Wesleyan Student wins the 2008 Vanderbilt Prize for research in Physics & Astronomy

Gim Seng Ng'08 has been named the winner of the Vanderbilt Prize for his Undergraduate research in Physics. This is a national award which is quite competitive.

Professor Naegele co-recipient of grant from Fragile X Foundation

Janice Naegele, professor of neuroscience and behavior, professor and chair of biology, is the co-recipient of a grant from the Fragile X Foundation worth $69,450 for the "Role of STEP in Fragile X Syndrome." The grant was awarded May 1. Fragile X is the most common inherited cause of mental impairment and the most common known cause of autism. About 25 percent of children with Fragile X have seizures and epilepsy. The grant will support research on the causes and potential treatments for epilepsy in a mouse model of Fragile X. In addition to the grant, Professor Naegele and her collaborators were invited to participate in the FRAXA Research Foundation Investigators Meeting in September 2008 in Durham, N.H.

David Pollack, Associate Professor of Mathematics receives NSA Grant.

Professor Pollack was awarded a two year $29,888 grant from the National Security Agency for his research "Arithmetic and Overconvergent Cohomology for GL_3".

HHMI awards $1.4 Million grant to support Wesleyan Hughes Program 2008 -2012.

Through a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Wesleyan Hughes Program supports undergraduate education in the Life Sciences.
The various facets of the program support undergraduate science research, both independent and in advanced laboratory courses, research equipment for new faculty and lab courses, outreach efforts to broaden exposure to science and increase representation of under-represented groups, interdisciplinary thinking and collaborations, and public understanding of science.

"Supporting undergraduate education in the life sciences"

Yohe Delivers Keynote Earth Day Address

Gary Yohe, the Woodhouse Sysco Professor of Economics, gave the keynote Earth Day address titled "Lessons and Stories from the Climate Wars" at Carleton College on April 21. He also gave a talk on climate wars at Princeton University during a lecture series on "The Future of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" on May 7.

Professor Herbst awarded $252,000 NASA Grant.

William Herbst, John Monroe Van Vleck Professor of Astronomy, has been awarded a grant of $252,000 by NASA for his project entitled "Optical Synoptic Studies of T Tauri Stars". This research is supported by the "Origins of Solar Systems" program within NASA's Office of Space Science and is carried out on telescopes at Van Vleck Observatory and around the world.

Wesleyan University has received an additional $250,000 from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Mich.

This is the second payment of the $500,000 Challenge grant awarded to purchase equipment for several Wesleyan science departments, including biology, chemistry, molecular biology and biochemistry, earth and environmental sciences and physics.

Professor Leidy receives three year NSF Grant

Constance Leidy, Assistant Professor of Mathematics was awarded a three year, $120,310 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project titled Non-commutative Low Dimensional Topology.

Royer recieves two-year NSF Grant

Dana Royer, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences was awarded a two-year, $99,999 grant from the National Science Foundation, the Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program. The project title is ?Influence of Rainfall and Geography on Leaf Size and Shape: Implications for Paleoclimatic Interpretation? 4/2008

Striegel-Moore Selected to Revise Mental Disorder Manual

Ruth Striegel-Moore, the Walter A. Crowell University Professor of the Social Sciences, professor and chair of psychology, was named to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) group. The work group members are composed of more than 120 world-renowned scientific researchers and clinicians with expertise in neuroscience, biology, genetics, statistics, epidemiology, public health, nursing, pediatrics and social work. As a member, Striegel-Moore will help revise a manual for diagnosis of mental disorders.

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