2014
H. Arthur Bankoff, Anthropology and Archaeology, received a $5,000 Senior Research Award from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for the Jadar Project in western Serbia.
Nicholas Biais, Biology, received $157,000 from the National Institutes of Health to dissect the process by which biofilms develop.
Amotz Bar-Noy, Computer and Information Science, received $401,196 from the Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance, sponsored by the United States Army Research Laboratory.
Luigi Bonaffini, Modern Languages and Literatures, won the Raiziss/De Palchi Translation Prize from the Academy of American Poets.
Luigi Bonaffini, Modern Languages and Literatures, won the Translatiom Prize from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for translation of Attilio Bertolucci's La camera da letto (The Bedroom).
Brett F. Branco, Earth and Environmental Sciences, received a two-year $282,998 grant from the National Park Service (Northeast Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit), for "Detecting Water Quality Regime Shifts in Jamaica Bay."
Chia-Ju Chang, Modern Languages and Literatures, received a grant from the Taiwan Ministry of Education, for the Eco-documentary Film Festival and workshop.
Stephen Chester, Anthropology and Archaeology, won a $2,000 George Gaylord Simpson Prize, Yale Peabody Museum, for the publication Systematics of Paleogene Micromomyidae (Euarchonta, Primates) from North America.
Sarah J. Christman, Film, won the Art and Science Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, for Gowanus Canal.
Matthew Crump, Psychology, received a three-year $356,073 National Science Foundation grant, for "Acquisition of Hierarchical Control in Skilled Action Sequencing."
Andrew Delameter, Psychology, received $392,500 from the National Institutes of Health, for "A Multi-component Approach to Extinction in Pavlovian Learning."
Miriam B. Deutch, Library, received the Best of Show Award for Special Programs, Exhibits and Events from the American Library Association.
Jennifer Drake, Psychology, received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, for "Expressive Drawing: Examining the Long-term Psychological and Psychophysiological Benefits."
Christopher Dunbar, Kinesiology, was awarded the New York Guard Service Ribbon, by the Division of Military and Naval Affairs of the State of New York.
Emilio Gallicchio, Chemistry, received a two-year $142,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, for "SI2-SSE: High-Performance Software for Large-scale Modeling of Binding Equilibria."
Guillermo Gerona-Navarro, Chemistry, received $157,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the particular role of polycomb group (PcG) proteins in different cellular processes and to decipher the role of PRC2, one of the general types formed by PcG target genes in cancer biology.
Mustapha Khan, Film, won the Best Screenplay Award (short) for Blanchin' Jimmies, at the Harvardwood Screenwriting Competition.
Yehuda L. Klein, Economics, received a two-year $41,229 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program: Cooperative Science Center Cross Center Collaboration, for "An Environmental and Economic Assessment of an Activated Green Infrastructure Approach for Managing Urban Stormwater Contaminant Loading to Coastal Waters."
Philip Napoli, History, received the Patriotism Award from the United Military Veterans of Kings County.
Arturo O'Farrill, Conservatory of Music, won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, for The Afro Latin Jazz Suite.
Juergen Polle, Biology, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, for "A Systems Biology and Pond Culture-based Understanding and Improvement of Metabolic Processes Related to Productivity in Diverse Microalgal Classes for Viable Biofuel Production."
Anthony Sclafani, Psychology, received $341,472 from the National Institutes of Health, for "Carbohydrate Appetite, Fat Appetite, and Obesity."
Karen B. Stern Gabbay, History, received an AIA Subvention Award, Van Bothmer Subvention Grant of the American Institute of Archaeology, for "Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Late Antiquity (PUP)."
Jeanne Theoharis, Political Science, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/Autobiography.
Justin Townsend, Theater, won the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design.
Tracy Wong, Health and Nutrition Sciences, received a two-year National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Institutes of Health) R15 AREA Program Grant, for "Social Networks of West African Forced Migrants."
