Trinity chemists to purchase NMR with NSF support

Trinity chemistry professor Nancy Mills, with colleagues Laura Hunsicker-Wang, Jessica Hollenbeck and Adam Urbach, have been awarded $498,500 by the National Science Foundation for the purchase of a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer. This device will enhance the research programs of Trinity faculty as well as the experience of students in the summer research program. The device will also be used by Trinity biology professor Frank Healy, as well as Rafael Adrian and David Coleman, biochemistry professors at the University of the Incarnate Word.

Chemistry department chair Steven Bachrach points out that “this is a real coup for the university as we will now have an instrument comparable or better than any other PUI and on par with many R1 schools..”

This grant was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Urbach receives Dreyfus Award

Adam Urbach has been awarded a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award of $60,000 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation to continue his research with undergraduate students.  The award was one of only seven made this year.

Nov. 12, 2009 Press Release

Miceli receives grant for Inquiry-Based Learning

Brian Miceli received a $3,500 grant from the Educational Advancement Foundation to support the development of a course using Michael Starbird’s textbook “Number Theory through Inquiry.”  The grant was made through the EAF’s Academy for Inquiry-Based Learning.

Trinity receives Education grant to support computer lab upgrades

Charles White received a congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education to upgrade wireless access on campus for the purpose of improving discipline-specific computing facilities for future teachers. $285,000

Teaching & Learning group receives grant

Duane Coltharp was awarded $5000 from the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression to support the establishment of a Faculty Learning Community to address the challenges associated with teaching sensitive and controversial subjects.  The grant is a follow-up to Trinity’s Difficult Dialogues program.  The grant will enhance faculty teaching skills necessary for difficult classroom conversations.

NSF awards Trinity supplement to Noyce Scholarship program

Paul Kelleher and collaborators have been awarded a supplement of $100,000 for Trinity’s  existing Noyce Scholarship program.  The Noyce program is funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Trinity’s Reverend Nickle receives grant

Rev. Stephen Nickle was awarded $10,000 by the Presbyterian Church to support a project titled “The Living Bible: Ritual and Relevance.”

Major grant to Trinity for Integrated Research in Biomathematics

Saber Elaydi and colleagues from the departments of Mathematics, Biology and Engineering Sciences have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for the Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM).  This initiative is expected to build on the relationships between the mathematics and biology departments by forming research partnerships involving faculty and students, as well as deepening curricular collaborations.  Participating mathematics, engineering science, and biology faculty (12 in total) will work in teams with students (10 to 14 per year) from both disciplines and conduct research during the summer.  In addition, the departments of Biology and Mathematics will offer new interdisciplinary courses, culminating in the creation of a new minor in biomathematics. $900,000

NSF awards MacPherson Economics grant

New Trinity professor David Macpherson and collaborators at the University of Maryland and Florida State University have been awarded a grant of $125,866 to study “Incentives in the Workplace: An Experimental Examination of How Wage Differences Across Time and Among Peers Affect Productivity and Self-Selection.”

This grant was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Pursell & Kelly-Zion awarded ACS-PRF grant

Drs. Pete Kelly-Zion and Chris Pursell have been awarded a three-year grant totaling $65,000 to study the effects of the transport phenomena on the evaporation rate of hydrocarbon films.  This project is a continuation of a five-year collaboration between students and faculty in the departments of Chemistry and Engineering Sciences.  The grant was awarded by the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund.