St Lawrence University

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY CARES ACT INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING APPLICATION

EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR ST. LAWRENCE STUDENTS AFFECTED BY COVID-19

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM - DISADVANTAGED COLLEGE STUDENT PREPARATION FOR DOCTORAL STUDY

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SCIENCES THROUGH MENTORING NETWORKS, RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

LIBERAL ARTS SCIENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTRON SCANNING MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, RESEARCH TRAINING AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE CARE NETWORK (CCN) PROJECT - ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY PROPOSES TO LAUNCH THE COMPREHENSIVE CARE NETWORK (CCN) PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE RAPIDLY GROWING NEEDS OF OUR TARGET POPULATION OF 2,227 UNDERGRADUATES IN THE AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE. WITHIN OUR JED CAMPUS STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CCN PROJECT WILL USE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF AT-RISK STUDENTS AND EXPAND CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES. ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (SLU) IS A FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE, RESIDENTIAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE LOCATED IN THE RURAL AND UNDER-RESOURCED “NORTH COUNTRY” REGION OF UPSTATE NEW YORK. BASED UPON INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND BASELINE DATA EMERGING FROM OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH JED CAMPUS, OUR PRIORITY IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN OUR CURRENT NETWORK OF CAMPUS-COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE SEEK SUPPORT FROM THE SAMHSA GLS CAMPUS PROGRAM FOR THE PROPOSED CCN PROJECT TO BENEFIT OUR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT POPULATION OF 2,227 (54% FEMALE/46% MALE; 13% US BIPOC; 9% INTERNATIONAL; 21% PELL-ELIGIBLE; 19% FIRST-GEN). OUR PROJECT GOALS ARE TO: 1) IMPROVE THE IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AT-RISK FOR SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI)/SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED), AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT CAN LEAD TO SCHOOL FAILURE; AND 2) ENHANCE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE SUICIDE, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ON CAMPUS. INFORMED BY JED’S COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK, OUR PROJECT STRATEGIES FOCUS ON A) IMPROVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AT RISK AND INCREASE STUDENT HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; B) BUILD CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICES; C) STRENGTHEN STUDENTS’ SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH TARGETED PROGRAMMING FOR LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS; AND D) ESTABLISH AND FOLLOW CRISIS MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. LED BY PI AND DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING TARA TENT AND CO-PI AND DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS EDUCATION LAURA LAVOIE, THE CCN PROJECT TEAM WILL COLLABORATE WITH CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO WORK TOWARDS KEY OBJECTIVES THAT INCLUDE: INCREASING THE NUMBERS OF FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS TRAINED IN QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER (QPR) AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TECHNIQUES; ENCOURAGING STUDENT HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR THROUGH UNIVERSAL ONLINE TOOLS, ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENT GROUPS, AND TARGETED OUTREACH; IMPROVING STUDENT ACCESS TO CAMPUS COUNSELING SERVICES; INCREASING SUBSTANCE MISUSE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; WORKING WITH CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REFINE POLICIES AND CARE PROCEDURES; AND REDUCING RISK AND ACCESS TO LETHAL MEANS ON CAMPUS. THE CCN PROJECT TEAM WILL COLLECT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA AND APPLY BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE EVALUATION APPROACHES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR JED CAMPUS STRATEGIC PLAN TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND ALLOW FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER (HPC)

RUI: GLIA IN MEDULLARY PH REGULATION

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER AND MICROARRAY SCANNER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY AT ST. LAWRENC

TO SUPPORT NORTH COUNTRY AT WORK, A PROJECT TO DOCUMENT THE TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN THE ADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY. IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH COUNTRY PUBLIC RADIO, THE UNIVERSITYS LIBRARYS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND VANCE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES WILL HOLD A SERIES OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN SIX COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS SIX LOCATIONS WITHIN THE MOHAWK NATION AT AKWESASNE, WORKING WITH LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES TO SCAN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND COLLECT DIGITAL IMAGES. IN EACH LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE PARTNERS WILL CURATE, PRINT, AND MOUNT A COLLECTION OF 10-30 IMAGES AND STORIES THAT ILLUSTRATE THE COMMUNITY?S WORK HISTORY AND TRADITIONS. THE PUBLIC EVENTS WILL PROVIDE CONTENT FOR A DIGITAL ARCHIVE, FOR BROADCAST, FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PODCASTS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHF: MEDIUM: NEAR-HARDWARE PROGRAM REPAIR AND OPTIMIZATION -THE PROJECT ADDRESSES TODAY'S REALITY THAT SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMPUTING HARDWARE AND HARDWARE ACCELERATORS HAVE BECOME DE FACTO NECESSITIES FOR SUPPORTING THE LARGE-SCALE COMPUTATIONS USED FOR DATA ANALYSIS, AI AND MACHINE LEARNING, SCIENTIFIC MODELING, AND SOCIAL-MEDIA PLATFORMS. AT THE SAME TIME, EDUCATION AND EXISTING TOOLS STILL REQUIRE COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS TO HAVE DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH LOW-LEVEL HARDWARE CONSIDERATIONS AND HIGHER-LEVEL APPLICATION LOGIC. HIGHER LEVELS OF PROGRAM ABSTRACTION ARE MORE TRACTABLE FOR HUMANS AND AUTOMATED PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT METHODS BECAUSE THEY SEPARATE ALGORITHM LOGIC FROM IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS, WHILE LOWER 'NEAR-HARDWARE' LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION ARE DIFFICULT FOR HUMANS TO UNDERSTAND AND OPTIMIZE BECAUSE OF THE MANY CRUCIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HARDWARE DETAILS THAT OFTEN INTERACT WITH APPLICATION-LEVEL LOGIC IN NON-TRIVIAL WAYS. THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THIS GAP BY DEVELOPING AUTOMATED METHODS FOR NEAR-HARDWARE RUN-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF PROGRAMS, BUG REPAIR, AND CREATION OF NEW PROGRAMS. IT INCLUDES AN EVALUATION FEATURING INTERACTIVE HUMAN EVALUATIONS, WHICH STUDIES HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH THE PROJECT'S AUTOMATED TOOLS ALONG SEVERAL DIMENSIONS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE THE AUTOMATION OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TASKS FOR NEAR-HARDWARE DOMAINS. THIS REQUIRES ADDRESSING FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS SUCH AS: WHAT REPRESENTATIONS SPAN MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION? HOW CAN ONE ANALYZE AND SELECT OPTIMIZATIONS RESPECTING BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSTRAINTS FOR REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS? HOW CAN A TOOL COMMUNICATE ITS RESULTS TO USERS WHO MAY LACK EXPERTISE IN EITHER DOMAIN-SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE OR HARDWARE-SPECIFIC DETAILS? THE PROJECT ADAPTS HIGHER-LEVEL AUTOMATED PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT METHODS TO THREE SPECIFIC TASKS: AUTOMATICALLY FINDING OPTIMIZATIONS THAT REDUCE GENERAL-PURPOSE GPU CODE RUNTIMES; REPAIRING DEFECTS IN CIRCUIT DESIGNS; AND SYNTHESIZING DEBUGGABLE CODE FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATORS. EACH TASK REQUIRES REPRESENTATIONS AND ALGORITHMS THAT CROSS ABSTRACTION LEVELS, AND EACH TASK FEATURES AN EVALUATION PLAN THAT PLACES EXPLICIT EMPHASIS ON THE HUMAN ELEMENT, MEASURING THE SEMANTIC GAP BETWEEN AUTOMATICALLY LIFTED OPTIMIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HUMAN EXPERTISE, MEASURING EASE OF USE OF INTERACTIVE SYNTHESIS TOOLS ACROSS HUMAN EXPERTISE LEVELS, AND USING EYE TRACKING TO INVESTIGATE WHICH ELEMENTS OF A MULTI-EDIT PATCH ARE MOST DIFFICULT UNDERSTAND. THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE MANY OF THE BENEFITS OF SOURCE-LEVEL AUTOMATED PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT TO BE AVAILABLE TO NEAR-HARDWARE DOMAINS. 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.

PTFP CONSTRUCTION GRANT FOR PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN TEH STATE OF NEW YORK

PLANNING: MEASURING WIND DIRECTION CHANGE ON ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA, USING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE -THIS PLANNING AWARD LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR A PARTICIPATORY PROJECT TO ASSESS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION ON A BERING SEA ISLAND. OBSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF WIND DIRECTION ARE COMPONENTS OF TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE BERING STRAIT REGION. FOR INDIGENOUS ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDERS, WIND DIRECTION IS RELEVANT TO TERRESTRIAL WAYFINDING AND SEA ICE NAVIGATION. ALTHOUGH THERE IS LITTLE SCIENTIFIC DATA ON PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION ON ST. LAWRENCE, RESIDENTS POSSESS KNOWLEDGE OF WIND PATTERNS AND CONSTRUCT SHELTERS WITH PREVAILING WINDS IN MIND. THIS WORK ASKS WHETHER WIND DIRECTION HAS CHANGED RECENTLY AND WILL TEST WHETHER WIND DIRECTION CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUMENTATION. THIS PLANNING AWARD SUPPORTS TRAVEL TO ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND TO DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SAVOONGA RESIDENTS AND TO CONDUCT INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WIND DIRECTION. THE PI WILL ASSESS LEVEL OF INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF WIND DIRECTION WHILE TRAINING A LOCAL STUDENT ON QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. TWO FOCUS GROUPS WILL BE HELD IN THE VILLAGE, FACILITATED BY A LOCAL COORDINATOR. THESE FOCUS GROUPS WILL INCLUDE ELDERS AND HUNTERS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WAYFINDING AND WIND CONDITIONS. SHOULD PLANNING ACTIVITIES PROVE SUCCESSFUL, THE PI PLANS TO DEVELOP A STANDARD RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE WHETHER WIND DIRECTION CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED THROUGH STUDY OF STRUCTURE ORIENTATION AND GRASS LAY DIRECTION COMPLEMENTED BY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE. 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.

QUANTITATIVE AND MATHEMATICS SUPPORT CENTER WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP HANDBOOK OF BEST PRACTICES, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND STEM INFRASTRUCTURE

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY PLANNING GRANT FOR ART GALLERY FACILITIES OPTIMIZATION STUDY [ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SEEKS AN NEH SUSTAINING CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS PLANNING GRANT TO CONDUCT AN OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF THE SYSTEMS SERVING ITS ART STORAGE FACILITY AND EXHIBITION GALLERIES.]

HUDSON RIVER UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE 2018

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO ASTRONOMY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES THROUGH EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO ASTRONOMY

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY BRUSH GALLERY PRESERVATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT