Government Grant Awards to Ramapo College
Angela CristiniAngela Cristini, executive director of Special Programs and a professor of Biology, received a $1.6 National Science Foundation grant to renovate Ramapo’s Biology Research Suite. The grant will fund the construction of cell culture rooms that allow for greater organization when handling cells, a bacteria prep room that permits expanding experimentation to protein expression in bacteria and a cold room that will improve the efficiency of conducting molecular biology experiments. |
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Jane SteinJane Stein, Berrie Center director, was awarded a $33,928 general program support grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts encourages and gives financial support to artists, arts organizations and projects throughout New Jersey. The organization is the largest single contributor to the arts in New Jersey. |
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Ramona Kopacz / The Office of Specialized ServicesUnder the leadership of Ramona Kopacz, acting director, The Office of Specialized Services received a $1,331,853 grant from the U.S. Department of Education TRIO Program to provide an array of services for students with disabilities. The grant provides funding for three counselors in the Office of Specialized Services over the next five years. The counselors provide academic advising as well as career counseling and independent living counseling for students with physical and behavioral disabilities. The grant also funds a computer technology specialist and extensive tutoring. A summer bridge program for entering students is also part of the project. |
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Christian G. ReichChristian G. Reich, assistant professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, was awarded an $187,500 research grant by the National Institutes of Health. Reich's research seeks to uncover the reason for mood disorders such as major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder that affect 20 million Americans. The three-year grant will continue the research Reich began while associated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. |
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Ozgur DogruOzgur Dogru, an assistant professor of Engineering Physics, received a $59,373 National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with Rutgers University to develop technology that will assist industry by standardizing and improving measurement of carbon-14, or the carbon 14 isotope. The research will yield data that will enable the development of a table-top, user-friendly instrument that can quickly and efficiently measure carbon-14 with high sensitivity. Pharmaceutical companies use carbon-14 to trace the movement of drugs in the bloodstream and environmental applications that include monitoring of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. |
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