WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., September 30, 2015—A Williams College professor has been awarded a three-year $361,539 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research into how the brain controls food intake. Matt Carter, assistant professor of biology, will study how neurons in the brain interact with each other to… Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., September 28, 2015—The National Science Foundation awarded Williams College geosciences professor Ronadh Cox a three-year, $277,509 grant to study effects of extreme near-shore wave events through mapping and modeling coastal boulder movements. Cox has been surveying deposits on the Aran Islands of Ireland since 2008, and over the… Continue reading »
Associate Professor of Computer Science Jeannie Albrecht will receive $42,000 as part of a National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation grant awarded to researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The three-year, $1 million grant will allow researchers to work with the Holyoke Gas & Electric Co. to develop smart energy services. Continue reading »
As seen on the Williams home page… The summer issue of Williams Magazine discusses Susan Engel’s new books on educating children. Engel is a senior lecturer in psychology and the Class of 1959 Director of the Program in Teaching at Williams. Her research is supported by the Spencer Foundation, a private… Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 12, 2015—Satyan Devadoss, professor of mathematics at Williams College and recent recipient of a John Templeton Foundation grant (for his “Mathematics, Dualism, and the Renaissance Revival” project), has been awarded the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics, presented annually by the Mathematical… Continue reading »
Starting this fall, the American Council of Learned Societies will be expanding its Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship Program for Recently Tenured Scholars to offer fellowships specifically to liberal arts college faculty. These ten new Burkhardt awards will give recently tenured liberal arts college professors the opportunity to take… Continue reading »
As seen on the Williams home page… On a recent steamy summer day, a classroom in Bronfman Science Center is filled with students delving deep into the mysteries of numbers. The Williams College Math Camp (WCMC)—a free, 10-day residential camp for mathematically gifted high schoolers—gives students a taste of discovery and the… Continue reading »
An article recently appearing in the American Physical Society News announced that six of the world’s leading scientific foundations have partnered to create the Science Philanthropy Alliance, a group that plans to increase funding for fundamental discovery-based scientific research by $1 billion within five years. Learn more about this initiative and its implications… Continue reading »
The American Academy in Berlin is calling for applications from emerging as well as established scholars, writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2015. Applicants are encouraged to apply online. The Academy offers residential fellowships at its lakeside… Continue reading »
May 27, 2015: The National Science Foundation has awarded two Williams College professors $244,117 to study inter-species dependencies called “mutualisms.” The project brings together the disciplines of chemistry and biology in a study of how different species interact with and affect one another. Biology Professor Manuel Morales, whose research focuses… Continue reading »