Grants Received
Funds totaling $71,500 were recently received by the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts and the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.
- Dr. Ronald Arnett, professor, chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and inaugural holder of the Henry Koren, C.S.Sp., Chair in Scholarly Excellence, $8,000, from the National Communication Association for research. This fourth installment of the award brings the total amount received to date to $32,000.
- The McAnulty College, $30,000 from the Alcoa Campus Partnership for Diversity in Computational Technology. Dr. Lili Shashaani, associate professor of computer science in the mathematics department, will administer the award.
- The Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts, $15,000, from the Koch Foundation for students to complete three multimedia projects on different platforms, developed by Mike Clark, adjunct professor. The funds will be administered by Dr. John Shepherd, journalism and multimedia arts chair.
- Dr. Jennifer Aitken, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, $18,500, from the American Chemical Society and other groups to support the Project Seed program. This brings the total award amount to date to $103,511.