2014-2015 Grants Awarded

February 2014 - February 2015

Stuart Asser

Verizon Next Step
Verizon

Pre-Engineering at Martin Van Buren High School
New York City Department of Education/Martin Van Buren High School

Advanced Manufacturing for Economic Development
New York State (CUNY2020)

Kitty Bateman

Adult Literacy Program
Office of the Mayor of New York City/New York State Education Department/ Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)
New York City Council

Diana Berkowitz

Evaluating the Impact of CUNY Start Through a Research – Local Education Agency Partnership
MDRC

Naydu Carmona, Monica Trujillo, Peter Novick

Cloning, Characterization and Screening of Streptomyces Rhomboids
CUNY Community College Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (C3IRG)

Jeffrey Chen

Medical Assistant Curriculum Enhancement
New York City Workforce Development Corporation

M. Chantale Damas

QCC Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program in Solar and Atmospheric Physics
National Science Foundation

Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan

Implications of the inclusion of Student Collaborative Group Work on Advanced Course Materials in Introductory Physics Courses
CUNY Community College Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (C3IRG)

Margot Edlin

Student Support Network: Technology Enabled Integration Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Arthur Flug

Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives NEH Challenge Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities

Student Internship Program: Making Community Connections
Temple Emanu-El

Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives/New York State Department of Human Rights Hate Crimes Task Force Internship Program
Con Edison

Ben-Ami Freier

Transportation Grant for Disabled Students
New York Community Trust

Nidhi Gadura

BioPREP:Biology Partnership in Research and Educational Programs
Stony Brook University/National Institute of Health

QCC – Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
United States Department of Education

Jeanne Galvin

Library Collection Aid
New York State Education Department

Maryann Magaldi, Shenaz Geogilis

What is the Relationship between the Standardized Admission Test Scores Used by the CUNYNursing Programs and a Student’s Successful Program Completion and Passing the RN-NCLEX Examination on the First Attempt?
CUNY Community College Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (C3IRG)

Azita Mayeli

International Conference on Harmonic Analysis and Application
National Science Foundation

Anne Marie Menendez

Technology Integration to Improve Student Learning
New York Community Bank Foundation

Mary Anne Meyer

At Home in College
Robin Hood Foundation

Christine Mooney

CUNY-wide Community College Entrepreneurship Program
Capital One

Josephine Pantaleo, Meghmala Tarafdar

Student Learning for Civic Capacity: Stimulating Moral, Ethical, and Civic Engagement for Learning that Lasts
Teagle Foundation

Joan Petersen, Simran Kaur

Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP)
New York State Education Department

Faustino Quintanilla, Lisa Scandaliato

Exhibition of The Work of József Jakovits
The Hungary Initiatives Foundation

Gisela Rivera, Marie-Francesca Berrouet

Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
New York State Education Department

Roland Scal, Vazgen Shekoyan

TUES: Development of an Active Learning Gemology Studio Course
National Science Foundation - Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)

Patricia Schneider

QCC Bridges to the Baccalaureate
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Jun Shin, Paris Svoronos, Sasan Karimi

TUES: Collaborative Research: A Student-Centered Organic Laboratory Curriculum Featuring Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS)
National Science Foundation - Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)

Monica Trujillo, Naydu Carmona

RUI: Rhomboids from Streptomyces: The Unknown Key Player?
National Science Foundation – Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

Denise Ward, Jeffrey Chen

Home Health Aide and Medical Assistant Training
NYC Department of Small Business Services

Pre-Med and Business at Martin Van Buren High School
New York City Education Department

Center for Allied Healthcare Education and Workforce Development
New York State - CUNY2020

New York City Labor Market Information Service, Strategic Research Study
New York State - Job Linkages Program

Shenaz Georgilis

Pathways To Nursing (P2N)
United States Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Tirandai Hemraj-Benny, in collaboration with City College

NUE: Unifying Nanotechnology Education at CUNY Community Colleges
National Science Foundation - Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE)

Brian Kerr

Making Transfer Connections Project
United States Department of Education - Title V/La Guardia Community College

A Success Pipeline for Hispanic Students: Expanding a Model Transfer Articulation Program bySupporting Cohort Identity, Academic Progress, and Learner-Centered Curriculum
United States Department of Education - Title V/John Jay College

Cary Lane, Steven Dahlke

Testimony Across Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Genocide
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives/National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquia

David Lieberman, Tak Cheung

A Community College REU Site for Physics Applications in Astronomy/Biology and PhysicsEducation Research Data Analysis
National Science Foundation - Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU)

Veronica Lukas

Single Stop
Single Stop USA/Robin Hood Foundation

COPE - College Opportunity To Prepare for Employment
New York City Human Resources Administration

Susan McLaughlin

Hydra TRP Channels: Expression and Functional Analysis
National Science Foundation - Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

Denise Ward, Jeffrey Chen, Judith Richburg, (in collaboration with CUNY’s community colleges)

CUNY Career Path
United States Department of Labor

Denise Ward, Yicel Nota-Latif

Liberty Partnerships Project PRIZE
New York State Education Department

Denise Ward, Sherri-Ann Simmons Terry

Community Campus II
New York State Education Department - 21st Century Community Learning Center

Denise Ward

Business Technology Early College High School (BTECH)
SAP America Inc.

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act IV
New York State Education Department

Denise Ward, Dr. Margot Edlin, Jeffrey Chen

Major Effort 1: Extending Workforce Development Services Across Multiple CE Touchpoints: Advisement, Job Readiness and Job Placement

Stuart Asser

Major Effort 2: Equipment Upgrade for the Electronics and Manufacturing Laboratories

Georgina Colalillo

Major Effort 3: Partners Aligned Toward Higher Education In Nursing

Margot Edlin

Major Effort 4: CTE Early Alert System

Arlene Kemmerer

Major Effort 6: Placing Effective High Impact Educational Activities and Academic
Service-Learning into the Career and Technical Academies and Disciplines

Queensborough Community College Pedagogical Research Challenge Awards (2014-2015)

Carol King, James Nichols, Jonathan Cornick

Simultaneous Support for Quantitative Reasoning and Historical Thinking Across the Disciplines in Un-linked Math and History Courses

Nina Sarkar, Wendy Ford, Christina Manzo

To Flip or Not to Flip: Testing the Effectiveness of Flipped Classes vs. Traditional Classes

Mangala Tawde, Donna Boccio, Kevin Kolack

Resolving Misconceptions in Gateway STEM Course through Student Reflections