Ithaca College

FUNDING FOR CARES ACT HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

FUNDING FOR CARES ACT HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND

STEM PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION-ONLY ALLIANCE: CENTRAL NEW YORK LSAMP ALLIANCE (CNYLA)

ITHACA COLLEGE ROBERT NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

PREPARATION OF STEM TEACHERS FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND EFFECTIVENESS

STEM COMMUNITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND RETENTION OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS

REMODELING OF THE GUINEA PIG INTRINSIC CARDIAC PLEXUS WITH CHRONIC HEART DISEASE

RUI: DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN PRE-CRAWLING INFANTS: THE EFFECT OF ROBOTIC-ASSISTED LOCOMOTOR EXPERIENCE

PEPTIDERGIC MODULATION OF GUINEA PIG INTRINSIC CARDIAC NEURONS

SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF AUTOINDUCER SYNTHASE ENZYMES IN QUORUM SENSING BACTERIA

IMPACT OF COMMENSAL MICROBIOME ON CHLAMYDIA IMMUNITY

SIGNALING SPECIFICITY MEDIATED BY THE C. ELEGANS FGF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE

ON COMMON GROUND: A PERFORMING ARTS COLLABORATION BETWEEN AMERICAN THEATRE EXPERTS AND THEATRE WALLAY IN ISLAMABAD TO PRODUCE THEATRE PERFORMANCES.

REU SITE: ITHACA COLLEGE REU IN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

III: MEDIUM: RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COUNTERFACTUAL LEARNING AND EVALUATION FOR INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: III: MEDIUM: DESIGNING AI SYSTEMS WITH STEERABLE LONG-TERM DYNAMICS -THE FEEDBACK THAT USERS PROVIDE THROUGH THEIR CHOICES (E.G., CLICKS, PURCHASES) IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF DATA READILY AVAILABLE FOR TRAINING AUTONOMOUS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS, AND IT IS WIDELY USED IN ONLINE PLATFORMS. HOWEVER, NAIVELY TRAINING SYSTEMS BASED ON CHOICE DATA MAY ONLY IMPROVE SHORT-TERM ENGAGEMENT, BUT NOT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PLATFORM AND THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS TO ITS USERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. IN THIS COMPLEX SPACE OF PROBLEMS AND COMPETING INTERESTS, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THERE IS A SINGLE AND COMPACT ALGORITHMIC SOLUTION THAT IS INHERENTLY FAIR OR OPTIMAL --- FOR THE SAME REASON THAT OUR LEGAL CODES AND TAX POLICIES FILL SIZABLE LIBRARIES. INSTEAD, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS A NEW ALGORITHMIC FRAMEWORK TO EXPRESS SIMILARLY DETAILED POLICIES ALSO FOR AI SYSTEMS. THIS FRAMEWORK PROVIDES DECISION-MAKERS WITH STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS THAT PREDICTABLY STEER THE LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF A PLATFORM SO THAT THEY NOT ONLY OPTIMIZE ENGAGEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM BUT ADDITIONALLY REFLECT LONG-TERM VALUES SET BY WHATEVER SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE OVERSEES THE PLATFORM. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE PROJECT INTRODUCES A MACROSCOPIC LAYER OF ABSTRACTION FOR AI PLATFORMS UNDER WHICH LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES (E.G., USER SATISFACTION, ITEM FAIRNESS, SUPPLIER POOL SIZE) CAN BE MEASURED AND INFLUENCED THROUGH MACROSCOPIC INTERVENTIONS (E.G., EXPOSURE ALLOCATION, PROMOTION POLICIES FOR NEW CONTENT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION REGULATION). SINCE PLATFORMS ACT AT THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS NEW SEARCH AND RECOMMENDATION METHODS THAT OPTIMALLY BREAK MACRO-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS INTO A SEQUENCE OF MICRO-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS (E.G., RANKINGS). THE CRUCIAL TECHNICAL CHALLENGE LIES IN BRIDGING THE MISMATCH IN TIME SCALES BETWEEN MACRO-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS (E.G., WEEKS) AND MICRO-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS (E.G., INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS), WHICH IS ADDRESSED USING MACHINE LEARNING, CAUSAL INFERENCE, AND CONTROL THEORY. THIS FORMULATION PROVIDES A TECHNICAL LAYER OF ABSTRACTION THAT REDUCES COMPLEXITY FOR BOTH HUMAN AND AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AT THE MACRO LEVEL, ENABLING STRATEGIC REASONING AND ACTION. FINALLY, SINCE OPTIMAL ACTIONS AT ANY LEVEL RELY ON UNBIASED AND ACCURATE ESTIMATES, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS NEW ESTIMATORS THAT COUNTERACT BIASES IN FEEDBACK LOOPS. 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.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN NMR CONSOLE, PROBE, AND AUTOSAMPLER TO ADVANCE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -THIS AWARD IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION AND THE CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS. ITHACA COLLEGE IS ACQUIRING AN UPGRADED CONSOLE AND PROBE FOR A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR SCOTT ULRICH AND COLLEAGUES MICHAEL P. HAAF AND ANNA LARSEN. THIS INSTRUMENT FACILITATES RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF POLYMER SCIENCE, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. IN GENERAL, NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROSCOPY IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO CHEMISTS FOR THE ELUCIDATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF MOLECULES. IT IS USED TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES, TO CHARACTERIZE SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS OF ATOMS WITHIN MOLECULES, AND TO STUDY THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MOLECULES IN SOLUTION OR IN THE SOLID STATE. ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART NMR SPECTROMETERS IS ESSENTIAL TO CHEMISTS WHO ARE CARRYING OUT FRONTIER RESEARCH. THIS INSTRUMENT ENHANCES THE EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND TEACHING EFFORTS OF STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS IN THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AT ITHACA COLLEGE AS WELL AS PROVIDES ACCESSIBILITY FOR USE AT NEARBY INSTITUTIONS. THIS INSTRUMENT ENABLES INCREASED DIVERSE REPRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH ESTABLISHED OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THE AWARD OF THE 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER UPGRADE IS AIMED AT ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS POLYMER, ORGANOMETALLIC, AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. THE INSTRUMENT IMPACTS RESEARCH FOCUSED ON DISCOVERING POLYMERS OF INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITY, AND ON THE CHARACTERIZATION OF CHIRAL LACTIDE POLYMER CATALYSTS. OTHER INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE THE SYNTHESIS OF IRIDIUM AND RHODIUM PINCER COMPLEXES AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY TARGETING BACTERIAL SIGNALING ENZYMES AND CANCER CELL METABOLISM. 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.

III: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: LEARNING TO MODEL SEQUENCES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INVESTIGATING STUDENT LEARNING AND SENSE-MAKING FROM INSTRUCTIONAL CALCULUS VIDEOS

RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL MODIFICATION OF MEMRISTIVE NIOBIUM OXIDE FILMS FOR NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS

RUI: FLUCTUATIONS AND PHASE TRANSITIONS IN IRON PNICTIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CURRICULUM MAPPING TOOL FOR SOCIOLOGY: IMPLEMENTATION, ASSESSMENT, AND DISSEMINATION

SENSORY-TARGETED ANKLE REHABILITATION STRATEGIES (STARS)

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS THAT PREDICT FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER HIP FRACTURE

ITHACA COLLEGE’S PROJECT LOOK SHARP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION, WILL DEVELOP A NATIONWIDE PLAN FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS TO ACCESS TRAINING, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO BE STRONGER AND MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERS OF MEDIA LITERACY IN THEIR SCHOOLS. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE LIBRARIANS AS LEADERS FOR MEDIA LITERACY (ML3) PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROJECT LOOK SHARP AND THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION, THIS GRANT WILL STUDY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR ADAPTING AND EXPANDING ML3 TO ALL 50 STATES INCLUDING PRESERVICE EDUCATION. THE TEAM WILL ASSESS AND REVISE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, PILOT AND REVISE NEW OUTREACH STRATEGIES TO CONNECT WITH LIBRARIANS AND ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE, AND SECURE PARTNERS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ACROSS THE NATION WHO WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERS OF MEDIA LITERACY WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES AND PREPARE ALL STUDENTS WITH THE HABITS OF INQUIRY AND REFLECTION.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABILITY MODULES: INTEGRATING STEM COURSES

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL RUI: MULTI-WAVELENGTH SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF X/M/E ASTEROIDS

RI: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: BATCH LEARNING FROM LOGGED BANDIT FEEDBACK

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE EXTENSION OF A DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE TO NORTHERN MESOAMERICA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: THE EFFECT OF A MID-OCEAN RIDGE-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT ON A ZONED MANTLE PLUME AND ASSOCIATED SECONDARY MAGMATISM

VOICES OF PARTITION PROJECT.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VISUALIZING CHEMISTRY WITH INFRARED IMAGING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HERBIVORY-BOOSTED PHOTOSYNTHESIS: ELICITORS FROM TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS SALIVA INDUCE CHANGES IN PLANT METABOLISM

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON ROBOTIC-ASSISTED LOCOMOTION AND ITS EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CHRONOLOGY OF EPI-CLASSIC NORTHWESTERN MESOAMERICA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE KALAVASOS AND MARONI BUILT ENVIRONMENTS PROJECT. INVESTIGATING SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN LATE BRONZE AGE CYPRUS

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL - CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF HOTSPOT-RIDGE INTERACTIONS: THE NORTHERN GALAPAGOS REGION

MILITARY ORIGINS IN MIDDLE AMERICA

UNTANGLING THE WEB OF HISTORICAL THINKING: WHAT THE STRUCTURES OF STUDENT-PRODUCED WIKIS REVEAL

I-CORPS: POWERED-MOBILITY DEVICE FOR INFANTS AND VERY YOUNG CHILDREN

GEOGEBRA 2010 CONFERENCE IN NORTH AMERICA

TEACHING MEDIA LITERACY AND CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN PANAMA GEC GRANT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EMPOWERING FACULTY TO RUN ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIMENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: CREATING AND TESTING MATERIALS TO FACILITATE DISSEMINATION OF THE ENERGY AND ENTROPY MODULE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INCREASING CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ANNOTATION VISUALIZATION

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY NEW YORK (DBNY) CONFERENCE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REU SITE: MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS VIRTUAL REU -THIS AWARD FROM THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY (CHE) SUPPORTS A VIRTUAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) SITE LED BY A TEAM OF FACULTY FROM THE HORMEL INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT CORTLAND, AND ITHACA COLLEGE IN ITHACA, NEW YORK. THIS REU SITE SUPPORTS THE TRAINING OF 10 STUDENTS FOR 10 WEEKS DURING THE SUMMERS OF 2022-2024. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE, AUTHENTIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS, EARLY IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS. THIS IS A FULLY ONLINE, REU PROGRAM, WHERE STUDENTS TAKE PART IN GUIDED INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, AS PART OF AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF PEERS, TO ANALYZE AND PREDICT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN BIOMOLECULES. THE INHERENT FLEXIBILITY OF THIS VIRTUAL FORMAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM BROADLY ACCESSIBLE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACCESS ON-SITE REU PROGRAMS. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM WILL LEARN ABOUT MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS AND EXPLORE STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND FLEXIBLE, GUIDED BY A TEAM OF FACULTY AND PEER MENTORS. TO FOSTER COMMUNITY AND TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PARTICIPANTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY, INFORMAL SOCIAL EVENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND MULTIPLE, GUIDED RESEARCH MEETINGS. THE SUMMER EXPERIENCE CULMINATES IN AN ONLINE, CAPSTONE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM WHERE STUDENTS PRESENT A RESEARCH POSTER THEY HAVE CREATED TO THEIR PEERS AND RESEARCH MENTORS. THE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE STUDENTS WILL RESULT IN ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING OF ENZYME FUNCTION, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METABOLISM, AND WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSIGHT INTO THE THE STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR ENZYME ENGINEERING. 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.

SMALL SCALE EFFECTS OF IMPACT ON ASTEROIDS SURFACES: APPLICATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS TO NEAR SH

CHRIS SPERRY AND CYNDY SCHEIBE WILL PROVIDE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SESSION TO TEACHERS. PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN TRAINING. AND ACADEMIC STAFF.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ALICE +=JAVA

NIST SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF) PROGRAM - BOULDER

CHRIS SPERRY, DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR PROJECT LOOK SHARP, WILL PROVIDE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SESSIONS.

NIST SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF) PROGRAM - BOULDER