Bard Professor Craig Anderson Awarded $375,699 Grant from the National Science Foundation
Craig Anderson, Wallace Benjamin Flint and L. May Hawver Professor of Chemistry and director of undergraduate research in the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard, has been awarded a Research in Undergraduate Institutions grant from the National Science Foundation. The proposal has been awarded $375,699 in funding, and focuses on examining the effects that ligand architecture and metal oxidation state have on the properties of luminescent platinum compounds.
Bard Professor Craig Anderson Awarded $375,699 Grant from the National Science Foundation
Craig Anderson, Wallace Benjamin Flint and L. May Hawver Professor of Chemistry and director of undergraduate research in the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard, has been awarded a Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The proposal has been awarded $375,699 in funding, and focuses on examining the effects that ligand architecture and metal oxidation state have on the properties of luminescent platinum compounds. This is Anderson's fourth NSF RUI since 2011, with the four totaling over $1,000,000 for research with Bard College undergraduate students. The three previous awards have supported the publication of sixteen research articles with more than seventy undergraduate coauthorships.
“I am extremely excited as this award provides opportunities for our undergraduate students to participate in research projects,” said Anderson. “I think undergraduate research is one of the highest impact practices that contributes to the success of our students. I would like to thank my students, my chemistry colleagues, Bard OIS, and Bard College leadership for their assistance with this proposal.”
RUI proposals support Primarily Undergraduate Institutions faculty in research that engages them in their professional fields, builds capacity for research at their home institution, and supports the integration of research and undergraduate education.
The NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and US territories. It was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the nation’s health, prosperity and welfare, and to secure the US national defense. Its investments account for about 25% of federal support to US colleges and universities for research driven by curiosity and discovery. NSF aims to keep the US at the leading edge of discovery in science and engineering, to the benefit of all, without barriers to participation.
On Friday, April 26, the Bard College Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing will present “Why We Die,” a talk featuring Venki Ramakrishnan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and author of the book Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality.
Bard College Presents “Why We Die,” a Talk by Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, on April 26
On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Bard College Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing will present “Why We Die,” a talk featuring Venki Ramakrishnan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and author of the book Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality. The event will be held at the Olin Auditorium on Bard’s campus, taking place from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, and will include a Q&A followed by a reception. For more information, please contact [email protected].
The last few decades have seen dramatic advances in human understanding of aging and death, and along with that knowledge comes an impulse to negate some of the causes of aging to improve health in old age. Some would wish to postpone aging and death, perhaps indefinitely. Ramakrishnan will explore these issues, including our current understanding of the causes of aging and efforts to tackle it, while also touching on the potential social and ethical implications of such work.
Venki Ramakrishnan grew up in India and left at the age of 19 for the US. After a long career there, he moved in 1999 to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He works on the structure and function of the ribosome, an enormous molecular complex that reads the genetic information on mRNA (itself copied from a stretch of DNA) to synthesize the proteins they specify. His work also showed how many antibiotics work by blocking bacterial ribosomes, which could help to design better antibiotics. For this work, he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From 2015-2020, he was president of the Royal Society, a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Ramakrishnan is the author of a popular memoir, Gene Machine, a frank description of the race for the structure of the ribosome and the science and personalities involved, and Why We Die, about the biology of aging and our current efforts to combat it.
This talk is made possible thanks to the support of the Office of the Dean of the College and the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
Bard alumna Michelle Reynoso ’22 (BHSEC Manhattan ’18) has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of her graduate work in materials research at Columbia University. Julia Sheffler ’22 has also been awarded an honorable mention by the NSF for her work in astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bard Alumnae Michelle Reynoso ’22 and Julia Sheffler ’22 Honored by National Science Foundation
Bard alumna Michelle Reynoso ’22 (BHSEC Manhattan ’18) has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of her graduate work in materials research at Columbia University. The program aims to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the US, and the five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $37,000. Julia Sheffler ’22 has also been awarded an honorable mention by the NSF for her work in astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Post Date: 04-09-2024
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