Proposals funded: Kim-Shapiro, Zanish-Belcher
Congratulations to Daniel Kim-Shapiro, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Storage Lesion in Banked Blood Due to Disruption of Nitric Oxide Homeostasis” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and by (subaward/subcontract from) University of Pittsburgh (WFU funding agency).
Congratulations to Tanya Zanish-Belcher, director of special collections & archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, whose proposal entitled “Documenting the Evangelical Movement in the United States: Digitizing Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Open-Reel Audiotapes, 1957-1980” has been funded by the Council on Library Information Resources.
Categories: Faculty News, Staff News
Provost Office grants announced
This is a guest post from the Office of the Provost:
The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following grants for Spring 2016
Nathan and Julie Hatch Research Grant for Academic Excellence
Stephanie Koscak, Royal Subjects: Mass Media and the Reinvention of Reverence in England, 1649-1760, Week at the Summer Research Institute , Harris Manchester College, Oxford University
Provost’s Fund for Academic Innovation
Melissa Harris-Perry, Marianne Magjuka, Dani Parker, Fahim Gulamali, Pro Humanitate Institute, Wake the Vote, Part II
Amanda Gengler, Sociology, Food & Inequality in Global Context
Steve Virgil, Law; John Senior, Divinity, Public Leadership and Professional Identity
Provost’s Fund for Academic Excellence
Mike Green, Law, World Tort Law Society: Comparative Study of Liability Law for Road Traffic Accidents
Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, University Archives Research Internship
Morna O’Neill, Art, Lost Art: Photography and Display
Provost’s Fund for a Vibrant Campus
Katie Wolf, Hanes Art Gallery, Alexander T. Oleksyn: The Confined Line
Provost’s Grant for Academic Excellence
Jeff Eller, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Saving Born Digital ebooks in Libraries
Olga Valbuena, English, Southeastern Renaissance Conference – Shakespeare Quadricentennial
Lucas Johnston, Religion, Placing Pedagogy: Teaching Religion and Nature in the South
Categories: University Announcement
Proposals funded: Comstock-Ferguson, Smith, Zanish-Belcher
Congratulations to Lindsay Comstock-Ferguson, associate professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “RNA modification and antibiotic resistance” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the award number 2R01A1088025-06 and by [subaward/subcontract from] Emory University (WFU funding agency).
Congratulations to William Smith, Babcock professor of botany in biology, whose proposal entitled “Using elevational treelines to predict climate change effects on the future size and distribution of mountain forests” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Congratulations to Tanya Zanish-Belcher, director of special collections and archives at Z.Smith Reynolds Library, whose proposal entitled “EZ Digitization Grant: Digitizing Archival Materials from the NC Baptist Historic-Collection” has been funded by the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) and the State Library of North Carolina (WFU funding agency).
Categories: Faculty News
Proposals funded: Carroll, Messier, Silman, Zanish-Belcher
Congratulations to David Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Ljus Magna Development” and “Ljus OLEV Development” has been funded by the Ljus, Inc.
Congratulations to Stephen Messier, professor health & exercise science, whose proposal entitled “The Runner’s and Injury Longitudinal Study (TRAILS): Injury Recover Supplemental” has been funded by the US Department of Defense.
Congratulations to Miles Silman, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Ecosystem effects and carbon content of Amazonian bamboo-dominated forests” has been funded by the NASA.
Congratulations to Tanya Zanish-Belcher, director of special collection/archivist, whose proposal entitled “Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions” has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Categories: Faculty News
March 2014 faculty and staff milestones
See a list of faculty and staff milestones in March 2014:
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