Rider University

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - RIDER UNIVERSITY

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - RIDER UNIVERSITY

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICE PROGRAM AT RIDER UNIVERSITY

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

A GROW-YOUR-OWN PIPELINE PROGRAM FOR PRE-SERVICE UNDERREPRESENTED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AT RIDER UNIVERSITY

THE RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE PREPARATION FOR DOCTORAL STUDY. IT IS ONE OF THE EIGHT PROGRAMS KNOWN AS THE FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS.

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

ED-GRANTS-030922-001OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (OPE): HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS (HEP): FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS: RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER

BRC-BIO INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF WARMING AND DROUGHT ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND GROWTH RESPONSES OF BOREAL AND TEMPERATE TREE SEEDLINGS: A PUI RESEARCH INITIATIVE -DROUGHT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF FORESTS WORLDWIDE. IN PARTICULAR, IN AREAS WHERE AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE INCREASING, WATER BECOMES PARTICULARLY LIMITING DUE TO EXCESS EVAPORATION OF WATER FROM PLANTS AND SOIL. IN THIS PROJECT, THE COMBINED EFFECT OF WARMING AND DROUGHT ON TREE SEEDLING GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES SUCH AS RATES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS WILL BE INVESTIGATED USING BOTH THE EXISTING BOREAL FOREST WARMING AT AN ECOTONE IN DANGER (B4WARMED) EXPERIMENT IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AS WELL AS NEW COMMON GARDEN AND LABORATORY-BASED EXPERIMENTS AT RIDER UNIVERSITY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. THIS RESEARCH WILL ALLOW FOR MORE PRECISE QUANTIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SOIL MOISTURE AFFECTS THE SENSITIVITY OF PLANTS TO WARMING, WHICH COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL BENEFITS RELATED TO FOREST MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT RESTORATION. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PLANT BIOLOGY CLASS AT RIDER UNIVERSITY, A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. THIS COURSE WILL ENHANCE THE RESEARCH SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY USING STRUCTURED, INQUIRY-BASED PROJECTS ADDRESSING NOVEL QUESTIONS ABOUT MECHANISMS THAT CONTROL PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. ENCOURAGING SCIENTISTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WILL BE A MAIN FOCUS OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. THIS RESEARCH WILL EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS NEEDED TO PREDICT HOW FOREST SPECIES WILL RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE; IN PARTICULAR, HOW TREE SEEDLING GROWTH, SURVIVAL, AND UNDERLYING PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CLIMATE WARMING AND CHANGES IN WATER AVAILABILITY. FEW MANIPULATIVE STUDIES HAVE DIRECTLY ASSESSED THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF VARYING TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION REGIMES ON PLANT COMMUNITIES, DESPITE A VARIETY OF MODEL ANALYSES SUGGESTING THAT THESE TWO FACTORS WILL INTERACT AND AFFECT SPECIES IN WAYS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE FROM SINGLE-FACTOR EXPERIMENTS. WE WILL UTILIZE AN ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERIMENT IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA (B4WARMED), WHILE ALSO EXPANDING ASPECTS OF THIS LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT TO THE RIDER UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN NEW JERSEY. WHILE PRIOR RESEARCH AT THE B4WARMED EXPERIMENT HAS OBSERVED POSITIVE EFFECTS OF WARMING ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH OF SOME SPECIES (E.G., SUGAR MAPLE, BUR OAK), IT IS PREDICTED THAT A REDUCED WATER SUPPLY WILL OFFSET THESE POSITIVE EFFECTS AND LEAD TO MORE NEGATIVE PLANT RESPONSES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL QUANTIFY LEAF PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS (E.G., PHOTOSYNTHESIS, WATER POTENTIAL) USING BOTH IN SITU AND LABORATORY-GROWN SEEDLINGS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN PRIOR STUDIES TO BE HIGHLY PREDICTIVE OF PLANT GROWTH STRATEGIES AND/OR MORTALITY RESPONSES IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, DISSEMINATED AT REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, AND INTEGRATED INTO UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AT RIDER UNIVERSITY. 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: CHARACTERIZATION OF FOUR CRYPTIC CIRCADIAN GENE HOMOLOGS IN THE HALOARCHAEON HALOFERAX VOLCANII

INCREASE COLLEGE RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES OF PARTICIPANTS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT, BASIC COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS, AND MOTIVATE STUDENTS TOWARD COMPLETION OF POSTSEC ED

EPO INCREASES MACROPHAGE SUPPRESSION

RUI: EXAMINATION OF THE GENETIC MECHANISMS USED TO CONTROL THE EXPRESSION OF SALINITY-REGULATED PROTEINS IN THE ARCHAEON HALOFERAX VOLCANII

IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF DATA LITERACY SKILLS IN SCIENTIFIC REASONING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CUE-T: BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING VIA ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN MULTI-INSTITUTION ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS -DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, MOST U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHES) TRANSITIONED IN-PERSON CLASSES TO ONLINE CLASSES. SUCH A TRANSITION PROVIDES FERTILE GROUND FOR RESEARCH INTO IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION IN COMPUTING FIELDS, SPECIFICALLY IN BROADENING PARTICIPATION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS AND IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES. THERE ARE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING MARGINALIZED STUDENTS TO COMPUTING, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN FROM ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES AND BLACK AND HISPANIC MALES. THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF COMBINING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN COMPUTING COURSES IN ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (OSLES) ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS WITH A LEARNING ASSISTANT MODEL. THE PROPOSED APPROACH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND RETENTION RATES IN COMPUTING. THIS PROJECT'S PRIMARY GOAL IS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN COMPUTING OSLES AND SHARING RESOURCES ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS ON STUDENTS' LEARNING OUTCOMES, ENGAGEMENT, AND RETENTION. THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO USE A MIXED-METHODS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO INVESTIGATE FOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONS FOCUSING ON CONDUCTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USING ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND RETENTION RATES, SHARING COURSES ACROSS INSTITUTIONS, AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED AT SIX INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING TWO HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TWO HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITIES, AND TWO SMALL UNIVERSITIES. THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT EQUITY IN COMPUTING IN BOTH ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. 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.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CER: FROM CLASSROOM TO CAREER READINESS: ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING EDUCATION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN AI SECURITY AND PRIVACY -ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TECHNOLOGIES ARE TRANSFORMING DAILY LIFE, BUT THEIR RAPID ADOPTION HAS ALSO INTRODUCED SERIOUS SECURITY AND PRIVACY CHALLENGES. ADDRESSING THESE RISKS REQUIRES A WORKFORCE THAT CAN BOTH ADVANCE AI INNOVATION AND SAFEGUARD ITS DEPLOYMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP MEET THAT NEED BY STRENGTHENING UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING EDUCATION THROUGH A CURRICULUM-BASED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS CLASSROOM LEARNING WITH REAL WORLD RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. THE EFFORT WILL INTEGRATE THE LATEST AI SECURITY AND PRIVACY TOPICS INTO EXISTING COMPUTING COURSES WHILE HELPING STUDENTS BUILD PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUCH AS COMMUNICATION, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP. BY CREATING FLEXIBLE LEARNING MODULES THAT CAN BE USED ACROSS A RANGE OF UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING COURSES AND INSTITUTIONS, THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SECURE, RELIABLE, AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF AI IN SOCIETY. THE PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON AI SECURITY AND PRIVACY ACROSS PARTNER INSTITUTIONS. THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE FLEXIBLE EDUCATIONAL MODULES INCLUDING LABS, TUTORIALS, ASSIGNMENTS, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN COMPUTER VISION, SPEECH AND AUDIO, AND NETWORK SYSTEMS. THESE MODULES WILL ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES ACROSS THE AI LIFECYCLE AND WILL BE DESIGNED FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING COURSES. THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WILL ALSO BE ALIGNED WITH THE NICE (NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION) CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN CAREER-RELEVANT COMPETENCIES. IN PARALLEL, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL STUDY EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES THAT EMBED RESEARCH INTO COURSEWORK, INCLUDING PROJECT-BASED AND COMPETITION-BASED LEARNING, AND EVALUATE THEIR EFFECTS ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, SUCCESS, TECHNICAL GROWTH, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE TRANSFERABLE RESOURCES AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES THAT CAN BE ADOPTED MORE BROADLY IN COMPUTING EDUCATION AND SHARED WITH ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY AUDIENCES. 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.

MACROPHAGE DENSITY REGULATES T CELLS

EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AGENTS ON NEUROGENESIS IN ADULT MOUSE HIPPOCAMPUS

MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL SCREENING OF CASEIN KINASE I EPSILON (CKIE) FOR CIRCAD

BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

MARS ODYSSEY GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER (GRS) MAPPING INDICATES THAT THE CHEMICAL VARIABILITY OF THE MARTIAN SUBSURFACE IS SUBDUED AT THE APPROXIMATELY 4

AF:MEDIUM:COLLABORATIVE:RUI:STRUCTURE IN MOTION:ALGORITHMS FOR KINEMATIC DESIGN

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING

AF: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE:RUI: MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RECONFIGURATION ALGORITHMS FOR GEOMETRICALLY CONSTRAINT STRUCTURES

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A SIMULTANEOUS ICP-OES FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: P2C2--UNDERSTANDING TRANS-HEMISPHERIC MODES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY: A NOVEL TREE-RING DATA TRANSECT SPANNING THE HIMALAYA TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FOREST WATER USE AND THE INFLUENCE OF ACID DEPOSITION

RUI: COMPARISON OF PRONEPHRIC DUCT MORPHOGENESIS IN AMBYSTOMA AND XENOPUS

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF "ANTHRACITE FIELDS" BY THE BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS WITH THE WESTMINSTER CHOIR AT THE HISTORIC ROEBLING WIRE WORKS FACTORY IN TRENTON NEW JERSEY.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF CROATIAN PUPPET THEATER PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT INCLUSIVE THEATER PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.