Posts tagged with “Kudos” (All posts)
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Sung and Wilson awarded NSF IUSE grant
21 March 2019Rou-Jia Sung,
Assistant Professor of Biology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant (#1841992) for her project, “Development of Novel Augmented Reality Tool for Teaching Molecular Visualization in Biochemistry.” Prof. Sung will work with coPI Dr. Andrew Wilson, Academic Technologist for Digital Scholarship,
to develop a freely available AR-based application that can be installed on mobile smartphone and tablet devices and will contain virtual 3D objects representing the molecular structures of three fundamental molecules central to biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics curricula. Each molecule will be associated with a set of learning materials, developed by the project team, to facilitate use in the classroom. The three-year project involves 5 Carleton undergraduate researchers, Prof. Jane Liu at Pomona, and Prof. Thom Bussey and a graduate student at UCSD. Prof. Sung’s and Dr. Wilson’s application was recently covered the magazine The Scientist, which published a short article on its development and use so far.
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Tou Ger Xiong ’96, Hmong American storyteller, artist and activist, earns Bush Fellowship
20 March 2019Tou Ger Xiong ’96, a Hmong American storyteller, artist and activist, is the recipient of a 2019 Bush Fellowship. According to the Bush Foundation website: “Tou Ger Xiong is called…
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Boling reads poem at Content Bookstore
12 March 2019Becky Boling, Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. Professor of Spanish and the Liberal Arts, read her poem, “angel’s harp,” as one of a number of other Northfield writers who shared their work…
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Carpenter publishes award-winning essay
10 March 2019Scott Carpenter, Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of French and the Liberal Arts, recently published a personal essay about life in France. Bearing the title “Squirrel Pie and the Golden Derrière,” it appeared in Lowestoft Chronicle. This…
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Eblen-Zayas and Russell publish article
10 March 2019Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning, and Professor of Physics, and Janet Russell, Director of Academic Technology, published an…
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Holmes-Leopold gives presentation to alumni
10 March 2019RJ Holmes-Leopold, Director of the Career Center, gave an invited presentation to alums on February 28 as part of the Carleton Twin Cities Business Alumni Club. RJ’s talk focused on new and continuing Career Center initiatives and what alumni can…
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Raleigh a panelist at St. Olaf Lecture
10 March 2019Liz Raleigh, Associate Professor of Sociology, was a panelist at the Olson Discovering Families Lecture: Adoption in the U.S., sponsored by St. Olaf College’s Department of Social Work and Family Studies.
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Carly J. Born, Academic Technologist, co-led a discussion circle on “Women in Academic Technology Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Success” with Joann Martynn, Director of Online Learning at DePaul University at…
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Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Broom Professor of Social Demography and Anthropology, published an article, “Strange expectations: Cameroonian migrants and their German healthcare providers debate obstetric choices,” in Global Public Health. The print version of…
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