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Fourteen members of the Bates College faculty have been awarded funding for student research assistantships this summer.<\/p>\n

Eight members of the science faculties received Student-Faculty Research Grants funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Md. Six faculty members in the humanities and in economics received Bates Summer Research Apprenticeship Grants.<\/p>\n

Both grant programs give students the opportunity to engage in intensive long-term research. The grants typically defray student living expenses, among other project costs, over eight to 10 weeks.<\/p>\n

Such support affords “a fantastic opportunity for both faculty and students,” says John Kelsey, professor of psychology and recipient of a 2003 Hughes grant.<\/p>\n

While it allows the former to maintain momentum on long-term projects, Kelsey explains, students especially benefit. “They get to do the kind of concentrated research they might not otherwise be able to do. If they’re working as a waitress or in construction during the summer, they wouldn’t get a chance to do that.”<\/p>\n

The Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grants support research in the sciences. Projects funded this summer include investigations of the food web in salt-marsh pools, the mountain geology of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range and the carbon cycle of coastal Maine.<\/p>\n

The Summer Research Apprenticeships support projects in all disciplines. This summer’s funded projects involve literature, economics, political science, religion and theater.<\/p>\n

Here’s a complete list of the grant recipients and projects:<\/p>\n

Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grants\/Chemistry:<\/strong> Rachel Austin, assistant professor of chemistry (The Determination of Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Metabolism in Aerobic and Anaerobic Organisms<\/em>); Jennifer Koviach, assistant professor of chemistry (Developing a New Method for the Synthesis of 2-deoxydisaccharides and Using the Method to Synthesize the Disaccharide 1<\/em>); and Thomas Wenzel, professor of chemistry (Carboxymethylated Cyclodextrins and Their Lanthanide Complexes as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Hughes\/Environmental Studies: <\/strong>Curtis C. Bohlen, assistant professor of environmental studies (Using Stable Isotopes to Examine the Food Webs of Natural and Restored Salt Marsh Pools<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Hughes\/Geology: <\/strong>J. Dykstra Eusden, associate professor of geology (The Strain Partitioning and Structural Geology of the Presidential Range, New Hampshire<\/em>); and Beverly Johnson, assistant professor of geology (Investigation of Terrestrial Organic Carbon Cycling on Maine Coastal Environments Through the Last 12,000 Years<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Hughes\/Neuroscience: <\/strong>John E. Kelsey, professor of psychology (The Effects of Lesions of the N. Accumbens Core or Shell on Context-Specific Locomotor Sensitization to Nicotine<\/em>); and Cheryl McCormick, associate professor of psychology (The Effects of Corticosterone on the Developing Rat<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Bates Summer Research Apprenticeships: <\/strong>Lillian Nayder, associate professor of English (Editing Felicia Skene\u2019s ‘Hidden Depths’ <\/em>); Lavina Shankar, assistant professor of English (A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America<\/em>); Michael Oliver, associate professor of economics (The International Monetary System Under Pressure, 1964-1972<\/em>); John Baughman, assistant professor of political science (Legislative Success and Political Salience<\/em>); Robert Allison, professor of religion, and James Hart, academic technology project manager (The Watermark Initiative: WWW Implementation and Data Base Integration Project<\/em>); and William Pope.L, lecturer in theater (The Black Factory<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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