2012
Kathleen Axen, Health and Nutrition Sciences, received $116,573 from the National Institutes of Health to study the cellular mechanisms underlying a popular low-carb diet, with my increase the risk of diabetes.
H. Arthur Bankoff, Anthropology and Archaeology, received a $3,000 research grant from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for the Jadar Project in western Serbia.
Jennifer Basil, Biology, was listed in The Princeton Review's America's 300 Best Professors.
Jennifer Basil, Biology, received $30,466 from BSF: USA-Israel Binational Science Foundation, for "Functional Mapping of Learning-induced Activity in the CNS of Nautilus, a Plesiomorphic Cephalopod."
Stacey Brenner-Moyer, Chemistry, won a $450,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant for junior faculty, for the development of nonmetal, environmentally friendly catalysts.
Sarah J. Christman, Film, won the Jury Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, for As Above, So Below.
Malgorzata Ciszkowska, Chemistry, received a four-year $1.6 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant, for "A Community-based Approach to STEM Research."
Erin Courtney, English, won an Obie Award for A Map of Virtue.
Constantin Crânganu, Earth and Environmental Sciences, received the Prize of Excellence, awarded by the Association of Tourism Writers and Journalists from Romania for the series "Climate Change— Between Reality and Fiction."
Lesley Davenport, Chemistry, received a National Institutes of Health SCORE Grant, for "Conformation and Multimeric Formation of G-Quadruplexed DNA: Effects of Ligand Interactions."
Andrew Delamater, Psychology, received a four-year $1,000,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, for "A Multi-component Approach to Extinction in Pavlovian Learning."
Terry Dowd, Chemistry, received $109,468 per year, for four years, from the National Institutes of Health, for "Structure-function Relation of Connexin Disease Mutations."
Mary B. Easley, Theater, won the Audelco Award for Best Direction of a Dramatic Production, for Court Martial at Fort Devens.
Paul Forlano, Biology, received $157,000 from the National Institutes of Health for his research on the neurochemicals responsible for proper auditory-driven social functions, which has implications for better understanding of such syndromes as Asperger's.
Paul Forlano, Biology, received an Erik B. Fries Endowed Fellowship Fund Award, the H. Keffer Hartline and Edward MacNichol, Jr. Fellowship Award, and the Laura and Arthur Colwin Endowed Summer Research Fellowship Fund Award to support summer research at the Marine Biological Laboratory's Whitman Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Yu Gao, Psychology, received a three-year National Institute of Mental Health SC2 grant, for "Biomarkers for Conduct Problems: Abnormal Conditioning to Punishments and Rewards."
Amy E. Hughes, Theater, received a $200 American Theatre and Drama Society Publication Subvention Award and a $600 American Society for Theatre Research McNamara Publishing Subvention, for Spectacles of Reform: Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-century America.
Janet E. Johnson, Political Science, received a grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
Laura Juszczak, Chemistry, received $155,430 from the National Institutes of Health for her research on disease-related proteins.
Hong-Jen Lin, Finance, received a grant from the Society of Actuaries, for "Dynamic Factor Model Analysis on the Cash Flows of Investment and Hedging Strategies of the U.S. Insurance Industry."
Peter Lipke, Biology, received a grant from the National Institutes of Health, for "A Role for Amyloids in Force-dependent Activation of Cell Adhesion."
Jason Moore, Television and Radio, won the Mobius Award and the Telly Award for "USDT: Ryman."
Ryan Murelli, Chemistry, received a $471,000 National Institutes of Health SCORE Grant, for "Synthetic and Biological Studies of Antitubercular Natural Products."
James Nishiura, Biology, received a $116,573 National Institutes of Health grant for his study of the molecular mechanisms responsible for mosquito growth.
Vinit Parmar, Film, won the Prestige Film Award, Gold Level; Best Short Documentary Award, OneCloudFest; and Best Eco Documentary, San Pedro Film Festival, for Quest for Energy.
Vinit Parmar, Film, won the Diamond Level Award in Documentary Category, California Film Awards; Gold Level Award in Documentary Category, Oregon Film Awards; Award for 2nd Place in Best Water Documentary Category, Montana CINE International Film Festival; Honorable Mention Award, Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival; Best Environmental Film, Chashama Film Festival; New York Golden Palm Award, Mexico Film Festival, for Living River.
Diogo Pinheiro, Mathematics, received a $1,100 Scientific Community Support Fund, from Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Portugal), for organization of the I Winter School on Stochastic Dynamics and Control in Finance and Economics Conference.
Laura A. Rabin, Psychology, received a $291,209 National Science Foundation REU Award, for "Intensive Mentored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Cognitive, Behavioral, and Affective Neuroscience at an Urban Public College."
Nancy Romer, Psychology, received grants totaling $451,846 from the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development to fund Networks to College, a student service aimed at improving literacy, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
Laurie Rubel, Secondary Education, received funding from the National Science Foundation for "CAREER: Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth."
Kai Shum, Physics, received $48,881 from Sun Harmonics, Ltd. to investigate the manufacturing processes behind a specific type of solar cell, which would, in turn, reveal more effective energy alternatives.
