Stuart Belli, associate professor of chemistry, A. Marshall Pregnall, associate professor of biology, Kirsten Menking, associate professor of earth science, and Mary Anne Cunningham, assistant professor of geography, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire an ion chromatograph, which will aid in their ongoing study of the Casperkill watershed.
Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair, received a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute to study and observe with the Hubble Space Telescope in unusual nearby colliding galaxy, 100 million light years away.
Professor of computer science Nancy Ide received a National Science Foundation grant for her project “CRD: A Richly Annotated Resource for Language Processing and Linguistic Research.”
Jennifer Walter, assistant professor of computer science, received an award from the National Science Foundation to conduct summer research with her students at Texas A&M University on the development and simulation of motion planning algorithms for self-reconfiguring robots.
Associate professor of education Chris Bjork edited Taking Teaching Seriously: How Liberal Arts Colleges Prepare Teachers to Meet Today’s Educational Challenges in Schools (Paradigm Press), which includes a chapter by dean of studies Chris Roellke.
Bertrand Lott, associate professor of classics, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow.
The play Pap Smear, edited by Norma Torney, administrative assistant for the History Department, was staged at the Star Theater in New York City.
Senior associate dean of the college Raymon Parker presented “Dealing with Generational Issues in the Workplace” to fire and police supervisors and managers in Poughkeepsie.
Hudson Valley magazine voted the Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Program “Best Way to Introduce Kids to the Classics.” The magazine also voted assistant women’s golf coach Rhett Myers as the valley’s “Best Golf Pro.”