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F AMU Office of Communications by Pamela Tolson with Angel Suri: Despite the economic crisis plaguing the nation,

Florida A&M University (FAMU) Department of Computer Information Sciences (CIS) has garnered more than $2 million in grants to support academic and research efforts within the department. The largest of the funds is a $1 million grant from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish the Minority Innovation Challenges Institute (MICI). The purpose of MICI is to get more minority students around the country to become interested in the science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics (STEM) fields by using the NASA Centennial Challenges as a motivating factor. According to Clement Allen, CIS associate professor and the principal investigator for the grant, the NASA Centennial Challenges are a set of fascinating, monetary contests used by

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them to seek employment at NASA or a NASA contractor. “Technology contests have proven to be a powerful way to stimulate student inter-est in STEM related disciplines,” he said. “MICI will strive to increase the number of underrepresented students participating in these contests.”

(continued on page 1)NASA to spur innovations in space technolo-gies. They offer contests where individuals and groups compete for money and fame. For example, there is a contest to design and build a better astronaut glove and a contest to build a robot that can excavate dirt on the moon.

FAMU is the first institution to establish a MICI with funding from NASA, and will work with other minority-serving institutions in the nation to mentor students. The MICI will mentor students at minority serving institu-tions around the country. MICI will feature a year-round virtual conference to provide video, question and answer sessions, networking opportunities and other resources, with a focus on a different contest each month. Through MICI, which is funded for three years, Allen aims to foster further research in technology areas meaningful to NASA. He will also work to motivate students to become involved in STEM disciplines related to NASA and inspire

Photo caption: Clement Allen, Ph.D., an associate professor in Florida A&M University’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences, (right) discusses one of FAMU’s robots, Chiara, with John S. Brown, Jr., a graduate student majoring in software engineering.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Awards FAMU $750,0001

2 FAMU Alumnus is the new Associate Director forCommunity Environmental Health National Centerfor Environmental Health/Agency for ToxicSubstances and Disease Registry

3 5th Educational Partnership Program (EPP) Educationand Science Forum Showcases FAMU ESI Students

FAMU Houses One of Four Bone Lead-Detecting Devices in the Nation: Aiding in the Fight Against Hypertension

FAMU-FSU Mechanical Engineering Student earns Top Honors

We’re Striving Toward Perfection...

Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop a Great Success

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5 ODNI to Offer 2nd Annual Summer Seminar for College Students Interested in Intelligence Community(IC) Careers:

AWARDS/INCREMENTS RECEIVED 6 DECEMBER 1, 2009- JANUARY 26, 2010

9 PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FY NOVEMBER 17, 2009- JANUARY 29, 2010

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he Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) awarded Florida A&M University

(FAMU) to receive $750,000 over three years for its Environmental Health, and Toxicology Educational Research Program. FAMU is one of only two recipients that received the award.

This award will address the initiative titled the Jacksonville Racial and Ethnic Environmental Approaches to Community Health (REEACH). This initiative will allow the Division of Environmental Health and Disease Control (DEHDC) Environmental Health and Safety in Jacksonville, Fla., to provide the opportunity to develop and disseminate environmental medicine curricu-lum to area health providers. FAMU and the

said Jason Black, co-principal investigator.

Another $300,000 award from the National Science Foundation will explore the use of studio-based and active learning techniques in formative CIS courses. The project is titled “Evolution to Studio-Based Active Learning.” The project goal is to transform incrementally the instructional paradigm used in formative programming courses. Traditional lecture-based instruction, where the teacher is primar-ily a transmitter of knowledge, will be augmented by active-learning activities, where the teacher coaches student problem solving and exploration.

Expected project outcomes include higher retention in the CIS major, increased mastery of foundational skills, improved technical communication skills and enhanced critical thinking.

CIS faculty is also working with students on various robotic projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Some of the robots that have been created have the ability to play tag, follow a line around a track and even deliver mail. The central focus of the project is to stimulate interest in computer science. To learn more about FAMU’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences, call (850) 599-3050 or 412-5211.

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The CIS Department was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the Minority Science and Engineering Improve-ment Program (MSEIP) for Integrating Com-putation into STEM Education. The project, “Computation for STEM Education (C-STEM),” is a three-year, $600,000 award. The goals of this project are to increase the number of STEM students who graduate with discipline-specific computational skills, and to stimulate increased use of computation in the teaching of STEM disciplines at FAMU. This project has the potential to effect long-term improvement in science and engineering education at FAMU through increased use of computation in the teaching of STEM disci-plines. The outreach component of the project includes working with area high school science teachers to promote their use of computation in science courses.

FAMU also received an award from the National Science Foundation for $280,000 to continue to host the Tri-Regional Information Technology Program (Tri-IT). Tri-IT is an alliance of three colleges – Florida State College at Jacksonville, FAMU and Seminole Community College. The goal is to engage female high school students interested in technology and encourage them to consider college degrees and careers in the field of information technology (IT). It is an “after-school” type program that teaches students about the latest and greatest technology.

“This program, along with the African Ameri-can Women in Computer Science (AAWCS) scholarship program and the STARS Alliance, has established FAMU as a leader in address-ing the shortage of minority women in IT,”

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As Dr. Harris (picture left) serves on FAMU’s Distin-guished Lecturer Series Committee, here she is pictured with our first speaker for the Series, Bryant C. Nelson, Ph.D., Research Chemist, NanoBio & NanoToxicity Project Leader, National Institute of Standards of Technol-ogy (NIST).

He was widely recognized for his technical skill and sensitivity in dealing with difficult community issues. Since leaving Detroit, Dr. Rodgers has worked as a consultant

FAMU Alumnus is the new Associate Director for Community Environmental Health National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Darrell A. Rodgers, Ph.D. is the new Associate Director for Community Environmental Health, National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR). According to Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director of NCEH/ATSDR in Atlanta, Dr. Rodgers will be serving in this new role to ensure senior level focus and coordi-nation of many NCEH/ATSDR high priority commu-nity issues.

Dr. Rodgers earned his baccalaureate in analytical chemistry with a minor in biology and physics from Florida A&M University (FAMU). He obtained his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a minor in environmental epidemiology from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque). His doctorate in environ-mental toxicology with a minor in pharmacology comes from FAMU.

Having served in many challenging positions that have prepared him well for this new role, Dr. Rodgers is the former head county epidemiologist for Kalamazoo County (Michigan) Human Services Department. He served the City of Detroit Department of Health as Executive Assistant Director of Health, Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety, and even-tually as the Operations Chief for Facilities Manage-ment and Auxiliary Services. During this period, Dr. Rodgers worked extensively on managing critical environmental issues including emergency response to local contamination, remediation activities and commu-nity involvement in critical decision making. .

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Duval County Health Department’s Environmental Health Division will also work together to provide a “train the trainer” program for community leaders and stakeholders. “The most significant aspect of this opportunity is to work collaboratively with those concerned with environ-mental contaminants in underserved communities,” said principal investigator for the award, Cynthia M. Harris, Ph.D., director of FAMU’s Institute of Public Health (IPH) in the College of Pharmacy and Pharma-ceutical Sciences (COPPS). “It will take a team of not only academics, but health departments and community members to address these concerns. We are pleased that the federal agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has granted us this award. These resources will enable us to provide environmental toxicology materials and a curriculum that will be developed by and for local health professionals and community members in Jacksonville, FL.”

FAMU’s Vice President for Research, Larry Robinson, Ph.D. acknowledged that the focus of the award is quite significant. “This will allow us to address an issue that forms the basis of our commitment to understanding and resolv-ing environmental issues confronting underserved popu-lations,” said Robinson. “This award helps to support the University’s mission, shaping the future of our students and contributes to solving issues impacting global society,” said Barbara Clayton, director of the FAMU Office of Sponsored Programs within the Division of Research.For more information about this initiative, contact Cynthia M. Harris, Ph.D. at (850) 599-8655.

Living Marine Resources2nd Place - Sue Ebanks, (ECSC) University of Miami/RSMAS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Coastal Areas, Wetlands, and Oceans2nd Place - Adesuwa Erhunse, Florida A&M University

Weather, Hydrology, and Watersheds2nd Place - Melissa Schute, (ECSC) Delaware State University

Also, the ECSC commends Jessica Wise for her participation in the ScienceFest portion of the forum on November 14th. She gave presenta-tions and demonstrated experiments for 5 different sessions of 5th-8th graders. Her topic was "How Smog Clouds Are Created". In addition, the ECSC thanks Judith Sarkodee-Adoo for her assistance.

FAMU Houses One of Four Bone Lead-Detecting Devices in the Nation: Aiding in the Fight Against Hypertension

5th Educational Partnership Program (EPP) Education and Science Forum Showcases FAMU ESI Students

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or Elliott Treadwell, Professor of Physics at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) a 2005 trip to Harvard University

energized a collaborative effort to improve the perfor-mance and energy resolution of the K shell X-ray Fluores-cence (KXRF) detector of lead in the knee and leg bones. The improved version of the KXRF will enable the FAMU and Harvard School of Public Health Project CHOICE (Center for Healthy Options and Innovative Community Empowerment), funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Minority Health Disparities to study the relationship between hypertension and bone lead levels in African Americans in rural Gadsden County, Florida and urban Roxbury, Massachusetts. “This machine will be based at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospi-tal Family Clinic in Quincy, Florida ” Treadwell said, where Gadsden County men and women thirty years of age and up will be monitored for bone lead and high blood pressure.

Invented in England during the 1950s, today there are only

he NOAA Environmental Cooperative Science Center would like to thank all faculty, staff, and students that partici-

pated at the 5th Educational Partnership Program (EPP) Education and Science Forum, November 12-14, 2009. The ECSC was well represented.

Please join in and congratulate the following for receiving 2009 Student Scholarship Presentation Awards:

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

Environmental Education and Literacy; Social Science; and Ecosystems3rd Place - Ariana Marshall, (ECSC) Florida A&M University

Remote Sensing and Satellites 2nd Place - Paul Merani, (ECSC) University of Nebraska

by Linda J. Miller, Program CoordinatorNOAA Environmental Cooperative Science Center/Environmental Sciences Institute

by Pamela Tolson with Angel Suri

Pictured: K shell X-ray Fluorescence (KXRF) detector of lead in the knee and leg bones.


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four KXRF devices in the United States— includ-ing the one at FAMU. It is more accurate than the blood test for lead exposure in that it measures the amount of lead, with an accuracy of a few micrograms of lead per gram of bone tissue. that has accumulated in the body over a span of time. Since calcium, a nutrient required for healthy bone growth and developments, and lead are in the same chemical group, the body cannot distin-guish between the two, and consequently lead can accumulate in bones with years of exposure. I am encouraged by the possibilities of using the KXRF for diagnosis with eventual treatment of bone lead in the human skeleton,” Treadwell said. “FAMU’s KXRF differs from the other three American models, in that it is mobile, stable against vibration and equipped with state of the art computing software and hardware.”

Treadwell finished the construction of the device in 2007, with the aid of five FAMU students and Richard Gragg, Associate Professor and Associ-ate Director of the Environmental Sciences Insti-tute. Project CHOICE, funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Minor-ity Health Disparities, begin in 2004 under the leadership of Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris, former Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences. Gragg now leads the effort with Treadwell, and Cynthia Marie Harris, Professor and Director of the Institute of Public Health. Project CHOICE complete the monitoring of bone lead and high pressure, in Gadsden County, in December 2009.

FAMU-FSU Mechanical Engineering Student earns Top Honors

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S hari M. Briggs, a master’s student in mechani-cal engineering, won a Best Oral Presentation Award for her talk: “Heat Transfer in a Spheri-

cal Solid” at the 20th Undergraduate Research Sympo-sium on September 12th in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For two consecutive years a member of the FAMU team, under the direction of mechanical engineering profes-sor, Carl Moore Jr., Ph.D. and mathematics professor, Desmond Stephens, Ph.D., has won a top spot for oral presentation.

The symposium provides an opportunity for minority STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math-ematics) undergraduate and graduate students to compete in the presentation of their research experi-ences. Last year over 300 students attended from 35 universities. Shari's research was sponsored by ARL Contract No. DAAD19-01-02-0013: “Investigation of Composite Processing Techniques for Ceramic and Polymer Composite Materials.”

“I am thrilled that Shari’s research has been recog-nized,” says Dr. Moore. “Many students graduate without ever entering, not to mention winning a techni-cal presentation award. This is a great accomplishment for Shari and a testament to her hard work in FAMU’s graduate engineering program.”

B ernadette Kelley, Ph.D. (pictured beneath near an engravement of celebrated icon for equality and

human rights, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height), an associate professor, Secondary Educa-tion and Foundations, College of Educa-tion was inadvertently omitted from the Inaugural Edition 2010, The ReSearcher for her grant entitled: “African American History Task Force” funded in the amount of: $200,000 from the Florida Department of Education (this reflects an increase from $25,000 during former history professor, Dr. James S. Eaton Sr.’s tenure as founder, curator and director of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum at FAMU). We apologize for that human error Dr. Kelley—again, congratulations on the $timulus Funding, and as we encourage all PIs (present and eventual) keep propos-ing!

Winner Shari Briggs with Faculty Mentor, Carl Moore Jr., Ph.D.


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transcripts, two letters of recommendation and a current resume that must accompany the appli-cation. Applicants will also need to complete Standard Form 86 (SF-86)/ Questionnaire for National Security Positions, which is available through the website of the Office of Personnel Management.

The NSAISS is open to U.S. citizens who are graduate students, and to college seniors gradu-ating in the 2009-2010 academic year and apply-ing to graduate school. The seminar is not open to federal government employees, contractors or currently serving military or activated reservists. Participants will receive travel expenses, room and board, course materials and a $500 stipend.

The debut effort attracted more than 700 appli-cants for 40 slots. The curriculum will be devel-oped, in part, by the seminar’s sponsors – the deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, the IC’s chief human capital officer and the Community’s Centers of Academic Excel-lence Program.

For more information about the program, eligibility and application visit:http://www.dni.gov/summerseminar or http://www.orau.gov/nsaiss.

ODNI to O�er 2nd Annual Summer Seminar for College Students Interested in Intelligence Community (IC) Careers:

Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop a Great Success

T he Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will again offer about 40 highly motivated graduate

students and college seniors an opportunity to study with currently serving intelligence analysts and other experts. The National Security Analy-sis & Intelligence Summer Seminar (NSAISS), a reprise of the first such program the ODNI held last summer, is planned for July 11 through July 23 in Washington, DC.

The intensive, residential seminar will include lectures, field trips to agencies and work on substantive topics under the direction of Intelli-gence Community analysts, academics and other professionals. Career opportunities will be highlighted. Students who are selected and approved will receive secret-level security clear-ances for the duration of the seminar.

“The program’s benefits are many fold,” said Director Dennis C. Blair. “The Intelligence Community is eager to work with some of the nation’s best and brightest. In return, we hope they will benefit from an inside look at what national intelligence is all about.”

The NSAISS application is available online. It is recommended that students who are interested in careers in intelligence begin to gather

T he FAMU DoR’s Office of Technol-ogy Transfer, Licensing and Com-mercialization (OTTLC) presented a

public workshop entitled: “Intellectual Property: What is it—Why does it matter?”on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, in the FAMU School of Business & Industry, Room G12 North. The presenter was La Vonda De Witt, Parks Intellectual Property (IP) Law LLC-Atlanta, GA. Attorney De Witt is a regis-tered U.S. patent attorney, licensed to practice in the State Bars of Georgia and Texas. Her practice is focused on securing intellectual property protection and client counseling in general, preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications, developing strategies for align-ing IP rights with business objectives, IP licensing, including due diligence analysis, and validity, infringement, and freedom-to-operate opinions.

The workshop was well attended by faculty, staff and students alike, as well as other FAMU supporters. For further information on IP and the OTTLC, please call 850.412.7232.


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12/1/2009 Geriatric Education Center Cynthia Harris Pharmacy Florida State University $61,345.00

12/1/2009 Live Oak Geriatric Education Cynthia Harris Pharmacy Florida State University $13,981.00

Center

12/1/2009 Geriatric Education Center Cynthia Harris Pharmacy Florida State University $50,668.00

12/2/2009 Minority Innovation Challenges Clement Allen Arts & Sciences NASA Shared Services $345,850.00

Institute Center

12/2/2009 Three-dimensional Quench Ceaser Luongo Engineering Universal Technology $149,996.00

Simulation & Protection in HTS Corporation

Devices

12/3/2009 Developing a Web Based Oghenekome Onokpise CESTA University of Florida $98,196.00

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

12/4/2009 Substance Abuse Workforce Yolanda Bogan Education Morehouse School of $10,000.00

Development Program Medicine

12/10/2009 Electron Beam Transport in Ronald Williams Arts & Sciences US Department of Energy $101,000.00

Advanced Plasma Wave

Accelerators

12/10/2009 Design and Prototyping of a Bi‐ Chiang Shih Engineering Tyndall Air Force Base $2,500.00

Directional Flow Control

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12/10/2009 Design and Prototyping of a Bi‐ Chiang Shih Engineering Tyndall Air Force Base $2,500.00

Directional Flow Control

12/10/2009 Directing the Metabolic Flux Violetka Colova CESTA Department of Agriculture $125,000.00

Towards Overexpression…

12/11/2009 Expanding Innovative Chao Li CESTA Proter & Gamble Company $10,000.00

Instructional Technology to STEM

12/11/2009 The Community Health Center of John Scrivens Pharmacy Community Health Centers $258,213.00

Pinellas of Pinellas Inc.

12/11/2009 Prostate Cancer: The Where, Hong Xiao Pharmacy American Cancer Society Inc. $207,804.00

When and Why Racial Disparities

12/11/2009 HIV AIDS Prevention Yolanda Bogan Education McFarland & Associates, Inc. $85,000.00

12/16/2009 Extraction, Concentration and Nelly Mateeva‐ Arts & Sciences Oak Ridge Institute for $50,000.00

Decontamination of PCB's Tarkalanova Science and Education

12/16/2009 NRCS Scholarships Makola Abdullah CESTA Department of Agriculture $100,000.00

NRCS

12/16/2009 Tailoring the Electrical Response Kalayu Belay Arts & Sciences Air Force Office of Scientific $123,142.00

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12/18/2009 Speciality Crop Marketing Vonda Richardson CESTA Department of Agriculture $97,625.00

Alternatives

12/18/2009 Establishment of Animal Ray Mobley CESTA Department of Agriculture $500,000.00

Science/Animal Healthcare

Manage

1/4/2010 Osceola County Health Frank Emmanuel Pharmacy Department of Health $249,929.00

Department

1/12/2010 Title I School Improvement Ronald Holmes Education FL Department of Education $145,254.00

Initiative (Stimulus Funds) .

1/12/2010 Title I School Improvement Ronald Holmes Education FL Department of Education $200,919.00

Initiative

1/13/2010 UDS‐FAMU Partnership for Fay Vaughn‐Cooke Pharmacy Higher Education for $50,000.00

Sustainable Institutional Capacity Development

Building for Community Health in

Ghana

1/25/2010 Tobacco Cessation Project: 3rd Year Ruena Norman Nursing Big Bend Area Health $5,000.00

Science and Education

1/26/2010 Community Based Training at the Henry Lewis Pharmacy Big Bend Area Health $3,850.00

FAMU Operation Immunization Education Center Inc.


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11/17/2009 Makola Abdullah Cultural Foundations of Arts & Sciences SARE $117,733.00

Sustainable Agricultural

Extension Work

11/17/2009 Ray Mobley Establishment of Animal CESTA USDA $500,000.00

Science/Animal Healthcare

Management

11/17/2009 Keawin C. Sarjeant Providing Food Safety CESTA Sustainable Agriculture $262,107.45

Education, Training, and HACCP Research

Certification for Pasture Raised

11/18/2009 Ronald Holmes National Summer FAMU DRS FL DOT $50,000.00

Transportation Institute

11/20/2009 Richard Gragg Predation Behavior of Environmental Science NSF $14,955.00

Bacteriovorax Institute

12/1/2009 Barbara Mosley Subcontract with the Florida Allied Health US DEPT. of HHS $2,000,000.00

Department of Health:

12/2/2009 Gang Chen Characterization of Salmonella FAMU/FSU College of National Science $365,491.00

Typhimurium and E. Coil Engineering Foundation

12/5/2009 Gang Chen Microbial Activities and FAMU/FSU College of NSF $365,662.00

Nutrient Retention Engineering

12/10/2009 Ivette Lopez Improving Health of African Pharmacy FSU $73,894.00

Americans in North Florida

12/11/2009 Gwendolyn Trotter Teacher UP Student Support Academic Affairs US. Dept. of Education $1,799,910.00

Services Initiative (TUSSSI)

12/14/2009 Dorothy Henderson Student Support Services General Studies US. Dept. of Education $320,482.00

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12/14/2009 John Scrivens Administrative Supplement: Pharmacy NIH $120,083.00

HCC‐FAMU Bridges to the

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical

12/14/2009 Karam Soliman FAMU DARP: Cellular and Pharmacy NIH $2,404,342.00

Molecular Alterations of

prenatal Cocaine Exposure

12/14/2009 Randolp Duverna Substrate Specificity of Pharmacy NIH $53,249.00

Polyisoprenylated Methylated

Protein Methyl Esterase

12/14/2009 Danette G. Saylor FAMU Project Care (College Student Affairs U.S. Dept. of Education $219,978.00

ACCess, Retention, and Enrichment)

12/15/2009 Makola Abdullah NRCS Scholarships CESTA USDA $100,000.00

12/16/2009 Janet Barber Battling Gestational Diabetes in Pharmacy Agency for Healthcare $363,759.00

Florida Research Quality

12/17/2009 Jiang Lu Accelerating Grape Cultivar CESTA USDA $213,286.00

Improvement Via Phenotyping

12/17/2009 Chanta Haywood GAANN and Chemistry Graduate Studies U.S. Dept. of Education $279,564.00

12/17/2009 Chanta Haywood GAANN and Civil & Graduate Studies U.S. Dept. of Education $279,564.00

Environmental Engineering

12/17/2009 Chanta Haywood GAANN and Physics Graduate Studies U.S. Dept. of Education $279,564.00

12/21/2009 Mogus Mochena Novel Electrophoretic Arts & Sciences Air Force of Scientific $276,395.00

Deposition of Colloidal Research

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12/22/2009 Adrienne Cooper EAGER: Nanoparticle Uptake in CESTA NSF $59,986.00

Food Products

1/7/2010 Edith Davis Micro Pedagogies: Education NSF $250,000.00

Implementing a Microspiral

Curriculum …

1/12/2010 Henry Lewis Community‐Based Training at Pharmacy Big Bend AHEC $3,850.00

FAMU Operation Immunization

Project

1/13/2010 Janelle Baker The Effects of Health Literacy Nursing John A. Hartford $120,000.00

and Acculturation on Health

1/14/2010 Mary Simmons FAMU HBCU Student Wellness Allied Health FL Dept. Of Health $10,500.00

Plan

1/15/2010 Mogus Mochena Design of Sic Sensors and Arts & Sciences DOE $200,002.00

Integration in RandFlux

1/19/2010 Moses T. Kairo Development of an Improved CESTA NSF $4,795.00

Risk Assessment Model

1/19/2010 Hong Xiao Linking the Florida Cancer Pharmacy NIH $104,446.00

Registry Data with Hospital

1/25/2010 Barbara Mosley Increasing Minority Allied Health U.S. Dept. of HHS $3,973,062

Participation in Health

1/25/2010 Mandip Sachdeva Targeted Nanocarriers for Pharmacy NIH $1,192,417.00

Treatment of Lung Cancer

1/25/2010 Mandip Sachdeva Targeted Nanocarriers for Pharmacy NIH $800,250.00

Treatment of Lung Cancer

1/29/2010 Ralph Turner Florida ‐ Georgia LSAMP Bridge Arts & Sciences NSF $987,000.00



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•promote excellence within the academic programs and support areas; •establish national and international partnerships in research; •effectively protect, manage and market intellectual property; and •ensure the highest level of fiscal responsibility in grants management.

VISION STATEMENT: Florida A&M University will become a nation-ally recognized research institution with an efficient infrastructure that supports the admin-istration of research activities that foster relevant research, intellectual discovery, creative problem solving and the dissemination of knowledge.

Going beyond the typical, no longer business as usual also comes to mind with this Black History Edition of this mini-medium: For when one frequently logs onto:www.famu.edu (click on RESEARCH” LINK)

or periodic visits are made to: http://www.famunewsnetwork.com/home/TV20Media/mediaGallery.html Shows—Full Episodes--Research Fundametals, or even weigh in at our completely anonymous customer satisfaction survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zj3_2fggV2wYkdSpyetOLPdw_3d_3d notice may be made that Challenger is no longer with the DoR; change still remains the constant thing.

So, in perusing this particular prose, The ReSearcher please know this mini-medium will only be as good as we make it. We’re depending upon the entire research community to provide us with insightful happenings within our colleges/schools/institute. There are some research-relative stories to be shared that our University’s Office of Communication are eagerly anticipating. So, please share your ideas, observations, inquiries, et al. with [email protected] or call 850.412.7936 for open discussion in a very receptive and non-threatening atmosphere. We’re striving to trans-form phenomena into reality—total transcen-dence; we appreciate you and your continual efforts; we applaud your successes—now and future!

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T he Florida A&M University (FAMU) Division of Research (DoR) is a semi-autonomous research enterprise commit-

ted to carrying out research and training that is geared towards promoting the socio-economic development of Florida in particular and the United States of America (U.S.A.) in general. The DoR strives to maintain its reputation for solid, empirical research, paying close attention to exploratory, explanatory and evaluative aspects of the dynamics of development. We aspire to assist in transforming phenomena into reality—a total transcendence. Special emphasis is placed on fulfilling our

MISSION STATEMENT:Florida A&M University is committed to inspi-rational teaching and exemplary research through creative partnerships at the local, state, national and global levels. The (DoR) seeks to:

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•offer superior support services to faculty, staff and students to pursue their research endeavors;

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R esearcher: One who searches or investi-gates exhaustively; to engage in careful or

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Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, Special Assistant to the Director for Climate Change and Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Atlanta, GA

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Lee Hall Auditorium

Dr. Frumkin seminar topic: In his previous role as Director of the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR), Dr. Frumkin established CDC’s Healthy Community Design Initiative, which looks at how communities can be designed to make it easier for people to live healthy lives. He con-tinually works to maintain and improve the health of the American people by promot-ing a healthy environment and by preventing premature death and avoidable illness and disability, caused by toxic substances and other environmental hazards.

In part, his lecture culminates FAMU’s 2010 FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT Climate Change—The Discussion at Florida A&M University. Please visit: www.famu.edu (click “Research” link) > News/Press Releases for more on Dr. Frumkin and or contact Charles Green, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 770-488-0626, [email protected].

For further information re: Dr. Frumkin’s FAMU visit, please contact Mrs. Frances James at 850.412.5102 or [email protected].

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FAMU Division of Research Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing & Commercialization (OTTLC) presents a workshop:GRANTS MANAGEMENTGRANTS MANAGEMENT

WHAT EVERY PI NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT GRANT COMPLIANCE AND MANAGEMENT(Pre-registration is required.)

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and effectively apply grant terms and conditions• Identify and avoid unallowable costs• Understand grant proposal and submission guidelines• Effectively justify and document sub-awards• Understand the importance and process for submitting timely financial reports• & MoreHuman Resources, Organizational Development & Training Departmentmaintains a tracking system of employee training, workshops and supportsessions to ensure that appropriate personnel in all departments receive training

To Register:Please contact Andria RollinsonOrganizational Development & Training at 412-5148* Employees requiring special accommodationsplease contact the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs at 599-3076

This workshop will cover several administrative, compliance and financial considerations for successful management of proposals and grant awards.Topics will include: grant terms and conditions; budget preparations, proposal administration and submission guidelines; handling sub-awards in proposals, sub-award negotiation, issuance, monitoring and closeout; allowable costs,managing spending, timely financial reporting, effort reporting, close-out of awards and preparing for audits. Two sessions have been scheduled for your convenience.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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