS TO QUIT EARLY AS A RESULT OF VISUAL DISTRACTION ? FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A DISTRACTOR IS PRESENT, DOES IT CAUSE PARTICIPANTS TO SCAN THE DISPLAY LESS EXHAUSTIVELY? OR DOES IT CAUSE PARTICIPANTS TO LOOK AT EACH ITEM FOR A SHORTER TIME, MAKING THEM MORE LIKELY TO LOOK AT A TARGET BUT FAIL TO PROCESS IT CORRECTLY? NEXT, THE INVESTIGATORS ESTABLISH FACTORS THAT CAN MODULATE AND POTENTIALLY ELIMINATE THIS DISTRACTOR-INDUCED QUITTING, SUCH AS GIVING PARTICIPANTS CONTROL OVER THE APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF A SALIENT CUE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HIGHLIGHT THE TARGET. FINALLY, THE INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE HOW THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF SALIENT SIGNALS CAN IMPACT DISTRACTOR-INDUCED QUITTING ? IN OTHER WORDS, IF SALIENT SIGNALS SOMETIMES DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TARGET, DO THOSE SIGNALS CAUSE AS MUCH (OR PERHAPS MORE) DISRUPTION ON THE OCCASIONS WHERE THEY DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TARGET? RESULTS FROM THESE STUDIES MAY AID OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN VISUAL ATTENTION AND VISUAL SEARCH. FINDINGS ARE SHARED WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, BUT ALSO (MORE SPECIFICALLY) WITH COLLEAGUES IN RADIOLOGY IN ORDER TO SPARK NEW DISCUSSION ON HOW THE INVESTIGATORS MIGHT APPLY THIS RESEARCH TO HELP IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS TO HUMAN OBSERVERS IN MEDICAL SETTINGS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

NOVEL SYNTHETIC ROUTES TO OPTICALLY ACTIVE FRONDOSINS AND LIPHAGAL

MODELING FLUORESCENT AND TRACER PROTEINS (GFP AND LUCIFERASE)

OPUS: DOCUMENTING AND PRESERVING THE EVOLUTIONARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF SILICA-BEARING FRESHWATER PROTISTS -FOSSILS REVEAL LIFE FORMS ON EARTH DURING ANCIENT TIME PERIODS. TRACING FOSSIL REMAINS OVER TIME HELPS US UNDERSTAND EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES, EXTINCTION EVENTS, AND SHIFTS IN GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF ORGANISMS, ESPECIALLY IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES SUCH AS WARMING EVENTS, ICE AGES, AND SHIFTS BETWEEN WET AND ARID CLIMATES. LINKING PAST SHIFTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN THE TYPES, ABUNDANCES AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF SPECIES CAN PROVIDE CLUES OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FUTURE CHANGES. THE MAJORITY OF FOSSIL DISCOVERIES ARE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS, WHICH REPRESENT A SMALL SLICE OF LIFE FORMS ON EARTH. THE VAST MAJORITY OF SPECIES AND GENETIC DIVERSITY ARE FOUND IN MICROSCOPIC FORMS, INCLUDING ORGANISMS CALLED PROTISTS. DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TINY ORGANISMS, THEIR USE IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IS SEVERELY LIMITED BECAUSE VERY FEW FOSSIL RECORDS EXIST. OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES, THE PI HAS UNCOVERED NUMEROUS FOSSIL DEPOSITS RICH IN THESE MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS THAT SPAN MILLIONS OF YEARS OF GEOLOGIC TIME, AND SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO SYNTHESIZE THE EXTENSIVE BODY OF INFORMATION ON PAST MICROSCOPIC LIFE, WITH THE GOALS OF IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF SCIENTISTS TO MODEL FUTURE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON EARTH?S ECOSYSTEMS, AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF THESE MICROBES. A BROADER IMPACT OF THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE SECURING AND ARCHIVING THE EXTENSIVE FOSSIL COLLECTION, AND ASSOCIATED DATA, IN AN ESTABLISHED MUSEUM TO BENEFIT FUTURE EXPLORATION OF THESE IMPORTANT ORGANISMS. BEING AN OPUS AWARD, THIS PROJECT IS SYNTHESIS DRIVEN, USING AN EXTENSIVE FOSSIL DATABASE OF FRESHWATER MICROFOSSIL SPECIES ESTABLISHED USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) ANALYSES OF HUNDREDS OF ROCK SAMPLES FROM NUMEROUS NORTH AMERICAN SITES. SAMPLES AND SPECIMENS WERE DERIVED FROM ROCKS TAKEN FROM DEEP DRILLED CORES, NUMEROUS OUTCROPS, AND SUBSAMPLES OF ROCK MATRICES FROM PLANT AND ANIMAL MACROFOSSILS ARCHIVED AT MULTIPLE MUSEUMS. THE SITES SPAN 82 MILLION YEARS OF GEOLOGIC HISTORY DATING FROM THE CRETACEOUS. DOCUMENTATION OF NEW SPECIES, MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS, AND ESTIMATES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL BE DETERMINED FOR EACH PROTIST GROUP REPRESENTED IN THE FOSSIL COLLECTION. NEXT, A COMPARATIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGICAL FORM ACROSS ALL GROUPS WILL BE MADE. THE SYNTHESIS WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF EACH PROTIST GROUP TO MIGRATE UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATE SCENARIOS, THEIR USE AS BIOINDICATORS, THE EXTENT OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE, AND PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF MINIMUM AGE CONSTRAINTS FOR USE IN MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES. ALL FIELD AND LABORATORY RESULTS WILL BE DIGITIZED AND ORGANIZED INTO CATALOGS BY GROUP AND SITE, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. ORIGINAL NOTES AND DATA WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE LEAR ARCHIVE COLLECTION AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, AND ALL ROCK SAMPLES, PROCESSED SLURRIES, SEM MOUNTS AND PREPARED SLIDES ARCHIVED AT ESTABLISHED MUSEUMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

KIERKEGAARD'S JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS

RUI: REACTION DYNAMICS OF SMALL MOLECULES

TRANSLATION OF THE GONGYANG AND GULIANG COMMENTARIES TO SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS: AN EARLY CHINESE TEXT [<EM>GONGYANG</EM> AND <EM>GULIANG</EM>, TWO OF THE WORLD?S EARLIEST WRITTEN COMMENTARIES TO THE SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS, HAVE EXERTED TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON CHINESE POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE FOR TWO MILLENNIA. INSTRUMENTAL IN ELEVATING CONFUCIUS TO THE STATUS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SAGES OF CHINESE CULTURE, THEY ENVISION HIM AS AUTHOR OF THE ANNALS, WHO BEQUEATHED TO FUTURE GENERATIONS THIS COURT CHRONICLE CONTAINING A HIDDEN AND ESOTERIC BLUEPRINT FOR WORLD SALVATION. THESE COMMENTARIES EXTRACT FROM ANNALS PATTERNS AND RULES BY WHICH TO RECONSTRUCT THE TEACHINGS OF THE TRUE SAGE. WITH THEIR RIGOROUS ANALYTIC METHODOLOGY, THEY FASHION AN INTRICATE HERMENEUTIC AS WELL AS THE WORLD?S FIRST SYSTEMATIC HISTORIOGRAPHY. THROUGH THE FIRST SCHOLARLY ENGLISH TRANSLATION, SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE ORIGINAL, ACCOMPANIED BY RICH INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL, WE WILL MAKE THESE WORKS READILY AVAILABLE FOR STUDY BY EARLY CHINA SCHOLARS, COMPARATISTS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND HISTORIANS.]

CPATH-2: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUILDING A COMMUNITY TO INCORPORATE HUMANITARIAN FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE INTO UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING EDUCATIO

"20 CENTIMETER COLD CELL FOR BRUKER"SUMMARY: THIS IS A LETTER PROPOSAL TO DESIGN FABRICATE AND TEST A 20 CENTIMETER COLD CELL THAT WILL BE COMPATIB

OPUS: RUI - PROMOTING AND PRESERVING THE STUDY OF SCALED CHRYSOPHYTES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, EVOLUTIONARY STASIS, PHYLOGENY AND B

INTEGRATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERNSHIPS INTO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM

RUI: POPULATION DYNAMICS AND NICHE DIFFERENTIATION AMONG AMMONIA OXIDIZING PROKARYOTES IN SALT MARSH SEDIMENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ACTIVE PLASMONICS FOR MID-INFRARED SENSING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGING EPIDEMICS IN WILDLIFE WITH ACQUIRED RESISTANCE

SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND METHANE FOR ASCENDSSEVERAL INSTRUMENT CONCEPTS UNDER STUDY FOR UPCOMING EARTH SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY

THE JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS OF DANISH PHILOSOPHER S?REN KIERKEGAARD

BRIDGE FUNDING TO ENSURE COURSES IN ENGLISH AND RELATED DISCIPLINES AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE [THIS GRANT WILL FUND A FULL-TIME VISITING PROFESSORSHIP AND DISTINGUISHED POET-IN-RESIDENCE POSITION TO DR. KATE RUSHIN FOR AY 21-22, FILLING AN IMPORTANT GAP IN FACULTY RESULTING FROM A HIRING FREEZE DUE TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID ON THE COLLEGE OPERATING BUDGET. THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD ENABLE THE COLLEGE TO SUSTAIN ITS CURRICULAR OFFERINGS IN CREATIVE WRITING, ENGLISH, AND AFRICANA STUDIES. THESE COURSES WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO NEH?S AREA OF INTEREST ?A MORE PERFECT UNION: EXPLORING AMERICA?S STORY AND COMMEMORATING ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY? GIVEN THEIR EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND EXPERIENCE, RACIAL JUSTICE AND GENDER EQUITY.] [PURPOSE:?THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO&NBSP;HIRE A ONE-YEAR VISITING PROFESSOR AND POET-IN-RESIDENCE.&NBSP; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:&NBSP;THE COLLEGE WILL HIRE KATE&NBSP;RUSHIN&NBSP;AS A ONE-YEAR VISITING PROFESSOR AND POET-IN-RESIDENCE.&NBSP;RUSHIN&NBSP;WILL&NBSP;TEACH THREE COURSES IN&NBSP;AFRICAN-AMERICAN&NBSP;LITERATURE AND ONE CREATIVE WRITING COURSE, ENSURING THAT THESE COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.&NBSP;SHE WILL ALSO GIVE A PUBLIC READING OF HER POETRY.&NBSP; EXPECTED OUTCOMES:?THE GRANT WILL SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL COURSES IN CREATIVE WRITING, ENGLISH, AND AFRICANA STUDIES.&NBSP;&NBSP; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:&NBSP;ENGLISH MAJORS AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE WILL BENEFIT DIRECTLY FROM THE COURSES AND BE ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION. THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM&NBSP;RUSHIN?S&NBSP;PUBLIC READING.&NBSP; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.&NBSP;]

CPATH CB: COLLABORATIVE: CAN HUMANITARIAN OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT HELP REVITALIZE UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING EDUCATION?

CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM

LABORATORY SPECTROSCOPY OF ISOTOPIC METHANE AT LOW TEMPERATURES\NMETHANE MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 5%

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF ATOMIC ABSORPTION INSTRUMENTATION FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTERACTING CONTROLS ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: NUTRIENT STATE AND OMNIVORY IN SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEMS

CONTEXTUAL VERSUS SYNDROMAL ASSESSMENT BEHAVIOR CHANGE

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES DURING THE "ONSTAGE AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE" SEASON.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES DURING THE ONSTAGE AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE SEASON.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES DURING THE ONSTAGE AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 2010-2011 SEASON.

TO SUPPORT THE ONSTAGE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES.

TO SUPPORT THE RECONSTRUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF TWYLA THARP'S FUGUE (1975) AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE ONE HUNDREDS.

TO SUPPORT ONSTAGE AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, A SERIES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS PERFORMANCES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

TAS::57 3600::TAS "8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TUNABLE DIODE LASER SPECTOSCOPY."