Professor kt Tobin-Flusser, assistant director of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), has received a $219,434 grant from New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University for her project titled, “Planning & Implementing Green Infrastructure to Improve Watershed Resiliency in the Saw Mill Brook Watershed and Village of New Paltz.” Professor Stacie Nunes (Physics) has received a $90,000 grant from Orange County Community College (OCCC) for her project titled, “Subcontract from SUNY Orange (OCCC) : Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge.” Professor Praowpan Tansitpong (Business) has successfully completed a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management...
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Tom Meyer has received a $2,500 grant from the Irving Harris Foundation for his project titled, “Irving Harris Foundation Challenge Grant.” The grant will provide support for the Hudson Valley Writing Project.
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Dean Michael Rosenberg (Education) has received a $29,117 subcontract from Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences for his project titled, “Double Check: A Cultural Proficiency and Student Engagement Model.” Professor Natalie Cartwright (Mathematics) has received a $110,257 grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Science Research for her project titled, “A Research Program on Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation Through Casual Media.” Professor Gerald Benjamin (Political Science), director of the Center for Research, Regional Engagement and Outreach (CRREO), has received a $4,000 grant from the Town of Greenburgh for his project titled,...
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Eve Waltermaurer (Sociology) has received a $5,887 grant from Family Services, Inc. for her project titled, “Youth Risk Survey Analyst Spring 2013.”
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Gerald Benjamin (Political Science), director of the Center for Research, Regional Engagement and Outreach (CRREO) has received a $10,450 grant from the City of Oneonta for his project titled, “Fixed price contract: Oneonta redistricting consulting services.” Benjamin has also received a $15,000 grant from Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation, Inc. for his project titled, “Legislative Gazette internship program.” Professor Chirakkal Easwaran (Computer Science) has received a $5,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for his project titled, “Revised proposal for Sloan Foundation campus grant to support professional science masters in computer science.”
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Frantz Folmer-Andersen (Chemistry) has received a $21,204 grant from Trixogenesis LLC for his project titled, “Investigation of active components of Drimia Maritima.”
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Laurence Hauptman was honored by the Seneca Nation of Indians. During an event that was held on Aug. 10, they bestowed on him the name “haiwadogesta,” meaning “interpreter” or “he straightens or explains the words.” Eve Waltermaurer (Sociology) has received a $7,349 grant from the Family Partnership Center for her project titled, “Evaluation Services for Poughkeepsie Family Partnership Center.” Janis Benincasa, assistant to the director of CRREO, has received a $2,443 grant from New York Council for the Humanities for her project titled, “Planning Grant: The Small Cities of the Mid-Hudson River Valley.” Karla...
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The Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach (CRREO) is one of 10 members of the Mid-Hudson Sustainability Planning Consortium, which has received an $800,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency’s (NYSERDA) Cleaner, Greener Communities Program (CGC). The grant will be used to develop and implement a regional sustainability plan. Neil C. Trager Director of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Sara Pasti has received a $12,600 grant from the Japan Foundation for her project titled, “Shinohara Pops! The Avant-Garde Road, Tokyo/New York.” CRREO Research Associate Joshua Simons has received a $6,712 grant from...
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Napatsorn Jiraporn (Marketing) received the 2012 Distinguished Dissertation Award in the social sciences category from Binghamton University, where she completed her Ph.D. program. A faculty review panel selected Jiraporn’s dissertation, “Maintenance Versus Attainment Goals: Influence of Self-Regulation Goal Type on Goal Pursuit Behaviors,” for this award using the following criteria: the level of creativity and originality of the work; the methodological and substantive quality of the research; and the degree to which the research makes a significant contribution to the discipline. Professor Wilma Feliciano (Languages, Literature and Culture) was inducted into the Order of the Discoverers, one of...
