Cynthia Packert (History of Art and Architecture) has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as well as a semester-long Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar Award in support of her academic leave in 2016-2017. The Guggenheim project, titled ‘Brand BAPS’: Swaminarayan Hinduism, Visual Culture, and Sectarian Identity, represents the culmination of 5 years of…Continue Reading Cynthia Packert awarded Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar Award for 2016-17 leave
Tag: Faculty Grants
Stephen Abbott awarded fellowship from Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas
Stephen Abbott (Mathematics) has been awarded a one-month research fellowship from the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in support of the book project, titled Mathematics as Art in Contemporary Theater, that he will be pursing during his academic leave in 2016-17. The fellowship will enable him to conduct research on the Center’s…Continue Reading Stephen Abbott awarded fellowship from Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas
Eilat Glikman receives grant from NASA to study quasars
Eilat Glikman (Physics) has been awarded a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to lead a research project titled Probing Accretion and Obscuration in Luminous Red Quasars. This one year project, involving collaborators from Yale University, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Astronomical Observatory of Rome, and the Leibniz Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam,…Continue Reading Eilat Glikman receives grant from NASA to study quasars
Frank Winkler receives two grants from NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute for collaborative research
Frank Winkler (Emeritus Professor, Physics) has been awarded funding from the NASA-funded Space Telescope Science Institute for his role in two collaborative research projects, both of which entail new observations using the Hubble Space Telescope. One project, entitled Thermal Equilibration and Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in Astrophysical Shocks: UV Spectra of the SN1006 Remnant, will combine forthcoming…Continue Reading Frank Winkler receives two grants from NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute for collaborative research
Ata Anzali receives funding from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute
Ata Anzali (Religion) has been awarded funding from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute in support of a research project titled The Making of Modern “Mysticism” in Iran. As a Roshan Institute Fellow, Professor Anzali will be spending his academic leave next year in Iran, carrying out research designed to shed light on the ways in…Continue Reading Ata Anzali receives funding from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute
Jill Mikucki receives NSF grant for collaborative research in Antarctica
Jill Mikucki (Biology) has received funding from the National Science Foundation for her expenses in a collaborative research project titled Minimally Invasive Drilling Glacial Exploration (MIDGE). Originally awarded to Jill when she was at the University of Tennessee, the grant has now been transferred to Middlebury and will support the design and testing of a…Continue Reading Jill Mikucki receives NSF grant for collaborative research in Antarctica
Kareem Khalifa receives visiting fellowship to support his academic leave
Kareem Khalifa (Philosophy) has received a visiting fellowship from the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh in support of his 2016-17 academic leave. He will spend the fall at the Center pursuing his current research project titled Explanation, Pluralism, and Representation. Using case studies from a variety of scientific disciplines, he will…Continue Reading Kareem Khalifa receives visiting fellowship to support his academic leave
Max Ward receives grants to support his academic leave and book preparation
Max Ward (History) has received grants from the Japan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities Japan-US Friendship Commission (NEH-JUSFC) in support of his research during his 2015-16 academic leave. He is currently a Visiting Researcher at Waseda University in Tokyo Japan, where he is completing a book manuscript titled Ghost in the Machine: Imperial Ideology and Thought Reform in Interwar Japan….Continue Reading Max Ward receives grants to support his academic leave and book preparation
Priscilla Bremser and colleagues awarded NSF grant for Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates
Priscilla Bremser (Mathematics) is Middlebury’s representative in a network of 61 liberal arts institutions that will benefit from a Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates (TEU) grant awarded to Vassar College by the National Science Foundation. Entitled Summer STEM Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates from Liberal Arts Institutions, this grant will provide opportunities in each of the next…Continue Reading Priscilla Bremser and colleagues awarded NSF grant for Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates