Skidmore College

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTION - SKIDMORE COLLEGE

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - SKIDMORE COLLEGE

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

THE MAGNITUDE OF PARTICULATE CARBON EXPORT FROM THE UPPER OCEAN AND EFFICIENCY OF ITS TRANSFER INTO THE INTERIOR REMAINS ONE OF THE LEAST PREDICTABLE PROCESSES INFLUENCING THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE EXPORTS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP MECHANISTIC MODELS PREDICTING THE STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THIS EXPORTED CARBON. A CENTRAL REQUIREMENT ONE MIGHT ARGUE THE CENTRAL REQUIREMENT OF THE AMBITIOUS SET OF FIELD MEASUREMENTS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP SATELLITE-DRIVEN MODELS IS ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF SINKING PARTICLE FLUXES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS. THESE MEASUREMENTS MUST BE EMBEDDED IN A BROADER SUITE OF PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL AND OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS SO A SECOND REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE TEAM QUANTIFYING PARTICLE FLUX COOPERATES AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE BROADER EXPORTS SCIENCE TEAM. HERE WE PROPOSE A HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN STUDY OF PARTICLE FLUXES THAT BOTH ADVANCES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE OCEAN BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP AND MEETS THE BROADER PROGRAM GOALS ABOVE. THE BROAD HYPOTHESIS OF THE EXPORTS PROGRAM IS THAT THE STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP CAN BE PREDICTED FROM SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR OBSERVATIONS. IMPLICIT IN THIS HYPOTHESIS ARE A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS WHICH MUST BE TESTED. THE SPECIFIC HYPOTHESES WE WILL ADDRESS ARE 1) THAT THE BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE PARTICLES SINKING OUT OF THE EUPHOTIC ZONE EXERTS SIGNIFICANT CONTROL ON BOTH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SINKING CARBON FLUX AND ITS RATE OF ATTENUATION WITH DEPTH; AND 2) THAT TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE MAGNITUDE AND ATTENUATION OF SINKING PARTICLE FLUX IS CAUSED BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES.

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY

INVESTIGATION OF NEUROPEPTIDE SIGNALING MECHANISMS THAT CONTROL SLEEP

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LIGHT STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETER FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION PALEOCLIMATOLOGY AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE GE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--TESTING THE TROPICAL STORM AND TROPICAL CYCLONE MASKING HYPOTHESES: ADVANCING SPELEOTHEM RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOTEMPESTOLOGY AND PALEOHYDROLOGY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LIBRA 120 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY ATTACHMENT FOR HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

RUI: SPATIOTEMPORAL MAPPING OF THE MEMBRANE TRAFFICKING NETWORKS INVOLVED IN SECRETION AND AUTOPHAGY IN THE UNICELLULAR ZYGNEMATOPHYTE, PENIUM MARGARITACEUM

MRI-R2: FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SKIDMORE ANALYTICAL INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY (SAIL)

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE FOR RESEARCH IN THE LIFE SCIENCES AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

RUI: BIOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SH3 DOMAIN BINDING PARTNERS: HOW THE BINDING MOTIF AND SURROUNDING DISORDERED SEQUENCE AFFECT THE FINDING PATHWAY -THE COMMUNICATION WITHIN CELLS THAT ALLOWS CELLULAR PROCESSES TO OCCUR IS MEDIATED BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PROTEINS. THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS ARE CONTROLLED AT THE LOCAL SITE OF INTERACTION, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING REGIONS. UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS OF THESE INTERACTIONS WOULD ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO PREDICT AND MODIFY CELL BEHAVIOR. RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DEEPER INSIGHTS INTO HOW PROTEIN BINDING INTERACTIONS FUNCTION IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, INCLUDING IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE SITES THAT CAN BIND THE SAME PROTEIN PARTNER, AND HELP EXPLAIN HOW A COMMON INTERACTION CAN SPECIALIZE TO PERFORM MANY DIFFERENT CELLULAR FUNCTIONS. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN BOTH COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS SKILLS. TO ALLOW A LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, THE INVESTIGATOR WILL OFFER A RESEARCH-BASED LAB COURSE THAT WILL EXPOSE STUDENTS TO TECHNIQUES IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS. IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP AND CARRYOUT A RESEARCH PROJECT CONTRIBUTING TO THE LARGER PROJECT GOALS. THE INVESTIGATOR WILL ALSO OFFER A TWO-CREDIT COURSE ON MINORITIZED IDENTITIES IN SCIENCE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE NATURAL SCIENCE MAJORS TO CONSIDER AND GRAPPLE WITH IDEAS ABOUT IDENTITY IN SCIENCE AND HOW TO MAKE THE SCIENCES MORE INCLUSIVE. STUDENTS WILL CREATE SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN SCIENCE. THE COURSE WILL PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE LEADERS ON THE TOPIC OF IDENTITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN SCIENCE. CELLULAR SIGNALING INTERACTIONS OFTEN INVOLVE BINDING OF INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN REGIONS TO SMALL DOMAINS. THE AFFINITY AND SPECIFICITY OF THESE INTERACTIONS DEPEND ON THE BINDING MOTIF WITHIN THE DISORDERED REGION, BUT ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THE FLANKING REGIONS AND SURROUNDING CONTEXT. ADDITIONALLY, THE BINDING PATHWAY, RATHER THAN JUST THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOUND STATE, CAN BE IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION OF THESE INTERACTIONS. FOCUSING ON SH3 DOMAIN BINDING AS A MODEL SYSTEM, THE PI HAVE PREVIOUSLY SHOWN THAT THE DISORDERED PROLINE-RICH PEPTIDE ARKA BINDS TO THE ABPSH3 DOMAIN IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATIONS. IN THIS PROJECT, THE PI WILL NOW EXAMINE HOW THIS BINDING PATHWAY VARIES IN DIFFERENT BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT CONTEXTS BY SYSTEMATICALLY STUDYING THIS PATHWAY AT INCREASING LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY USING MD SIMULATIONS, NMR SPECTROSCOPY, AND ITC. THE FIRST AIM WILL FOCUS ON THE EFFECTS OF ALTERING THE FLEXIBILITY AND ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS OF THE BINDING MOTIF ITSELF BY SIMULATING THE BINDING WITH ARKA PROLINES IN THE CIS CONFORMATION, WITH SALT SCREENING ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS, AND WITH MUTATIONS TO CHARGED ABPSH3 RESIDUES INVOLVED IN BINDING. IN THE SECOND AIM, DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT IDR SEQUENCES WILL BE COMPARED TO EXPLORE THE EFFECT OF THE MOTIF-FLANKING REGIONS ON BINDING. IN THE THIRD AIM, THE BINDING PROCESS IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE BINDING MOTIFS WILL BE EXAMINED. THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WILL ADD A NEW LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DISORDERED PROTEIN REGIONS BIND TO SH3 DOMAINS, AS HOW BOTH THE BINDING MOTIF AND THE SURROUNDING SEQUENCES INFLUENCE THE BINDING PATHWAY, AND ULTIMATELY BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION WILL BE REVEALED. 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.

RUI: GLUCAN PHOSPHATASES AND REGULATION OF TRANSITORY STARCH METABOLISM

AGE-RELATED OBESITY AND HEALTHSPAN: IDENTIFYING INTERVENTIONS AND MECHANISMS

STEROID USE IN ADOLESCENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH:RUI: INVASION OF LAND: USING MODEL CHAROPHYTE PENIUM MARGARITACEUM TO ELUCIDATE SUBCELLULAR RESPONSES TO STRESS THAT WERE KEY

RUI: EVOLUTION OF BACTERIAL ASPARAGINYL-TRNA SYNTHESIS

REV-ERBA REGULATES MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS ADIPOSITY AND INSULIN ACTION

RUI: CHARACTERIZATION AND MODULATION OF SH3 DOMAIN BINDING PATHWAY BIOPHYSICS

KINETIC ANALYSIS OF YEAST PRE-MRNA DEGRADATION

RUI: GUIDED IMAGERY AND MEMORY ERRORS: IDENTIFYING BASIC MECHANISMS BY TESTING THE EFFECTS OF SCRIPT AUTHOR AND IMAGERY CONTENT

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROMETER TO ENHANCE RESEARCH AND TRAINING AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

RUI: DUAL ROUTES FOR ASPARAGINYL-TRNA SYNTHESIS IN BACTERIA

DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES WITH FLEXIBLE AND INCLUSIVE COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES UTILIZING PAPER MICROFLUIDICS -THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ASSESSING FLEXIBLE AND INCLUSIVE COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (CURES) TO ENHANCE STUDENTS? ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY COURSES AT FOUR DIVERSE INSTITUTIONS. CURES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO POSITIVELY IMPACT COLLEGE STUDENTS? PERSISTENCE, SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY, AND LEARNING OF BOTH COURSE CONTENT AND SCIENCE SKILLS. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY FACULTY MEMBERS FROM CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY, SKIDMORE COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, AND VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PLAN TO DEVELOP THE CURES AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUCTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR USE AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE FUTURE. THE CURES TO BE DEVELOPED WILL EMPLOY PAPER MICROFLUIDIC LABORATORY MATERIALS THAT ARE INEXPENSIVE, SAFE, AND FLEXIBLE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THEM EASIER FOR CHEMISTRY COURSES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO ADOPT. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE CURES SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES. THE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT INTENDS TO SUPPORT ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE USE OF BACKWARD DESIGN TO DEVELOP THE CURE MATERIALS AND ASSESS STUDENT LEARNING. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO: 1) DEVELOP A THEORY-DRIVEN PROCESS FOR THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE MULTI-WEEK CURES; 2) DEVELOP PAPER MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR CURE IMPLEMENTATION; AND 3) ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE CURE EXPERIENCES ON STUDENT LEARNING. THE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY CURES TO BE DEVELOPED WILL TRANSLATE TRADITIONAL COLORIMETRIC ASSAYS INTO A PAPER MICROFLUIDIC FORMAT WITH CELL PHONE DETECTION TO MEASURE COLOR CHANGES. THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO DESIGN THE CURES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN ENGAGING IN THE SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND EXECUTION, DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION, AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION. MEASURES OF STUDENT LEARNING WILL BE SELECTED AS PART OF THE BACKWARD DESIGN PROCESS AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE ENHANCING LEARNING BY IMPROVING PROCESS SKILLS IN STEM (ELIPSS) AND VALID ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION (VALUE) RUBRICS. THE PROJECT DELIVERABLES ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY COURSE MATERIALS AND RESULTS OF ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENT LEARNING, BUT ALSO SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED WITHIN THE CURES. THE NSF IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION (IUSE: EHR) PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. 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.

ADVANCE PARTNERSHIPS FOR ADAPTATION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISSEMINATION (PAID) AWARD: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - SUN: SUPPORTING WOMEN FACULTY IN STEM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HCC: MEDIUM: EMPOWERING ONLINE FREELANCERS USING VALUE-SENSITIVE DESIGN TO AMPLIFY HUMAN-AI INTERACTION -THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-ENHANCED DIGITAL TOOLS TO AMPLIFY FREELANCE WORKERS ABILITY TO WORK IN ONLINE LABOR MARKETS. THIS RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONLINE FREELANCING -- IN WHICH PROFESSIONALS WORK ON A COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUAL TASKS, OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL WORKPLACES -- IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF MODERN LABOR MARKETS. ONLINE FREELANCERS NEED TO MARKET THEMSELVES, FIND WELL-PAYING AND SKILL-ENHANCING JOBS, AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM AND GET CREDIT FOR QUALITY WORK. HOWEVER, ONLINE LABOR MARKETS MAKE IT HARD TO DO THIS AT TIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIGN: THEIR POLICIES ARE OFTEN MORE FRIENDLY TO EMPLOYERS THAN TO FREELANCERS, WHILE THEIR ALGORITHMS FOR MATCHING PEOPLE WITH JOBS AND PRICES ARE OFTEN OPAQUE TO WORKERS. THE KEY IDEA OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT AI-ENHANCED DIGITAL TOOLS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP WORKERS BETTER-MANAGE THEIR PROFILES, WORKLOAD, AND TASK PERFORMANCE. TO THAT END, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL WORK WITH ONLINE FREELANCERS TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE A NUMBER OF PROTOTYPES THAT COUNTER THESE PROBLEMS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE RESEARCH WILL BOTH IMPROVE THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF ONLINE FREELANCING WORK AS WELL AS PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW AI-ENABLED TOOLS, DESIGNED WISELY, CAN COMPLEMENT RATHER THAN REPLACE PEOPLE IN JOBS. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE RESEARCH EFFORT LEVERAGES HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN PRINCIPLES. WORKING WITH A CAREFULLY SELECTED AND STEADILY UPDATED SAMPLE OF ONLINE FREELANCERS, DATA WILL BE GATHERED THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS TO IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE FUNCTIONALITY AND NEEDS OF AI-ENABLED TOOLS TO SUPPORT THESE WORKERS. IN DOING THIS, THE RESEARCH EFFORT LEVERAGES THE INVESTIGATORS' ONGOING WORK IN BUILDING SIMILAR TOOLS FOR CROWD WORKERS AND INSIGHTS FROM AN ONGOING PANEL STUDY OF ONLINE FREELANCE WORKERS. OVER THREE YEARS AND THROUGH MULTIPLE DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT, AND FEEDBACK CYCLES, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL COLLABORATE WITH ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING ONLINE WORKERS. TOGETHER, THEY WILL ENHANCE THE AI-ENABLED TOOLS' FUNCTIONALITY AND DESIGN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THESE WORKERS. 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.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A SEAHORSE XFE96 ANALYZER FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENTS OF GLYCOLYSIS AND MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ORIGINS OF RECURSIVE MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CHILDHOOD

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE OCEAN BIOLOGICAL PUMP TO THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE IS CURRENTLY POORLYCONSTRAINED, IN PART BECAUSE WE LACK OBSERVATIONS OF: 1)

RUI: THE CELL BIOLOGY OF PECTIN DYNAMICS IN THE CHAROPHYCEAN GREEN ALGAE: HOMOGALACTURONAN SECRETION IN THE MODEL ORGANISM, PENIUM MARGARITACEUM

RUI: PHOTOCHEMICAL AND OH-INITIATED PROCESSING OF AEROSOL ORGANIC COATINGS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IDENTIFYING OSMOSENSITIVE MOLECULAR TARGETS USING A UNIQUE VERTEBRATE MODEL

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INQUIRY-BASED, LABORATORY-DRIVEN, GENERAL CHEMISTRY SEQUENCE

ASSEMBLING THE MAYAN MURAL FRAGMENTS FROM SAN BARTOLO, GUATEMALA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HCC: SMALL: THE MARKET IS THE INTERFACE: ONLINE LABOR PLATFORMS AND CONTINGENT KNOWLEDGE WORK

MURALS IN LANDSCAPE: AN INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIPS IN MAYA MYTH AND DESIGN AT SAN BARTOLO, GUATEMALA [?MURALS IN LANDSCAPE? USES ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY TO INVESTIGATE&NBSP;<BR /> A NEWLY DISCOVERED ROAD SYSTEM AND PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED ART AND ARCHITECTURE AT THE ANCIENT MAYA SITE OF SAN&NBSP;BARTOLO, GUATEMALA. SAN&NBSP;BARTOLO&NBSP;IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS VIVID WALL PAINTINGS AND EARLY WRITING DATING TO THE 4TH TO 1ST&NBSP;CENTURIES BCE. NEW LIDAR DATA HAVE MADE VISIBLE DISPERSED LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND ANCIENT INFRASTRUCTURE OBSCURED BY&NBSP;DENSE TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE REGION, INCLUDING A RADIAL PATTERN OF&NBSP;ANCIENT RAISED&NBSP;ROADS LEADING TO TERMINI ARCHITECTURE.&NBSP;GROUND VERIFICATION ALSO REVEALED TEN STONE MONUMENTS LOCATED AT PERIPHERY GROUPS AND IN ISOLATED&NBSP;NATURAL AREAS. DURING&NBSP;THREE SEASONS OF FIELDWORK, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE ROAD/TERMINI GROUPS AND CONSIDER THE LANDSCAPE WITHIN&NBSP;COSMOLOGIES REPRESENTED IN THE MURALS. IN COLLABORATION WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL&NBSP;COMMUNITIES, THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE&NBSP;MULTIPLE VIEWS ON HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIPS, MAYA ART, AND PLACEMAKING PRACTICES.&NBSP;]

ARCHIVING A LARGE AUDIOVISUAL DATASET OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARE ALL TRAPS CREATED EQUAL? A MULTI-METHOD ASSESSMENT OF THE COLLECTION AND DETECTION OF SINKING PARTICLES IN THE OCEAN

RAPID, AUTONOMOUS PARTICLE FLUX OBSERVATIONS IN THE OLIGOTROPHIC OCEAN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LINKING BEHAVIOR AND TRANSPORT OF LARVAE USING WAVES AND TURBULENCE AS CUES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF HOUSEHOLD FLOOD ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIORS -THIS STUDY ADDRESSES A LONGSTANDING ISSUE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HAZARD ADJUSTMENT DECISIONS: WHAT PUSHES INDIVIDUALS THINKING ABOUT HAZARD ADJUSTMENT TO ADOPT THESE ADJUSTMENTS? TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION, THE RESEARCH TEAM EMPLOYS A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY DESIGN TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS THAT LEAD TO ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIORS OVER TIME. BY ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS CAN CREATE PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RISK BY TARGETING BARRIERS TO ADOPTING HAZARD ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIORS. THE TEAM LEVERAGES THESE INSIGHTS BY CO-DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND STATE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FLOOD ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM DESIGN, PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES, AND COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. THE PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING. THE FINDINGS ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY NATURAL AND INDUCED TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS. THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON PATON?S SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PREPARATION MODEL TO EXAMINE HOW PEOPLE DEVELOP EXPECTATIONS, INTENTIONS, AND BEHAVIORS RELATED TO FLOOD HAZARD ADJUSTMENTS OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD. THE RESEARCH TEAM SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN COASTAL AREAS WITHIN 100-YEAR FLOOD ZONES. THE SURVEY INTRODUCES AN EXPERIMENTAL INTERVENTION TO MEASURE HOW FLOOD HAZARD ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIORS CHANGE AFTER PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A BROCHURE ON FLOOD HAZARD PROTECTIONS. THE STUDY ALSO USES ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS SUCH AS STRUCTURE EQUATION MODELING AND LATENT GROWTH CURVE MEDIATION MODELING TO ANALYZE HOW DIFFERENT FACTORS INFLUENCE PEOPLE?S FLOOD HAZARD ADJUSTMENT DECISIONS, AS WELL AS HOW BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS AND ACTUAL BEHAVIORS CHANGE OVER SIX TIME POINTS ACROSS 3 YEARS. THIS STUDY EXTENDS BEYOND TYPICAL ONE-TIME OR SHORT-TERM SURVEYS BY TRACKING HOW INTENTIONS TO ADOPT FLOOD ADJUSTMENTS TRANSLATE INTO ACTUAL BEHAVIORS OVER TIME. THE RESEARCH MODEL IS TRANSFERABLE TO UNDERSTAND DRIVERS THAT AFFECT PROTECTION BEHAVIORS ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF HAZARDS, CULTURES, AND PLACES. 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.

ACQUISITION OF A BROAD-ENERGY GERMANIUM DETECTOR TO MEASURE FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: PARTICLE-SPECIFIC DNA SEQUENCING TO DIRECTLY OBSERVE ECOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF THE BIOLOGICAL PUMP

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF PLUMAGE ORNAMENTS IN A WARBLER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PEER INSTRUCTION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOUR OF ANCIENT MAYA MASTERPIECES: VISUALIZATIONS OF SAN BARTOLO AND XULTUN, GUATEMALA

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHIFTING CONTROL FROM NEGATIVE PLANT-MICROBE FEEDBACK TO NUTRIENT LIMITATION: PREDICTIONS FROM DOMINANT TREE TRAITS AND ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT ECONOMIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN LITHOLOGIC AND BASELEVEL CONTROLS ON RIVER PROFILES: CANYONS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY TEACHING WORKSHOP

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A MULTI-LAB INVESTIGATION OF THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY NUMBER DEVELOPMENT -PRESCHOOL NUMERACY IS A CRUCIAL FOUNDATION FOR STEM LEARNING AND LONG-TERM ACADEMIC SUCCESS. PREVIOUS RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG NUMERACY SKILLS DEPENDS ON A COMBINATION OF PERCEPTUAL, COGNITIVE, AND LANGUAGE SKILLS. HOWEVER, MOST PAST STUDIES HAVE FOCUSED ON A RELATIVELY SMALL AND HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN US URBAN AREAS. AS A RESULT, CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF EARLY NUMERACY MAY NOT GENERALIZE TO DIVERSE GROUPS OF LEARNERS. IT IS LIKELY THAT HOME LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, AND GEOGRAPHIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES COULD ALSO INFLUENCE NUMERACY DEVELOPMENT. TO ADDRESS THIS, AND TO PROBE WHAT FACTORS DRIVE EARLY NUMERACY IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, THIS FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN PERCEIVE, REASON, AND TALK ABOUT NUMBERS IN A MASSIVE MULTI-LAB COLLABORATION INVOLVING OVER 130 RESEARCH SITES WORLDWIDE. TO INVESTIGATE EARLY NUMERACY, THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT INCLUDES TWO FOUNDATIONAL STUDIES. THE FIRST STUDY FOCUSES ON HOW 2- TO 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN PERCEIVE QUANTITY, LEARN NUMBER WORDS, AND HOW TO ACCURATELY COUNT GROUPS OF OBJECTS. THE STUDY EXAMINES VARIABILITY IN HOW CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT NUMBER AND QUANTITY WHILE EXPLORING THE UNDERLYING PERCEPTUAL, COGNITIVE AND LINGUISTIC MECHANISMS THAT DRIVE THEIR LEARNING. THE SECOND FOUNDATIONAL STUDY FOCUSES ON TODDLER?S ABILITIES TO KEEP TRACK OF SMALL GROUPS OF OBJECTS, WHICH RESEARCHERS HAVE ARGUED MAY PLAY AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN EARLY NUMERICAL LEARNING. THIS STUDY EXAMINES VARIABILITY ACROSS LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE GROUPS OF PARTICIPANTS THAN PREVIOUSLY STUDIED. THE STUDY ALSO ASKS WHETHER LIMITS TO CHILDREN?S OBJECT TRACKING ABILITIES CHANGE WHEN THEY BEGIN TO LEARN NUMBER WORDS. IN ADDITION TO THESE FOUNDATIONAL STUDIES, THE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF MULTIPLE EXPLORATORY STUDIES, ALLOWING FOR NOVEL, GROUND-BREAKING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE. THESE EXPLORATORY STUDIES EXAMINE HOW NUMERICAL ABILITIES ARE RELATED TO DIVERSE PHENOMENA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL COGNITION, LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY, COGNITIVE ABILITIES LIKE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, AND CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND ATTITUDES. COLLECTIVELY, THESE STUDIES WILL TEST OVER 3000 CHILDREN IN 28 US STATES AND 27 COUNTRIES, USING A COMBINATION OF CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS. FINAL DATA WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, AND WILL BE PRESENTED ON A WEBSITE IN SIMPLIFIED FORM TO MAKE FINDINGS ACCESSIBLE TO THE BROADER PUBLIC. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE EHR CORE RESEARCH (ECR) PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS WORK THAT ADVANCES FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON STEM LEARNING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND STEM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 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.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE CONCERT SERIES.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

RAPID: EFFECT OF MASSIVE, EXCEPTIONAL FLOODS ON SEDIMENT-ASSOCIATED ISOTOPE CONCENTRATIONS - IMPLICATIONS FOR SEDIMENT SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND EROS

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE AN INTENSIVE TWO-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EDUCATE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE ART AND HI

GRANTS-R1-CABXX-SKIDMORE COLL.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONFERENCE: HUDSON RIVER UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE 2025-2027 -THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS OF THE HUDSON RIVER UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE (HRUMC), TO BE HELD IN 2025, 2026, AND 2027 DURING THE SPRING. HRUMC IS A REGIONAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN MATHEMATICS THAT HAS BEEN HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1994, BRINGING TOGETHER ABOUT 300 UNDERGRADUATES AND FACULTY FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE NORTHEAST. THE CONFERENCE AIMS TO INSPIRE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS TO SEE THEMSELVES AS VITAL PARTICIPANTS IN A BROAD MATHEMATICAL COMMUNITY AND, HENCE, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PERSIST IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES; TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, BROADLY DEFINED, BY INTERACTING AND NETWORKING WITH PEERS AND FACULTY; TO ENCOURAGE UNDERGRADUATES TO ENGAGE IN MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH AT MANY LEVELS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A PROFESSIONAL VENUE IN WHICH TO SHARE THEIR MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP AND TO PRACTICE COMMUNICATING IT THROUGH FORMAL TALKS; AND TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICS-ADJACENT COMMUNITIES. HRUMC OFFERS A FULL DAY OF RESEARCH TALKS, AN HOUR-LONG KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY A WELL-KNOWN MATHEMATICAL SCIENTIST, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND ENGAGING DISCUSSIONS ACROSS A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND DATA SCIENCE. MOST OF THE RESEARCH TALKS ARE GIVEN BY STUDENTS, FEATURING WORK RESULTING FROM STUDENT THESES, RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) PROJECTS, AND/OR OTHER INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. FACULTY ALSO GIVE RESEARCH TALKS PITCHED AT A LEVEL THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE MATH STUDENTS. THE TALKS ARE 15-MINUTES LONG, GROUPED INTO SESSIONS WHICH EACH HAVE A UNITING TOPIC OR THEME, AND WHICH ARE THEN ORGANIZED INTO PARALLEL SESSIONS OVER THREE BLOCKS OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE FIELDS COVERED ARE WIDE-RANGING, HISTORICALLY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA, ANALYSIS, DATA SCIENCE, DISCRETE MATH, GRAPH THEORY, KNOT THEORY, LINEAR ALGEBRA, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS HISTORY, NUMBER THEORY, STATISTICS, AND TOPOLOGY. THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOCUS ON GRADUATE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES, CAREER OPTIONS, AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND COMMUNITY-EXPANDING WITHIN MATHEMATICS. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE CAN BE FOUND AT CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/VIEW/HRUMC. 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.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE COLLEGE SUMMER JAZZ INSTITUTE, AN INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EDUCATE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE ART

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PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE JAZZ INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT THE SKIDMORE COLLEGE SUMMER JAZZ INSTITUTE.

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