NEWS

Diverse reports on the "Women, Minorities and Disciplinarity: Transforming the Research Enterprise" conference put on by ADVANCE at Columbia University and co-chaired by Barnard Environmental Science Professor Stephanie Pfirman | More...

Columbia's Earth Institute distributes $18,000 travel grant for student research | More...

Barnard's Hilary Callahan, bioligical sciences, and Laura Kay, physics, were joined by scientists and scholars from the American Museum of Natural History to address some of today's revolutionary discoveries. | More...

Professors Stephanie Pfirman and Peter Balsam offer advice to junior scientists on advancing their career and negotiating the tenure track. | More...

Profile of new faculty member Russell Romeo, neuroscience and behavior, and his research. | More...

Stephanie Pfirman discussuses improving STEM (undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math) education as part of a Science roundtable. | More...

 

AWARDS

Diane Pataki '93, plant ecologist and professor at UC-Irvine, awarded prestigious James Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union

Paul Hertz, professor of biological sciences is the program director for a $1.5 million grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute aimed at invigorating science teaching at liberal arts colleges. Many undergraduate biology experiments, while useful for demonstrating principles, are more cookbook than cutting edge. Barnard is using its grant to turn some of its biology lab courses into a setting for ground-breaking research on a pest that attacks tomatoes and potatoes.

Project Kaleidoscope has been awarded $500,000 by the W.M. Keck Foundation in support of a three-year project, Facilitating Interdisciplinary Learning. Stephanie Pfirman, professor of environmental science, is one of three co-PI's for the project.

John Magyar, assistant professor of chemistry, awarded the Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Award by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The award provides an unrestricted research grant of $30,000 to support the scholarly activity of new faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions.

Eshkol Rafaeli, assistant professor of psychology, awarded $1.5 million grant by NIMH to study affective and social-cognitive features of individuals with borderline personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, or depression.

Patricia Stokes, adjunct associate professor of psychology, wins the 33rd Annual Emily Gregory Award (2006–07).

Brian Morton, associate professor of biological sciences is part of a grant-supported consortium of liberal arts colleges working on the Genomics Curriculum Project that was awarded a grant by the Teagle Foundation.

Peter Bower, senior lecturer in environmental science, wins $450,000 NSF Grant to develop and expand the Brownfield Action Application.