A Masters Diary
Day by Day coverage of the 2004 Masters by Paula Treckel
Mr. Smith Goes to Augusta
Details of Nathan Smith's first Masters
Commencement 2004
Allegheny College Commencement 2004
Grants & Gifts
Read more about the grants Allegheny was recently awarded
Tradition & Transformation: Making a Difference
The campaign for Allegheny College
CEED
The Latest from the Center for Economic and Environmental Development
On the Hill
Latest happenings from around campus
Sports
Scott ends Pursuit; Recap of 2003-2004 Spring Seasons
The Last Word
The Real Winning Tradition
Professor of Chemistry Martin Serra has been awarded a research grant in the amount of $196,495 from the National Science Foundation. This federal funding represents 58 percent of the total project cost. The title of Serra's project is "RUI: Thermodynamics of RNA Bulge Loops." The grant will afford nine Allegheny College students the opportunity to conduct research in collaboration with Serra.
The American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund has awarded a grant of $35,000 to P.J. Persichini, assistant professor of chemistry. The title of his grant is "New Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions Mediated by Chiral Oxazaborolidines."
Catharina Coenen, assistant professor of biology, is the recipient of a Seed Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. This grant, in the amount of $73,356, constitutes 100 percent of funding for the project "Defining the Role of Auxin in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza," which will involve collaboration with two Allegheny students.
As a result of an application submitted by the College's neuroscience program, Allegheny was one of only two independent colleges and universities to receive the fourth annual Heuer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Science Education from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). The CIC/Heuer Awards program, funded by the Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Foundation, builds on the documented achievements of independent colleges and universities in undergraduate science education. In addition to the prestige of the award, the College received a $10,000 prize that may be used for further enhancement of its neuroscience program.
The Center for Political Participation (CPP), directed by Associate Professor of Political Science Dan Shea, has been awarded $14,797 from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). With the support of this grant, the CPP is conducting a follow-up study on their national telephone survey of Republican and Democratic Party county chairs, in which the goal was to uncover the relationship between political party activities and the youth vote. The new study will identify "best practices" in mobilizing young citizens to vote.
