Congratulations to the following faculty who received awards from the Research and Creative Activity Committee:

*Jie Song (Chemistry & Biochemistry) – $12,634 Theoretical Investigations of the Adsorption during the Gasification of the Biomass

*Jessica Kelts (Chemistry & Biochemistry) – $3,000 Effect of Vitamin D on Breast Cancer Cells

*Frank Miskevick (Biology) – $19,699 Molecular Analysis of Hydrocephalus using Zebrafish as a Model System

*Kevin Tang (Biology) – $19,709 Phylogeny of the Surfperch’s (family Embiotocidae)

*Stephanie Carpenter (English) – $2,345 Many and Wide Separations: Research toward a Novella about One of Margaret Fuller’s former students at the Green Street School, 1837

*Erica Britt (English) – $4,706 Vehicle City Voices: An Oral History and Linguistic Survey of Flint, MI

*Suleyman Luda (CSEP) – $7,800 Target Tracking in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks

*Dana Dyson (Political Science) – $19,733 Transformation of School Governance: the influence of School Leadership Characteristics on Organizational Change in Michigan School Districts

Congratulations to Jessica Kelts (Chemistry & Biochemistry) for receiving an additional $7000 from the Bryer Award.