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OVPR Quarterly Reports – FY19Q2

Posted on April 11, 2019June 4, 2019 by Jessica McBride

Dear Colleagues,

Now that data have been finalized, I would like to provide you with several reports relating to sponsored program activity—both research and education/service—managed by Sponsored Program Services within the Office of the Vice President for Research at UConn and UConn Health. Please visit the OVPR website to view the following reports: https://ovpr.uconn.edu/news/quarterly-reports/

List of Proposals Submitted: FY19 2nd Quarter
List of Awards Received: FY19 2nd Quarter
Proposals, Awards, Expenditures: FY14-FY19Q2

In the reports, data are presented in two ways: by the PI’s Academic Home Department and by the Managing Department or Center/Institute. Please refer to the first pages of the reports for definitions and information regarding the data. Should you have any questions regarding these quarterly reports, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please note that we have included an additional Summary of Sponsored Program Activity, which includes the Effective F&A rate on awards. This information provides a snapshot of our activity as compared to the same period last year.

The OVPR continues to seek creative solutions that allow UConn and UConn Health to grow our research enterprise through federal funding, industry partnerships, and collaboration with foundations. I am confident we can continue upward trends by continuing to work together, aggressively applying for extramural funding, and pursuing new channels of support for the tremendous research, scholarship, and creative activities taking place every day at UConn and UConn Health.

Thank you for your continued commitment and contribution to our students, to your research and scholarship, and to UConn/UConn Health.

Sincerely,
Radenka

Dr. Radenka Maric
Vice President for Research
UConn/UCH

2019 CARIC Award Recipients Announced

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Jessica McBride

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that two teams have been selected for funding in the inaugural cycle of CARIC (Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers).

CARIC supports the development of collaborative, interdisciplinary teams bidding for major federally funded research initiatives. These initiatives can include large, multi-million-dollar research grants or even entire research centers.

2019 CARIC Awards:

David Rowe, Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development
Bed to Bench (BTB) Collaboration for Skeletal Research
Yu Lei, Castleman Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Exposure, Health Effects, Sensing and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center

The CARIC program will provide these projects with funding of up to $150,000 to support planning, outreach to strategic partners and proof-of-concept research for a year, with the possibility for renewal. This initial funding allows researchers to develop more competitive bids for prestigious national awards.

To learn more about CARIC, visit the website of the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Sincerely,

Dr. Radenka Maric
Vice President for Research
UConn/UConn Health

2019 Innovate Stamford Summer Internship Program

As the state's flagship public university, UConn feeds the talent pipeline for high paying jobs in Connecticut's growing industries. In partnership with Innovate Stamford, UConn's Office of the Vice President for Research is administering the UConn-Innovate Stamford Internship Program. Every year, the program supports 50 paid summer internships at companies in the Stamford Innovation District. Participating companies range from major corporations to high-potential smaller businesses and startups. As part of the program, interns will also be mentored in entrepreneurship and innovation by academic and business leaders. In addition, interns receive a $5,000 stipend, as well as no cost housing in dorms on the UConn Stamford campus.

For more information about the UConn-Innovate Stamford Internship Program, contact:

Elly Kohl
Corporate Relations Liaison
Office of the Vice President for Research
elly.kohl@uconn.edu
860.486.5032

2019 Summer Internship Opportunities

Due to some recent technical difficulties with the system, we have extended the application deadline to Sunday, March 17, 2019.

* Please review the internship descriptions and the list of eligibility criteria below before proceeding to the application.

Company Name: IronYun, Inc.

Internship Title: Marketing Intern

Company Profile: IronYun is the next generation AI, big data video search B2B software company. We provide enterprise customers with AI machine learning video search software products for the video surveillance industry. For more information, please visit www.ironyun.com.

Internship Description:

Interns will be performing the following tasks:

Social media content creation.
Researching competitors, industries, trends, influencers, and media targets to identify opportunities.
Writing and posting blog posts/tweets/updates, etc.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Course work and experience in Social Media Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Social Media Management, Adobe Illustrator, SEO, Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel, Creative & Analytical, Photoshop, Google Analytics+, Writing and Editing, SEO, WordPress, HTML/CSS/CRM (not mandatory).

Additional Preferred Background:

Ability to work in a fast paced, team oriented environment. Strong communications skills.

Company Name: IronYun, Inc.

Internship Title: AI Software Engineer Intern

Company Profile:

IronYun is the next generation AI, big data video search B2B software company. We provide enterprise customers with AI machine learning video search software products for the video surveillance industry. For more information, please visit www.ironyun.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will work with industry leading AI computer vision software products that solve real world problems in the video search industry. You will have an opportunity to make advances creating breakthrough AI software products.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Experience in CV and deep learning is preferred. Experience in Python, C++ and JS is a PLUS.

Additional Preferred Background:

Strong interest in Artificial Intelligence, Computational Comprehension, Machine Reasoning, Machine Learning or related fields. Capable of quickly becoming familiar with new approaches to AI and computational comprehension.

Company Name: Rapid Oxygen

Internship Title: Marketing Specialist (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Rapid Oxygen is a MedTech company that manufactures and markets the R15: a patented rapid
response oxygen technology for airway and cardiac emergencies, operable by any Good Samaritan
without certification or training.

The R15 was designed in conjunction with the University of Michigan to provide immediately
accessible 100% Oxygen - safe, portable, non-explosive oxygen, permitted anywhere, even in public
areas where Oxygen cylinders are restricted by law.

The R15 is cleared by the FDA for emergency use as an Over-the-Counter (OTC) device, eliminating
the need for a medical prescription as required for Oxygen cylinders.

For more information, please visit www.rapidoxygen.com.

Internship Description:

Primary role is to assist Marketing Director with industry research, social media, sales training
materials and marketing strategies to strengthen the company’s market presence and to drive
revenue.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct general market research to keep abreast of trends and industry marketing efforts
• Assist with marketing campaign calendar development
• Assist with social media posts and developing social media content calendar
• Research industry influencers, trade publications, conferences and expos – organized by key target markets
• Brainstorm ideas for promotional offers/events/activities and organize them efficiently
• Assist with direct mailings, list management
• Assist with budgets/timelines
• Monitor online/website performance and submit reports
• Enter key marketing contacts/info into database

Required Background/Skills/Interests:

Marketing, Social Media, PR, Journalism, Writing, Trend Research

Company Name: Rapid Oxygen

Internship Title: Software Engineering Assistant

Company Profile:

The R15 is cleared by the FDA for emergency use as an Over-the-Counter (OTC) device, eliminating
the need for a medical prescription as required for Oxygen cylinders.

For more information, please visit www.rapidoxygen.com.

Internship Description:

Primary role is to assist R&D with Smart Technology Solutions for R15 Emergency Oxygen.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with identifying resources & process engineering for Phase 2 R&D Product Development
• Develop milestone timelines, budgets
• Assist with research
• Outline product functionality
• Assist integrating with 911 Dispatch Communication protocols

Required Background/Skills/Interests:

Engineering, Technology Software, Smart Technology, R&D, Medical Device

Company Name: Rapid Oxygen

Internship Title: Graphic Designer

Company Profile:

The R15 is cleared by the FDA for emergency use as an Over-the-Counter (OTC) device, eliminating the need for a medical prescription as required for Oxygen cylinders.

For more information, please visit www.rapidoxygen.com.

Internship Description:

Primary role is to assist Marketing Director with creating compelling layouts for print and digital marketing deliverables.

Responsibilities:

Assist with designing multiple marketing deliverables for direct mail, website, sales training and promotional materials.

Required Background/Skills/Interests:

Graphic Design, Website Programming/Development (Squarespace preferred), Writing

Company Name: Copyleaks

Internship Title: Marketing & Sales Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Copyleaks is a cloud-based platform focused on detecting plagiarism, copyright infringement and content leaks in textual content. Our platform helps students, teachers, publishers, IP lawyers and businesses track content and insure its originality.

For more information, please visit www.copyleaks.com

Responsibilities:

The marketing and sales intern will assist with:

Marketing campaign development
Client management and services
Email marketing
Social media marketing
Client outreach (inbound and outbound)

Required Background and/or Skills:

Basic understanding of online marketing (SEO)
Fluent in Microsoft Suite Applications
Developing marketing outreach
Comfortable with technology
Excellent people skills
Excellent writing skills
Creative and outgoing

Company Name: Orthozon Technologies

Internship Title: Mechanical Engineering Intern - trailblazing AR enabled surgical visualization systems

Company Profile:

Orthozon Technologies, LLC is a start-up medical technology company pioneering augmented reality-enabled surgical visualization systems. We are located in Stamford, CT, only a short walk away from the Stamford train station and downtown area. Orthozon beta-released a ground-breaking new AR technology in November 2018 that can be used to perform spine surgery and hand surgery. Its features are now being further expanded to address other procedures such as brain, eye, ENT, and gastrointestinal surgery, with a planned launch date of May 1st.

For more information, please visit www.orthozontechnologies.com.

Internship Description:

Orthozon is looking for talented individuals who are self-teaching, quick learners and can work in a fast-paced start-up environment. You will be assisting in the development of our augmented reality visualization system, particularly in the mechanical engineering areas such as: camera fixtures, camera 3D alignments, articulating joints, fasteners, cosmetic cushioning, electronics casings, product assembly, technology scouting, red laser alignment and LED lighting. You will also be working with a variety of materials and will be expected to build your understanding of material properties for creating high-quality finished products. There will be plenty of interfacing with our firmware/software engineers to ensure component compatibility. You may also have an opportunity to be involved in our patent authoring process, depending on the patentability of your work.

Responsibilities:

Maintain up-to-date design and drawing files/records; working closely with R&D team on any new assignments; receiving feedback on designs and following good practices for design revisions
Ability to work with in-house 3D Stereolithography (SLA) printer; and learn post-processing and finishing of prototype/production design parts

Required Background and/or Skills:

Strong Proficiency in Dassault Systemes’ SOLIDWORKS or Inventor or equivalent CAD software skills
- CAD/Solidworks basic skills: extrusion; cuts; screw holes; threading; tolerances
- CAD/Solidworks advanced skills: Surfaces; FEA
Knowledgeable in Mechanical Engineering Design principles
Be able to sketch concept schematics and convert to engineering design/drawings
Strong attention to detail
Good organizational skills
Ability to work with some hand-tools: drill, Dremel
Proficiency with MS Office
Must be both a team player and be able to work independently
Must have a positive attitude and be enthusiastic
Must demonstrate capability to learn new skills and apply them

Company Name: Orthozon Technologies

Internship Title: Software Engineering Intern - trailblazing AR enabled surgical visualization systems

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.orthozontechnologies.com.

Internship Description:

Orthozon is looking for talented individuals who are self-teaching, quick learners and can work in a fast-paced start-up environment. You will be assisting in the development of our augmented reality visualization system, particularly in the software/computer engineering areas such as: C++ coding, python coding, Java coding, image signal processing, wireless communication, video frame manipulation, hardware controllers, custom driver development, software overlays, image/shape recognition. There will be plenty of interfacing with our hardware engineers to ensure component compatibility. You may also have an opportunity to be involved in our patent authoring process, depending on the patentability of your work.

Required Background and/or Skills:

• Strong computer programming skills (C++, C, Java, Python, similar), with experience in producing code for practical real-world applications (please provide a sample of your work).
• Experience in producing code for prototype-level product or higher.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail
• Good organizational skills
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Must be both a team player and be able to work independently
• Must have a positive attitude and be enthusiastic
• Must demonstrate capability to learn new skills and apply them

Company Name: Sema4

Internship Title: Marketing Intern

Company Profile:

Sema4 is a patient-centered predictive health company founded on the idea that more information, deeper analysis, and increased engagement will improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. A Mount Sinai Health System venture based in Stamford, Connecticut, Sema4 is dedicated to transforming healthcare by building more dynamic models of human health and defining optimal, individualized health trajectories, starting with reproductive health and oncology. Our innovative Sema4 Health Intelligence Platform is enabling us to generate a more complete understanding of disease and wellness and to provide science-driven solutions to the most pressing medical needs. Sema4 believes that patients should be treated as partners, and that data should be shared for the benefit of all.

For more information, please visit www.sema4.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the marketing team in conducting marketing campaigns and projects that will promote brand awareness for Sema4 and its genetic testing products and services. The intern will work closely with members of the marketing team to both contribute on these marketing projects, and learn & expand their marketing skill set.

Required Background and/or Skills:

The intern should have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.

Additional Preferred Background:

Being savvy with social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn) is an added plus. Being savvy with digital marketing, such as Google Adwords, is an added plus. Ideally, the intern should have an interest in healthcare, technology or genomics.

Company Name: The Junkluggers, LLC

Internship Title: Marketing Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Become part of something big. At The Junkluggers, it is our mission to save the Earth, one lug at a time. By 2025, we aim to donate and recycle 100% of all items we remove from residential and commercial jobs, setting the standard in the United States for eco-friendly disposal practices. We are working towards this goal every day, searching for new charities to donate to and more environmentally friendly ways to dispose of materials we lug away that can be neither donated nor recycled.

Join a culture and team of people that are energetic, ambitious and fun! Founded and lead by 32-year-old Josh Cohen, our awesome company is based near the heart of Stamford in a bright and sunny office and retail space. The Junkluggers (an INC 5000 Company) and its affiliate businesses is a purpose-driven, fast growing company that is expanding like crazy. We operate a number of businesses including eco-friendly junk removal, local moving and delivery, second hand furniture sales and national franchising. We are offering the right candidate a great opportunity to get involved and exposed to a wide range of functions and businesses within our company at a very exciting time of growth and expansion. (By the way - did we also mention we have a pool table?)

For more information, please visit www.junkluggers.com.

Internship Description:

Identify ways to promote the company, events, and activities through the innovative use of social media, and create and curate content on social media and our company website
Assist the Marketing Manager with all digital marketing related initiatives
Identify ways to promote the company, events, and activities through the innovative use of social media, and create and curate content on social media and our company website
Assist the Marketing Manager with all digital marketing related initiatives

Required Background and/or Skills:

You are an energetic well-organized creative problem solver and goal-oriented team player who loves a challenging and fun environment. You have a record of achievement academically. You are looking to work hard to gain hands-on business experience while working with a seasoned marketing professional You are excited to join a team that strives to WOW every customer with exceptional customer service. You are committed to reaching your full potential in a supportive learning environment.

Excellent writing skills
Preferred major or degree in Marketing or Business
Experience with and/or knowledge of Social Media, CRM, Marketing Automation, Email Marketing, SEO & PPC
Ability to handle multiple tasks with deadlines
Must be detail oriented, analytic and organized
Be accountable and responsible

Additional Preferred Background:

Previous Marketing internship a plus

Company Name: The Junkluggers, LLC

Internship Title: HR Assistant

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.junkluggers.com.

Internship Description:

The HR Assistant will work under the guidance and direction of our HR Manager and assist with certain aspects of the daily departmental processing, including recruiting, onboarding (employee and Franchise), benefits administration, and general personnel issues. In addition the HR Assistant will will work with the following departments and heads:

Office Management/Human Resources
Operations
Inbound Customer Loyalty Center

What You’ll Learn:

Learn the back end “Ins and Outs” of the different sections of our company:
- Junk Removal
- Remix Market (charity furniture sale)
- Franchising
Human Resources full cycle hiring
The basics of Office Management, managing a call center and running a fundraising program

Required Background and/or Skills:

Desire to explore and or pursue a career in Human Resources
Strong computer skills including keyboard and software (MS Office Suite, Google Docs/Sheets)
Environmentally-conscious- Resonance with our Mission and Core Values
Highly organized and self-motivated
Upbeat attitude-
Strong People Skills
Ability to follow established processes
Team Player
Coachable and hungry to learn

Additional Preferred Background:

Experience in an Office environment preferred

Company Name: The Junkluggers, LLC

Internship Title: Sales Support Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.junkluggers.com.

Internship Description:

Assist Director of Sales and Business Development Manager with the following activities:

Market Research and Data Compilation and Analysis
Multi Channel Lead Generation and Qualification (There is NO outbound Cold Calling)
CRM Management and Workflow
Perform clerical and administrative functions

Required Background and/or Skills:

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Effective people and interpersonal skills, and ability to to receive direct delegation of tasks with minimal to no supervision.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems.
• Requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software and other computer software.
• Must have strong verbal, writing and interpersonal communications skills.
• Must have the ability to follow through on multiple tasks.

Additional Preferred Background:

Desire to understand and potentially pursue Account Management, or Business Development career.

Company Name: The Junkluggers, LLC

Internship Title: Franchise Support Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.junkluggers.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in a development project related to our new product for assistance for the software(s) and standard operating procedures used within The Junkluggers and affiliated businesses. This will include tending to tickets or inquiries submitted by our franchise partners and home office, assisting with and providing training to current and future franchise partners, and helping to research and develop standard operating procedures for new software(s) used by The Junkluggers and affiliated businesses. The focus of this role is to work with our existing support team to meet our established support SLAs as well as ensure the growth and success of our staff and franchise partners.

Required Background and/or Skills:

MS Office products, and proficiency with MS Excel
Experience with Google Drive products
Experience with Gmail / G-Suite
Great attitude and aptitude to learn new skills, take on new challenges and work in an adaptive environment.
Solid organizational, time management, and follow-through skills
Strong communication skills - both written and verbal

Additional Preferred Background:

1-2 years previous experience in a support role or customer service position
Ability to present to groups and individuals

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: Blockchain Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Pitney Bowes is a global technology company providing commerce solutions that power billions of transactions. The 1.5 million clients around the world, including 90% of the Fortune 500, rely on the accuracy and precision delivered by Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics and APIs in the areas of ecommerce fulfillment, shipping and returns; cross-border ecommerce; office mailing and shipping; presort services; location data; customer information and engagement software; services; and financing. For nearly 100 years Pitney Bowes has been innovating and delivering technologies that remove the complexity of getting commerce transactions precisely right. Our 14,000 passionate Craftsmen of Commerce around the world maintain a relentless pursuit of innovation with over 2,300 active patents, and focus on clients, who are at the center of all that we do.

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

As a Blockchain Technology Intern, you will work with the innovation team to deliver a wide variety of vital activities that will investigate and demonstrate the viability and business value of emerging technologies, most notably blockchain. You will implement proof of concept and pilot test implementations of blockchain related applications in the areas such as supply chain logistics and financial services. You will also help bring new innovation creating smart contracts and integrating existing systems with blockchain technology. Your Internship with Pitney Bowes will help you gain cross-functional and cross cultural working experience by collaborating with engineering, UX, and logistics organizations in partners in the US and other global Pitney Bowes divisions.

Research blockchain and related technologies
Develop proof of concept implementations of multiple node blockchain systems in logistics and finance
Gather and synthesize research on markets, use cases, and clients
Create Blockchain health and performance dashboards which demonstrate the effectiveness of pilot implementions
Gain exposure to Pitney Bowes Senior Leaders
Assist in development of a blockchain center of excellence within Pitney Bowes

Required Background and/or Skills:

Great written, communication, and research skills
Analytical and creative mind – balanced with a sense of humor
Fast, eager learner
Programming expertise
Web application development
Javascript
Linux familiarity
Familiarity with blockchain technology and smart contracts a plus
Enjoys reading up on the latest tech trends

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: Accelerated Innovation Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

As an Accelerated Innovation Intern you will work as part of the Strategic Technology and Innovation Center (ST&IC). ST&IC is the corporate research organization within Pitney Bowes, chartered with technology leadership and enablement for innovative products and services that will help Pitney Bowes to grow future businesses.

Your Internship with Pitney Bowes will have a direct impact on our Innovation practice which partners with Product Managers and other stakeholders across the company to identify and shape new business opportunities. Your contribution will help us to accelerate and enrich product development cycles utilizing design thinking, business-hypothesis-driven experimentation, iterative product releases, and "validated learning" through customer research.

If you are highly motivated with strong analytical skills, clear business acumen, and a demonstrated ability to contribute strongly to the process of innovation, we would like to hear from you.

The Job:

Conduct customer research and connect observed needs / problems to concepts that deliver value through addressing these needs
Frame opportunities, collect data, and identify patterns quickly and creatively in order to generate insights from customer research
Play a key role in the design of experiments and prototypes to test critical business assumptions
Apply learning in an iterative and fast-paced fashion
Communicate the merits of business alternatives with project team-members and business leaders

Required Background and/or Skills:

Pursuing (or completion of) Degree in Design, Business, or other related field
Apply learning in an iterative and fast-paced fashion
Communicate the merits of business alternatives with project team-members and business leaders
Interest, and ideally expertise in, Design Thinking, user-centered innovation, and customer research techniques
Able to thrive when working as a part of a collaborative small team
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: CX Analyst Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

CX Strategy:

Assist in developing best practice reviews for leading CX strategies/tools
Assist in maintaining an internal CX site with resources and tools
Assist in preparing executive level presentations and workshop materials

Measurement and Analytics:

Conduct analysis on CX data for trends, relationships, patterns, pain points and opportunities
Assist in dashboarding and reporting through data visualization and storytelling to enable operating teams to take (the right) actions
Monitor and maintain a portfolio, backlog, and roadmap of CX projects

Project Management, Communication and Collaboration:

Assist in organizing internal CX events (summits, journey mapping sessions)
Assist in CX projects including logistics support, action item tracking, communications, and status reporting
Support culture change through assistance with internal communication and collaboration including workshops, roadshows, newsletters/articles, etc.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Entrepreneurial mindset, and goal oriented (self-directed, proactive).
Curiosity to learn new things especially around customer service technology and consumer insights.
Passionate and able to work in a fast paced, start-up, and team environment.
Upbeat, personable, positive, and can-do attitude.
Superior People Skills - ability to collaborate with cross-functional team.
Excellent problem solving skills.
Highly organized and detail oriented.
Strong project management skills.

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: Computer Science Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Pitney Bowes is a leading provider of customer communication technologies. A $5.3 billion company with over 14,000 employees globally, we serve 90% of fortune 500 companies both large corporations and small-to-medium-sized businesses in more than 100 countries. Our software, equipment and services help businesses communicate more effectively in today’s multi-channel environment. The Strategic Technology & Innovation Center (ST&IC) is a research organization within Pitney Bowes chartered with technology leadership and collaborating with lines of business to create innovative products and services for our customers.

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in projects to explore and develop the new product and service leveraging the emerging technology, participate the software design, coding, debugging, and documentation. The responsibilities of the intern include:

Learn and work alongside our development team to enhance your skills.
Perform hands-on development work.
Work closely with development team members to design, develop, implement and support complex business solutions.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree program in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Technology, Information Systems Management, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering
Working knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages. Examples: Java, Python, Scala, C++
Understanding foundational concepts of data development and operational procedures
Proficiency with data structures and algorithms

Additional Preferred Background:

Familiarity with Linux/iOS is a plus
Experience with Spark, Hadoop
Familiarity with traditional relational database and NoSQL databases is a plus

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: Data Science Engineering Intern

Company Profile:

Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a global technology company offering innovative products and solutions that enable commerce in the areas of customer information management, location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping and mailing, and global ecommerce. More than 1.5 million clients in approximately 100 countries around the world rely on products, solutions and services from Pitney Bowes.

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

You will work as part of the Strategic Technology and Innovation Center (ST&IC), the corporate research organization within Pitney Bowes, chartered with technology leadership and enablement for innovative products and services that will help Pitney Bowes to grow future businesses. As a member of our multi-disciplinary team, you will be an important contributor to ST&IC’s research agenda, working to solve challenging problems, and unlock new opportunities relevant to our business. Our research is motivated by knowledge discovery in data problems arising in areas of interest that include E-Commerce, Shipping, Spatial Data, and the Internet of Things.

Engage with business units and cross-functional teams focused on building businesses
Develop a deep understanding of data-sets through a combination of database queries, and exploratory statistical analysis
Design and develop Machine Learning models and algorithms that provide insights and drive performance, across key areas of interest to the company
Formulate business needs as data science problems where applicable, and effectively communicate these to peers, managers, and key stakeholders, including the benefits and limitations of models

Required Background and/or Skills:

Pursuing a degree in a quantitative discipline e.g. Computer Science, Math, Physics, Statistics, or other related field
Strong quantitative skills, with solid grasp of key concepts in Probability, Statistics, Algorithm design, and Machine Learning
Working knowledge of advanced statistics and tools such as SQL, R, Python, and Matlab
Able to thrive when working as a part of a small, collaborative team

Additional Preferred Background:

Experience in programming (C /Java/.NET), and database such as Oracle/SQL-Server is a plus

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: UX Interaction Design Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

A UX Designer who can derive client insights, influence and collaborate with a variety of teams to design and deliver experiences that win in the market. You are a forward thinker who acts with purposefulness and speed and is committed to championing new ideas and creativity while using humor and positivity to build a winning team.

You will:

Discover the needs and problems of users, clients and stakeholders
Create prototypes, screenshots, wireframes, and proofs-of-concept that demonstrate user experiences, flows, and experimental solutions
Validate prototypes through qualitative user research and/or A/B testing
Quickly and thoughtfully incorporate feedback into designs
Partner and build collaborative relationships with Researchers, Technologists, Data Scientists, Developers, and Product Managers, and other cross-functional teams

Required Background and/or Skills:

Skilled in HTML, CSS, and JS. Experience with mobile development a bonus
Well versed in best practices in UI design, UX research, and usability testing and expertise with prototyping tools, techniques, and methodologies
Expertise in user-centered innovation and customer research techniques
Able to thrive when working as a part of a collaborative small team
Preferred Degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Computer Science, or other related fields of study or equivalent experience

Company Name: Pitney Bowes

Internship Title: Back-End Developer Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Internship Description:

As an ST&IC intern you will collaborate with the team to develop web applications for our big data platform, engaging in software design, debugging, and documentation. We will work together with the goal of proving concepts in order to bring new products to life. You will be on the cutting edge, iterating quickly and adding features to new and exciting products in the early stages of development. You will directly:

Learn and work alongside our development team to enhance your skills
Perform hands-on development work.
Work closely with development team members to design, develop, implement and support complex business solutions.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Computer Science or a related field
Experience writing server-side code to support web applications (Java, REST APIs)
Experience with SQL an d database concepts
Proficiency with data structures and algorithms
Working knowledge of front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular)
Ability to exercise independent judgment

Additional Preferred Background:

Familiarity with data visualization techniques and concepts

Company Name: Arccos Golf

Internship Title: iOS Software Intern

Company Profile:

Arccos develops innovative Artificial Intelligence and Connected Golf technologies that leverage the power of data, cloud computing and machine learning to deliver insights that help golfers of all skill levels maximize their potential and optimize their enjoyment.

Combining Live Shot Tracking + GPS 2.0 + Tour Analytics, the company’s flagship product - Arccos Caddie - has consistently been named Golf’s #1 Performance Tracker. Featuring 14 sensors - one for each club - the system pairs with a smartphone app. Arccos Caddie then seamlessly and automatically records every shot a golfer takes, delivering real-time data on distances hit, club averages, driving accuracy, greens in regulation, sand saves, putts and more.

Named one of "The World's Most Innovative Companies 2018" by Fast Company, Arccos is the global leader in golf data and Artificial Intelligence. Through a long-term technology partnership with Microsoft, we're revolutionizing the golfing experience by delivering actionable insights that help golfers, and businesses in golf, make smarter decisions to optimize performance.

For more information, please visit www.arccosgolf.com.

Internship Description:

This project seeks to enhance the in-play experience by calculating useful distances from the features on a hole to the user’s current location. The features of a golf hole (tee boxes, fairways, bunkers, greens, water hazards, etc.) are described as a collection of GPS points/locations. Knowledge of these distances can help a golfer plan their next shot better. The project will involve working with these collections of points and be able present useful information to the golfer in the form of actual and plays-like distances. There is an algorithmic component as well as a UI/Front End component.

In addition to being able to extract useful data from the features, the iOS team is looking to develop additional UI for the Apple Watch experience. The Apple watch with it’s smaller screen brings some unique challenges. The UI must be easy to use with a small number of interactions.

Finally, this should be done in an energy efficient manner. Code should be well factored and performant, and maintain a responsive and fluid user interface and experience. This is a great project for an aspiring mobile developer to show their ingenuity, and creativity and technical skills.

Required Background and/or Skills:

A computer science background with an analytical mindset.
Any previous experience working on map based applications is a plus.

Additional Preferred Background:

Experience in iOS development, Swift, Objective-C, data structures, collection, object-oriented programming, big 0 notation.
Nice-to-haves would be MapKit, CoreGraphics, any machine learning experience (i.e., Tensor Flow, SciKit Learn and Keras), Git, Python and front-end development experience.
Experience with golf is a huge plus.

Company Name: Arccos Golf

Internship Title: Android Software Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.arccosgolf.com.

Internship Description:

This project revolves around enhancing the Arccos in-play experience by calculating distances to features on a golf hole from the user’s current location. The features of a golf hole (tee boxes, fairways, bunkers, greens, water hazards, etc.) are described as a collection of GPS points/locations. The project will involve working with these collections and processing them efficiently to provide useful information to the golfer in the form of actual and plays-like distances.

The project will be designed and built in a way to support the addition of this information to the Android Wearable app in the future.

The data will need to be calculated and processed in an efficient manner to preserve battery life, and maintain a responsive and fluid user interface and experience. It will require a back end and front end component.

This is a great project for aspiring Android developers to show their ingenuity, creativity and technical skills.

Required Background and/or Skills:

A Computer Science background with an analytical mindset
Experience in Android development
Java/Kotlin
XML/Custom Views
Database Experience (Querying, Sorting, Filtering, etc.)
Data Structures
Big 0 Notation
Knowledge/Experience with golf is a huge plus

Company Name: ITV America

Internship Title: Production Management Intern

Company Profile:

ITV America is now the largest independent producer of non-scripted content in America, through its production companies ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, Outpost Entertainment, High Noon Entertainment, Thinkfactory Media, and Good Caper Crime. ITV America produces leading content, including Queer Eye, Hell’s Kitchen, Love Island, The Four, Pawn Stars, Fixer Upper, Forged in Fire, and Real Housewives of NJ, just to name a few.

For more information, please visit www.itv-america.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in the daily operations of a production management team overseeing multiple productions. Responsibilities will include: on-set help for studio and field shoots, production runs, receipt reconciliation, travel booking assistance, financial document preparation and general administrative support. They will also have the opportunity to assist various creative productions, including: research, footage review and organization.

Required Background and/or Skills:

background in Microsoft Office, Google Docs and a general understanding of online platforms
a passion for television
a “can-do” attitude
a valid driver's license

Additional Preferred Background:

Ideally the intern should have experience in spreadsheets and editing software.

Company Name: ITV America

Internship Title: Post Production Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.itv-america.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in the editorial ingestion process of active productions at ITV and participate in the day-to-day operations of a working production/post production office. Assignments may include tasks such as learning how to organize footage into offline editing programs, tutorials on loading footage, export assignments, sit-ins with experienced Editors and Assistant Editors, advice and guidance from Post Management professionals, creation of network deliverables, assistance in maintaining office cleanliness, and more! The internship will strive to offer hands on experience and insight into the business of Post Production.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Completed course work in the field of television or communications and ideally be working towards a degree in the field
Some knowledge of Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premier, and/or Final Cut Pro preferable
Proficiency in G-Suite, specifically Google Docs, is a plus
Organized and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment

Additional Preferred Background:

Ideally, the intern should have experience in one or more of the following:

Previous internship or work experience in television
Experience handling, offloading, or loading media
Professional or undergrad experience in editing
Strong communication skills
Attention to detail

Company Name: CircleLink Health

Internship Title: Management Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

CircleLink’s technology platform plus nurse network provides chronic condition telephone coaching on behalf of doctors. They also drive up to $10B of new reimbursements to doctors. Investors include Fresco Capital, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the Founder/CEO of Clover Health/founding board member of Flatiron Health. CircleLink has offices in Stamford, CT and New York City, while their customers are nationwide.

For more information, please visit www.circlelinkhealth.com.

Internship Description:

This is a unique opportunity to join a mission-driven technology company growing ~20% monthly. They offer a fun team environment plus the chance to significantly contribute to products already being used by patients and doctors at top institutions (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Emory and Tulane Medical Center).

CircleLink is seeking driven interns to assist in a variety of roles including finance, sales/marketing, operations, product management, and relationship management with patients and healthcare providers (e.g., doctors and nurses). Ideally, the intern is a college junior/senior passionate about improving healthcare with an interest in potentially joining the team upon graduation.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Passion for improving healthcare
Active listening
Initiative to act independently and create scalable processes where none exist
Values action over words and proposing solutions over voicing concerns alone
Skilled/comfortable with Excel and Google Sheets
Professional communication style while calling, emailing and meeting senior executives
0-2+ years in healthcare (non-healthcare experience also considered)

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Sales Analyst Intern

Company Profile:

Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) is America’s fastest growing TV, internet and voice company. We’re committed to integrating the highest quality service with superior entertainment and communications products. Charter is at the intersection of technology and entertainment, facilitating essential communications that connect more than 26 million residential and business customers in 41 states. Our commitment to serving customers and exceeding their expectations is the bedrock of Charter’s business strategy and it’s the philosophy that guides our 94,000 employees.

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in developing, creating and delivering data-driven sales reporting and data analyses for the Sales leadership team.

Ensures timely preparation of daily, weekly and monthly KPI sales metric reports and analyzes for Sales leadership
Analyzes data to identify and communicate significant trends to assist in achievement of business goals
Supports decision-making processes, by providing forward-looking analysis and insights including "what if "and scenario analysis
Fulfills ad hoc reporting requests, as needed, in support of business initiatives

Required Background and/or Skills:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Excellent PC skills including high proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint
Familiarity with SQL database query writing
Hard working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, collaborative environment
Well-organized and detail-oriented
Enthusiastic about developing and implementing ideas

Additional Preferred Background:

Majoring in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Data Modeling, or Information Technology

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Store Program Management Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in various Strategy & Program Management functions within the Stores Organization.

Provide support for the launch of new retail locations across the country
Assist with the ramping down of stores operations in designated regions
Develop an understanding of sales trends to assist with headcount allocation and budget management
Participate in cross-functional meetings and assist with resource/scheduling management

Required Background and/or Skills:

Project and time management skills
Communication skills
Excel and PowerPoint skills

Additional Preferred Background:

Business, Marketing or related major is preferred

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Marketing & Creative Strategy - Direct Response Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the Direct Response team with the following:

Direct Response Creative

Quarterly review decks and creative reviews
Email marketing including matrix development, proofing, agency feedback
Proofing and creative support across all DM channels
Creative report development (especially for Direct Mail)
ISCI/trafficking (potentially)
Competitive tracking (for marketing materials and for Competitive Edge/MobilePedia)
BTS campaign
Ad-hoc creative project support

Required Background and/or Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft office applications – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Mail

Additional Preferred Background:

Marketing or related major is preferred

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Retail Partnership Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

This position will perform duties in support of Retail Operational audit and compliance initiatives. (e.g. monitoring marketing tactics compliance and reviewing promotional offers advertised by Retail Partners on several social media platforms such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram)

Job Duties:

The Retail Partnership Intern will assist in monitoring online and social media marketing tactics from Retail Partners on all social media platforms. By utilizing specific key words and terms, this role will help uncover any trends that are out of compliance when it comes to our social media presence. The intern will partner closely with our Retail Operations Specialists to document any correlation that may exist between social media tactics, audit findings and quality of sales, place test orders to accurately identify who the Retail Partner is, as well as track all social media and violation escalations.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Major: Marketing, Communications, Advertising/Public Relations, English, Business and/or Entrepreneurship
Effective communication and interpersonal skills; both written and verbal
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Experience with Microsoft Publisher
Ability to work effectively on a team as well as independently
Ability to work and learn in a fast-paced environment

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Commercial Services Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

Small/Medium Business Sales Operations is responsible for all policies and processes that make a potential sale an actual sale and a connected customer. The Commercial Services Management team is responsible for ensuring that all large customers that have 50 or more locations across our footprint get all of these project managed and increase customer’s satisfaction with our processes and drive more sales and revenue

The intern will be responsible for uploading and tracking Small/Medium Business projects with multiple locations into Salesforce. Generate reports and research multiple systems to update Salesforce with the most relevant and up to date information for the project per location. This is a multi-faceted role that requires versatility, attention to detail, dependability and commitment to customer satisfaction.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Project management skills
Verbal and written communication skills
Excel and PowerPoint skills
Salesforce skills (desirable)

Additional Preferred Background:

Business, Marketing or related major is preferred

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Marketing Analytics - Competitive Edge & Offer Management Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the Competitive Edge and Offer Management teams with research, data compilation, reporting, and analysis to include support of the following:

Re-structure ~400 Small to Medium Business offers in the competitive database (from pre-set offers to choice-based offers)
Research national, regional, and local competitive offers for the purposes of maintaining competitor playbooks
Assist team members in roadshow logistics: tracking and shipping inventory of prizes, tracking locations and main contacts
Track, analyze, and report on Charter campaign performance including: offer mix, campaign roll-off, offer churn, sales channel offer mix, and other reporting to ensure marketing efficiencies
Maintain and update offer documents (approvals, summaries, price books, calendars, etc…)
Work cross functionally to ensure accurate and timely implementation of offers
Assign offer attributes to support Data Standards and internal reporting environments

Required Background and/or Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft office applications – Word, Powerpoint, Outlook Mail, strong Excel skills
Familiarity with numbers, analytics, and reporting
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong passion demonstrated via energy levels, enthusiasm, creativity and commitment
Must possess good interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
Must practice good judgment, discretion, and confidentiality
General office skills

Additional Preferred Background:

Preferred majors: Marketing, Business, Finance or Communications
Some understanding of technology and telecommunications is desired

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Community Management Intern

Company Profile:

TREBEL is the world’s only free and legal music download app targeting 2+ billion people globally who do not pay for music. Since launching in 2016, we have quietly grown to 5 million app users in the United States and Mexico. The right candidate will be aligned with our mission of bringing free, offline music to billions of smartphones worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Community Management Intern to join our Connecticut office. The intern will support the TREBEL team in building, monitoring and maintaining TREBEL’s presence in online forums and digital media properties. Successful applicants will be self-starters with impeccable research, writing and organizational skills, and they will have the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Identifying and prioritizing online forums (Quora, Reddit, etc.) on which to create awareness of and educate potential TREBEL users
Creating written content to publish on third party forums
General research related to current and future projects

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Demonstrated interested in the music industry
Familiarity with Google Drive and Excel spreadsheets
Passion for music (hip hop and electronic is a plus) and a knowledge of current millennial music trends

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Operations Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Operations Intern to join our Connecticut office. Responsibilities will cover the full range of operations including music curation, review management, community outreach, event coordination and app testing. Successful applicants will be self-starters with the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Developing ideas and curating playlists to maximize user engagement
Monitoring the app stores and reporting non-licensed / copyright infringing music apps
Identifying community members who may wish to serve as ambassadors for TREBEL
Contributing to all company efforts as requested by members of the management team

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Demonstrated interest in the music industry
Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and Google Drive
Passion for music (hip hop and electronic is a plus) and a knowledge of current millennial music trends

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Management Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Management Intern to join our Connecticut office. The intern will support the TREBEL team in the areas of customer service, user outreach and music programming. Successful applicants will be self-starters that demonstrate an interest in the music industry. They will have impeccable research, writing and organizational skills, and they will have the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Helping to oversee internal tracking documents (key performance indicators, presentations, etc.)
Monitoring and responding to app store reviews
Testing pre-release versions of the app to ensure optimal performance
General research related to current and future projects

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Familiarity with Google Drive and Excel spreadsheets
Passion for music and a knowledge of current millennial music trends

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Advertising Sales Associate Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Advertising Sales Associate Intern to join our Connecticut office. The intern will support the TREBEL sales team in preparing sales presentation and ad campaigns for Trebel’s prospective and existing clients. Successful applicants will be self-starters with impeccable research, writing and organizational skills, and they will have the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Working with Trebel executives to secure new clients
Creating Powerpoint, InVision, and Photoshop presentations for clients
General research related to current and future projects

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Demonstrated interest in the music industry
Familiarity with Google Drive and Excel spreadsheets
Proficiency in Powerpoint and Photoshop and understanding of InVision
Passion for music (hip hop and electronic is a plus) and a knowledge of current millennial music trends

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Digital Advertising Project Manager Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Digital Advertising Project Manager Intern to join our Connecticut office. The intern will support the TREBEL revenue and advertising team in managing and analyzing campaigns for existing clients. Successful applicants will be self-starters with impeccable design, writing and project management skills, and they will have the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Working with Trebel executives to deliver ad campaigns for Trebel agency and brand clients
Designing layouts and writing copy for campaigns on Trebel’s mobile app
Analysis of campaign performance and management in multi-variate testing
General research related to current and future projects

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Demonstrated interest in the music industry
Eye for design
Clever and concise writing skills
Proficiency in Photoshop or similar design software
Data-driven mindset

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: TREBEL

Internship Title: Media Content Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.trebel.io.

Internship Description:

TREBEL is looking for a motivated Media Content Intern to join our Connecticut office. The intern will support the TREBEL team in building and maintaining TREBEL’s presence on social media properties, with an emphasis on YouTube. Successful applicants will be self-starters with a proven understanding of YouTube best practices, and they will have the ability to flourish in a startup environment.

Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Developing strategies to build and engage TREBEL’s YouTube audience
Creating, editing and publishing video content to be posted on YouTube and social media
Identifying and implementing SEO tactics to increase engagement
General research related to current and future projects

What’s In It For You:

Potential full-time employment for stellar performers
Valuable startup experience with proven team of entrepreneurs
Full recommendation from members of executive team upon request – letter and/or LinkedIn

Required Background and/or Skills:

Demonstrated interest in the music industry
Basic knowledge of YouTube content creation
Excellent film and post-production skills
Familiarity with Google Drive and Excel spreadsheets
Passion for music (hip hop and electronic is a plus) and a knowledge of current millennial music trends

Additional Preferred Background:

Spanish-speaking/bilingual

Company Name: CertaScan Technologies

Internship Title: R&D Engineer/Product Development Intern

Company Profile:

CertaScan is an advanced manufacturing company which provides a 21st century solution to identifying infants in hospitals using a modern scanning technology and patent pending system to scan the feet of newborn babies. Footprints from birth are a recognized and viable way to uniquely identify each baby. Use of these footprints for forensic identification can be utilized throughout the life of the child.

For more information, please visit www.certascantek.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in our R&D engineering and product development process. The individual should have AUTOCAD/SOLIDWORKS or drawing tools experience, be comfortable with physical tools, think outside the box, and be able to generate documentation, diagrams and specifications. This project will also entail research on products in the market we might consider for utilization. We are actively engaged in next generation development of our product suite and for domestic and international markets.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Background in AUTOCAD/SOLIDWORKS or similar drawing tools
Microsoft Office
Comfortable with new concepts
Creative
Able to collaborate
Excellent communication skills
Must follow all applicable safety requirements

Additional Preferred Background:

Familiarity with electronics and electrical concepts desirable

Company Name: CertaScan Technologies

Internship Title: Algorithmic Matching Development Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.certascantek.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist in an application development project related to our biometric scanning platform to create an algorithm process to successfully compare and match infant footprint data using C# and/ or .Net.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Background in programming, with skills in C# and/ or .Net.
Biometric Algorithm development experience – preferably fingerprint/palm print
Proficient with some combination of the following Programming languages C/C++; C#; MATLAB and Python
Strong Math skills
Experience with machine learning, pattern recognition and signal processing desirable.

Additional Preferred Background:

Experience in digital image processing

Company Name: ISG (Information Services Group)

Internship Title: Digital Consulting Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading global technology research and advisory firm. A trusted business partner to more than 700 clients, including 75 of the top 100 enterprises in the world, ISG is committed to helping corporations, public sector organizations, and service and technology providers achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm specializes in digital transformation services, including automation, cloud and data analytics; sourcing advisory; managed governance and risk services; network carrier services; technology strategy and operations design; change management; market intelligence and technology research and analysis. Founded in 2006, and based in Stamford, Conn., ISG employs more than 1,300 professionals operating in more than 20 countries—a global team known for its innovative thinking, market influence, deep industry and technology expertise, and world-class research and analytical capabilities based on the industry’s most comprehensive marketplace data.

For more information, please visit www.isg-one.com.

Internship Description:

When you join ISG as a Digital Consulting Intern you will become part of the ISG team by working with technologies such as Digitization, Blockchain, Big Data, and Design Thinking. You will begin your internship by learning about ISG and from there you will begin to work with the Digital Strategy team to develop sales presentations, review metrics and research and create client deliverables. Our Digital Intern will guide our clients through transformation of their traditional models to achieve their digital & IT agendas. Our Digital Advisory Services offer market insights, evaluate IT & Digital strategies, design future target operating models.

You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of colleagues; many recognized industry experts, in a variety of industries with some of the top companies in the world. The ISG internship will run for approximately 8 weeks beginning early June.

Required Background and/or Skills:

We are looking for interns with a strong interest in cloud, automation, analytics, and other technologies that address the digital experience for companies. Someone who is up to date on the latest trends in the market and who can bring innovation and out of the box thinking to our team.

Additional Preferred Background:

Junior or Senior level college student with a concentration in a Digital major and an interest in Consulting.
3.0 GPA or higher preferred.
Available to work full-time, Monday through Friday, 9am – 5pm in ISG’s corporate office located in Stamford, CT.
Working knowledge of MS-Office suite of software applications, including: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with a desire to learn and do more.
Demonstrates ability to work in small teams and with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds as well as working independently.
Demonstrates an eagerness to learn and take direction with a very positive attitude.
Demonstrates excellent communication skills including listening, written, oral, and presentation skills.
Follows instructions from senior staff and has the ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines.
Effectively prioritizes and manages multiple tasks.
Professional demeanor is essential.

Company Name: Green Street Power Partners, LLC

Internship Title: Project Finance Analyst Intern

Company Profile:

One of the fastest-growing solar companies, Green Street Power Partners is a national developer, financier, owner and operator of solar energy systems for businesses, schools, nonprofits and municipalities across the country. Green Street’s portfolio of 195 MW in solar potential – with 150 MW under development and construction, and 45 MW in operation – will generate power in 14 U.S. states and continues to expand nationwide. Green Street operates out of Stamford, Connecticut, but has additional satellite office locations in Boston, MA, Tallahassee, FL, and Manhattan, NY.

For more information, please visit www.greenstreetsolarpower.

Internship Description:

GSPP is seeking a Project Finance Analyst who will report to the Director of Underwriting. The Project Finance Analyst will drive the financial modeling and presentation development for large solar portfolio clients, assisting the business development team. Additionally, the Analyst will support the Director of Underwriting and Chief Executive Officer on project finance transactions with banks and equity and tax equity investors. This is a hands-on position which will require a high attention to detail and rigorous financial modeling. The successful candidate will possess a strong desire to support the growing finance and business development efforts for a rapidly growing company.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Must be passionate about the renewable energy business, hardworking and thrive in the fast pace of a rapidly growing, early stage company. In addition, the Project Finance Analyst/Associate must possess:

Preferred Majors: Finance, Accounting, MIS, or Economics
Understanding of Investment Banking, Structured Finance, Real Estate, and Financial Modeling
Proficiency in building financial models using thoughtful assumptions
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
Outstanding organizational and people skills
Understanding of corporate finance, valuation, and financial accounting

Additional Preferred Background:

Collaborative and engaging team member who partners well with others
Strong team orientation
Highly energetic and results-driven, with a strong work ethic and commitment to excellence
Executive presence, outgoing with strong communication and presentation skills
Builds trust by demonstrating high ethical standards and personal integrity
Quick learner and highly intelligent
Analytical problem solver who views obstacles as challenges
Creative thinker who generates new and different ideas
Self-motivated, self-starter who can work independently when necessary

Company Name: Stamford Innovation Week (SiW)

Internship Title: Program Development Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

Stamford Innovation Week (SiW) helps creators and creatives build; knowledge, products, solutions and, most importantly new and stronger relationships. Through SiW, participants are exposed to peers, leaders, artists, organizations and ideas that are completely new and challenging by design. Our week-long celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship brings together the region’s driving economic, cultural and technological forces.

For more information, please visit www.siweek.org.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the Executive Director and Board of Directors in the development of marketing campaigns, sales materials, systems, processes, and general administrative tasks. Specific internship activities will likely include; website updates, basic communications, collecting and disseminating program information, preparing marketing and internal documents, among others. The intern will work alongside staff, volunteers, and SiW sponsors/partners. The latter comprising many of the biggest companies in CT. In addition, the intern will be offered an all-access pass for the event series taking place in late-October 2019.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Strong communication skills are a requirement as SiW is fast-moving and constantly evolving organization.

Additional Preferred Background:

Experience with MS Word, PowerPoint, Hubspot, WordPress and any planning or project management tools is preferred but not required. The ideal candidate will have classroom or real-world experience in Organization or Program Development (School of Business) or Marketing (Business or DMD).

Company Name: Stamford Innovation Week (SiW)

Internship Title: Program Management Intern (2 positions)

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.siweek.org.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the various thematic committees of SiW in the development of content, documents, presentations and other materials in support of SiW’s tracks. These tracks include Finance & Fintech, Blockchain Technology, Food & Beverage, Entrepreneurs & Startups, Emerging Technology and Digital Media. As the point person between the committees and staff, the intern will prioritize and contribute to deliverables, manage timelines and projects, be the primary communication channel at that level and potentially interact directly with company contacts.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Strong communication skills are a requirement as SiW is fast-moving and constantly evolving organization.

Additional Preferred Background:

Company Name: Building and Land Technology

Internship Title: Marketing/Event Planning Intern

Company Profile:

Building and Land Technology (BLT) was founded in 1982 and is a privately held real estate developer, manager and private equity firm. BLT is vertically integrated and has successfully invested in, developed, owned and managed over 25 million square feet of commercial, hotel and residential properties across 26 states.

As a part of our develop/own/manage responsibilities, BLT creates real estate ecosystems – where our LIVE-WORK-PLAY communities – like Harbor Point in Stamford and North 7 in Norwalk – serve to provide a sense of connection and neighborhood. That’s where you come in.

For more information, please visit https://www.bltoffice.com/ or LinkedIn. For more on Harbor Point check us out on social – Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Internship Description:

Role reports directly to the Office of the COO
Be a part of our Harbor Point Stamford community team by working with us to develop and deliver events to get people more connected and for the benefit of the neighborhood
Work to identify ways to promote our Stamford and Norwalk events and activities through the innovative use of social media, and the creation and curation of content
Support our Marketing and Events teams on our portfolio of 250+ events we deliver on an annual basis with the majority of these occurring over the Spring and Summer months
Create digital content, support social media content delivery and develop content for our company website
Support the team on all marketing related initiatives

Required Background and/or Skills:

You are energetic, creative, outgoing and goal-oriented. You enjoy being part of a team that is looking to improve a neighborhood and drive change. You thrive in a challenging and fun environment. You have a record of achievement academically. You are looking to work hard to gain hands-on business experience while working with a seasoned professional. You are excited to join a team that strives to make a difference and holds a high bar of exceptional customer service.

Excellent verbal, social media and connecting skills
Preferred major or degree in Digital Media, Marketing or Business
Experience with and/or knowledge of Social Media, Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Pay Per Click (PPC)
Ability to handle multiple tasks within deadlines
Must be detail oriented, analytic and organized
Be accountable and responsible

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Marketing & Creative Strategy - Retail Marketing/Merchandising Intern

Company Profile:

Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) is America’s leading technology and communications companies. Our state-of-the-art network delivers TV, Internet, Voice and Mobile solutions today and is built to power the technology of tomorrow.

Charter, under the Spectrum and Spectrum Business brands, delivers fiber-based technology solutions and entertainment, connecting more than 26 million residential and business customers in 41 states. Our commitment to serving customers and exceeding their expectations is the bedrock of our business strategy and it’s the philosophy that guides our more than 90,000 employees.

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the Retail Marketing Team.

Retail Marketing Creative:

Creative Resets of Point of Sale Materials for Spectrum Mobile Stores
Updating Merchandising Calendar
Q3/Q4 Campaign Briefing with Agencies
Retail Marketing GTM roll out
Grand Opening Event tool kit and local event coordination

Required Background and/or Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft office applications – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Mail

Additional Preferred Background:

Marketing or related major is preferred

Company Name: Charter Communications, Inc.

Internship Title: Marketing & Creative Strategy - Brand Marketing Intern

Company Profile:

For more information, please visit www.jobs.spectrum.com/company-overview.

Internship Description:

The intern will support the Brand Marketing side of the Marketing and Creative Strategy team. Responsibilities will include:

Learning the brand standards and assisting in the review and development of company guidelines. Compiling commercials and media information around existing company advertising campaigns. Helping with the managing and implementation of Charter’s creative resource database, and other creative assignments.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Energetic, creative, goal driven and good interpersonal skills with professional demeanor. Experience with Microsoft Office products: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Solid project management skills. Attention to detail and team oriented.

Additional Preferred Background:

Familiarity with adobe creative suite a plus.

Company Name: Shoplandia, Inc.

Internship Title: Digital Marketing Intern

Company Profile:

Shoplandia is a shoppable video creation and streaming platform for the mobile age. Our mobile video-commerce app (iOS) allows retailers to easily create shoppable video shows where their products have a starring role. Retailers can instantly stream their shoppable videos through their websites, social feeds, and Shoplandia's video network. We also help them reach every device that matters to the modern consumer -- from smartphones to connected TVs. Most importantly, consumers can instantly purchase products while watching the videos – truly enabling in-context shopping and payment.

For more information, please visit www.shoplandia.co.

Internship Description:

We’re looking for a highly motivated, self-starting, detail oriented intern to join our company for Summer 2019. We are a growing software-as-a-service (SaaS) company providing a mobile app platform enabling any retailer/seller to launch their own shoppable video channel.

Assist with marketing campaigns to ensure achievement of participation goals for each campaign
Help with audience generation and engagement strategies and campaigns to increase app download
Work with the team on the development of sales presentations, collateral, research data, etc. to assist in the sales process
Work with the team on marketing e-commerce products
Assist with social media campaigns
Assist with other marketing initiatives as assigned

Qualifications:

A top-notch communicator with remarkable people skills
Detail oriented and excellent at time management
Power user of online productivity tools (e.g. Slack, Trello, Outlook, Skype, Google Drive, etc.)
Self-starter, adaptable and thrive in ambiguous or rapidly changing situations where you can think on your feet
Works hard, proactive, have extraordinary problem-solving skills, and can demonstrate a proven track record of making things happen
Flexible with shifting priorities, and able to always exercise strong judgment
Enthusiasm for creative problem-solving (aka a consulting mindset)
Knowledge of all social media platforms required (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap, LinkedIn)
Eye for design in regards to social media, graphics, creative design etc.

Required Background and/or Skills:

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Editing, or Writing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including creative/copy writing experience
Knowledge of the major social media platforms
Experience with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Google Sheets, and Excel
Self starter who can multitask, solve problems, and take ownership of projects
Strong attention to detail

Additional Preferred Background:

Knowledge of basic HTML/website editing skills a bonus*
Google and Facebook Ad Based Marketing experience a bonus*
Affiliate/Performance Based Marketing experience a bonus*

Company Name: Tru Optik

Internship Title: Marketing Intern

Company Profile:

Tru Optik is the leader in Over-The-Top and Connected TV advertising. Tru Optik solutions were built specifically for OTT and work across the entire OTT ecosystem, including all Connected TV devices.

Tru Optik powers Connected TV/Over-The-Top (OTT) advertising, making it measurable and attributable. The Tru Optik OTT Marketing Cloud is the only audience measurement and data-management platform that works across the entire OTT ecosystem, including all Connected TV devices. The company’s advanced technology, proprietary audience intelligence, and comprehensive solution suite have solidified Tru Optik as the preferred partner for many of the world’s largest media companies, brands, and agencies as they navigate the shift of TV to OTT.

Over 75 Million US OTT households identified in Tru Optik Household Graph TM –
Over 40,000 audience segments from 100+ leading branded data partners in our OTT Data Marketplace
Online and Offline attribution across over 250 OTT apps and publishers on all Smart TV, Connected Device and Gaming Consoles

For more information, please visit www.truoptik.com.

Internship Description:

The intern will assist the marketing department with advertising, email, press releases, marketing collateral, and competitive analysis to achieve marketing and business goals and objectives.

Essential Job Functions:

Assist in the development and deployment of online and offline marketing projects and initiatives.

Assist in preparing effective creative content as directed to support marketing goals and objectives.

Proofread copy for spelling, grammar, and layout, making appropriate changes.

Maintain and update reports on marketing results and project status.

Maintain and update marketing lists as directed.

Assist in the deployment of web ads, public relations, social media posts, and email blasts.

Assist in the organizing of promotional events, tradeshows, and conferences while managing all project delivery elements within time limits.

Required Background and/or Skills:

The intern should have a background in marketing and business with a passion for brand, digital and/or social advertising.

Current enrollment in a marketing degree program.

Previous marketing and/or internship experience preferred but not required.

Ability to communicate with individuals at all levels in the company and with various business contacts outside of the company in an articulate, professional manner.

Writing, editing, proofreading, grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills.

Excellent time management, organization, and prioritization skills. Must be able to multi-task to meet strict deadlines.

Self-direction, tact, diplomacy, and a courteous and professional demeanor.

Ability to be meticulous with accuracy and detail.

Must be deadline sensitive and adaptable to change.

Must be a team player.

* Eligibility criteria:

Applicants must be current UConn undergraduate students in good standing.
Applicants must be on track to graduate by 2020.
Applicants must be able to commit to a full-time internship experience, including extra-curricular professional development activities, during the program timeline.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work full-time in the state of Connecticut.
Applicants may not apply for more than five separate opportunities listed as part of this program.
Applicants should note that participation in the internship program could affect their financial aid, since the stipend will be deposited into their UConn accounts. Please contact Student Financial Aid Services with any questions at 860.486.2819.

Innovate Stamford

UConn and Innovate Stamford have partnered to provide a platform of new programs that will strengthen Stamford's position as a leader in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

In 2017, Innovate Stamford formed and was catalyzed with a $2 million grant from CTNext, a state-funded subsidiary of the quasi-public venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations. The grant designates Stamford as an “Innovation Place,” a hub for innovation, entrepreneurship and business growth. This is part of a statewide effort to build a more robust community of entrepreneurs and accelerate startup growth by providing access to talent, space, industry expertise, services, skill development, and capital.

The UConn-Innovate Stamford collaboration leverage's UConn's research infrastructure, expertise, and facilities. There are currently three phases of program development:

Summer Internships: UConn's Office of the Vice President for Research is administering the UConn-Innovate Stamford Internship Program to help connect talented students and Stamford businesses. As part of a two-month internship, 50 UConn undergrads will work with Stamford companies in a variety of areas, such as marketing, engineering, digital media, and computer science. Student interns receive a $5,000 stipend, as well as free accommodation in the UConn Stamford campus housing.
Experiential Learning with Accelerators: The second phase of the initiative will involve the establishment of accelerator teams. In this experiential learning program, students will be paired with a Stamford startup company and will delve deeper into the inner workings of such small businesses. The program will run through the academic year, and will involve attending an orientation class, spending 10-hours per week on a project outlined by the startup company, and completing corresponding assignments as a part of the experience. This program will build on the success of Accelerate UConn, an NSF I-Corps site run by the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the School of Business.
UConn Technology Incubation Program (TIP): The third phase will include an expansion of UConn's programs in customer discovery, technology transfer, venture development, and R&D support. A key objective is to extend UConn's Technology Incubation Program through the creation of a fully-fledged physical incubator in Stamford. This will strengthen Stamford's ability to attract, support, and grow early to mid-stage companies, and will encourage entrepreneurial and corporate engagement, global outreach to new talent, and industry partnerships.

For more information about the UConn-Innovate Stamford collaboration, contact:

Mark Aindow, PhD
Executive Director for Innovation,
External Engagement, and Industry Relations
m.aindow@uconn.edu
860.486.1339

Current (Active) and Pending Support

[Last Updated 10/08/2024]

General Information/Introduction

UConn researchers should be transparent regarding their other research support, other research activities, and research collaborations when submitting grant proposals to external sponsors. Disclosure of such support, via forms commonly referred to as “Current and Pending” or “Other Support,” allows the identification of potential duplication of funding, assessment of the investigator’s capacity/available effort to complete proposed projects, the evaluation of potential conflicts of interest, and the overall protection of national security and economic interests.

While the format/form being provided to the sponsor may vary, if applicable to a proposal under development, PIs should include ALL support, including grants and contracts from all domestic and non-U.S. sources, including support internal to UConn. Additional guidance is generally available in the specific funding opportunity announcement to which the proposal is responding, and MUST be followed to avoid return without review or other negative consequences.

Federal agencies are increasingly placing additional scrutiny on potential foreign influence and its impact upon the U.S. research enterprise. Efforts at the federal level are currently underway to standardize disclosure requirements, forms, and other requirements, and some agencies have provided additional guidance on completing disclosure documents. For additional assistance, or to report changes to disclosure documents related to existing awards, please contact your department administrator or preaward@uconn.edu.

Previous UConn OVPR SPS Communication Regarding Active & Pending Support

National Security Presidential Memo NSPM-33 & Required Federal Research Disclosures (12/19/22)

Guidance/ Requirements for Completing / Submitting Other Support to NIH; new Biosketch Requirements (12/3/21)

Guidance for creating a flattened pdf

Letter from University Provost and Vice President for Research about NIH Biosketch and Other Support

NIH Changes Summary PowerPoint (12/8/21)

Other OVPR SPS Resources

Relevant UConn SPA Meeting presentations:

05/15/24: NSF Common Forms implementation
04/17/24: Malign Foreign Talent Programs
03/20/24: NSF PAPPG and Malign Foreign Talent Programs
9/20/23: Upcoming NSF SciENcv deadlines / NASA COI Policy
3/15/23: DOE Interim COI Policy
1/25/23: New SPS Federal Disclosure Resources
5/18/22: NIH Other Support and NSF Current & Pending documents

ADDITIONAL GENERAL INFORMATION BY FEDERAL SPONSOR APPEARS BELOW,
AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Please remember to review the guidance provided by the applicable funding opportunity (e.g., solicitation, FOA, RFP, BAA) for guidance specific to the proposal being submitted.

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Internal Funding Recipients

The Fall 2024 SFF awardees are:

Alaina Brenick, Human Development and Family Studies - $2,000
Beyond Accents and Origins: Exploring Bias-Based Bullying of Immigrant-background Youth

Heather Cassano, Digital Media and Design - $2,000
The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township

Chen Chen, Educational Leadership - $2,000
Black-Asian Solidarity in Sport Management and Physical Cultural Studies

Matthew Cohen, Dramatic Arts - $2,000
Sea Offerings, Wayang, and Me

Amanda Denes, Communication - $2,000
Exploring Linkages among Sexual Self-Disclosure, Expressive Writing, and Physiological Stress

Cassandra Doyno, Pharmacy Practice -$1,500
Integration of Pharmacists into a Culture Call Back Process, and Implications on Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department Setting

Kenneth Foote, Geography - $1,200
Contested Places, Contested Pasts: Sites of Memory and Commemoration in the Hungarian Landscape

Serkan Gorkemeli, English - $533
Awards Submissions for the Book “Sweet Tooth and Other Stories”

Risa Isard, Educational Leadership - $2,000
Other Duties Not Assigned: Navigating Stigma in Women's Sport

Alexander Jackson, Physiology and Neurobiology - $2,000
2024 Neuroscience at Storrs Symposium

Svetlana Kalnova, Communication - $1,993
Colloquia Series and Workshop Fall 2024

Kristin Kelly, Political Science - $2,000
Open Access - Forthcoming in the journal, Environmental Justice, "The Value of Data in the Fight for Environmental Justice in California."

Gregory Kneidel, English - $1,100
Archival Research on Edward Herbert's Poetry

Maria LaRusso, Human Development and Family Studies - $2,000
Generational crisis in child well-being? Experiences of pediatricians and mental health providers

Peter Lavelle, History - $2,000
China's Environmental History: A Reader

Abi Lawal, Civil and Environmental Engineering - $2,000
Development of low cost air sensors for air quality monitoring and Net Zero intiatives

Vanessa Pelizzon, English - $2,000
The Wow: New Poems

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy - $2,000
UConn Logic Group

Margaret Rubega, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - $2,000
What do we really know about the water repellency of feathers?

Sara Silverstein, History - $2,000
Indexing for book manuscript titled "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health"

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography - $2,000
Geography Colloquium Series, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025

Sarah Winter, English - $2,000
Archival Research in London and Scotland to Complete Book: “The Right to a Remedy: Habeas Corpus, Empire, and Human Rights Narratives.”

Nina Xu, Accounting - $2,000
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-benchmarking in Conference Calls

Chaoyu Zhai, Animal Science - $2,000
Publication cost for manuscript

The CRISP awardees are:

Julie Burland, Kinesiology - $46,512.36
Neurological Correlates of Learned Helplessness in ACL Reconstruction: A Multimodal Imaging Approach

Prazwala Chirravur, Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences - $10,000
Assessing the modulatory effect of prebiotic xylooligosaccharides in the human oral microbiome

Dr. Kshitiz, Biomedical Engineering - $59,984.30
Understanding dysregulation of cellular communication at the maternal fetal interface leading to placenta accreta

Akshay Maggu, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences - $99,928.99
Comparison of auditory-cognitive versus auditory training on speech-perception-in-noise performance of children with listening difficulties

Stephanie Milan, Psychological Sciences- $88,126.98
Integrating Natural Language Processing into Teletherapy to Enhance Mental Health Treatment for Young Adults

Juan Salazar, Pediatrics - $99,534.23
HART Center Pilot Project

Gee Su Yang, Nursing - $60,000
Exploring the Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on Cognitive Function on Older Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Pilot Study

The REP awardees are:

Jenna Bartley, UConn Center on Aging - $74,950.91
Influenza-induced muscle atrophy and amino acid partitioning

Dennis D' Amico, Animal Science - $21,467.35
Controlling foodborne pathogens on seeds for sprouting using a novel cold plasma system as a standalone and hurdle approach

Shardé Davis, Communication - $24,963.04
The Blaxit Movement: Investigating (Young) Black Women’s Global Relocation and the Implications on Mental Health and Well-Being

Caroline Dealy, Orthodontics - $100,000
Cartilage Healing in a Human Preclinical Model

Johan Gogarten, Molecular and Cell Biology - $49,791.50
A newly discovered gene drive operating in viruses - exploring extent and underlying mechanisms

Swapna Gokhale, Computer Science and Engineering - $49,247
REP Priority Area: Using Machine Learning to Determine the Significance of Racism and Psychosocial Factors Predicting Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Young Adults

Song Han, Computer Science and Engineering - $25,000
Towards Real-Time Traffic Management in Industrial 5G Radio Access Networks

Jie He, Chemistry - $50,000
Biocatalysts with Metal-Cofactor Artificial Enzymes from Non-Catalytic Natural Proteins

Mayu Inaba, Cell Biology - $75,000
Identification of genetic modifiers of stem-cell clonal expansion

Hunmin Jung, Pharmaceutical Science - $25,000
Novel Strategies for Combating Colorectal Cancer and Its Drug Resistance Targeting Pyrimidine Biosynthesis

Kasi Rajeswari, Chemistry - $50,000
Stress Coupled Optical Response of Anisotropic Nanoparticles in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Elastomers for Health Monitoring

Ana Legrand, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $24,994.55
Development of a push-pull system for diamondback moth management

Na Li, Pharmaceutical Sciences - $50,000
The impact of villi and mucus structure on nanoparticle movement and drug absorption

Kathryn Libal, Social Work - $24,747.55
Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Perspectives on Community Sponsorship Initiatives in the United States

Yao Lin, Chemistry - $25,000
Developing Synthetic Copolypeptides for Bioinspired, Self-healing Supramolecular Hydrogels

Chang Liu, Mechanical Engineering - $25,000
Nonlinear stability of time-dependent flows based on convex optimizations

Changchun Liu, Biomedical Engineering - $75,000
CRISPR-powered Liquid Biopsy of Cancer

Jessica Lubell-Brand, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $25,000
Tetraploidy to boost hemp yield through increased female to male plant ratio

Asif Majid, Dramatic Arts - $10,000
Performing Muharram in Plurality: Art, Bodies, and Commemoration in Lucknow and Hyderabad

Daniel McCarron, Physics - $49,995.80
Ultracold quantum gases by and for underrepresented minorities in physics

Sanja Novak, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $25,000
Interferon gamma as a regulator of bone healing

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
Characterizing host immune cell interactions with symbiotic bacteria in the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes

Flora Oswald, Psychological Sciences - $23,419.68
Understanding Visual Perception of Safety Cues Among Women of Color via Eye-Tracking: Identifying Avenues for Intervention to Reduce Minority Health and Education Disparities

Sung Yeul Park, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $25,000
Enhancing the Transient Stability of Inverter-Dominated Power System Through PMU Coordination

Georges Pavlidis, Mechanical Engineering - $50,000
Overcoming the Thermal Barrier in Semiconductors for Power Electronics

Wei Ren, Natural resources and the Environment - $25,000
Harnessing Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Data for Simulating Vegetation Carbon Uptake Capacity in the Northeastern US: Towards a More Realistic Assessment

Mohamadmahdi Samandari, Biomedical Engineering - $25,000
In situ bioprinting of vascularized scaffolds for treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Benjamin Sinder, Orthopaedic Surgery - $74,925
New Factors Regulating the Periosteal Response to Mechanical Loading

Ley Smith, Pharmaceutical Sciences - $24999.88
Role of estrogen signaling in female susceptibility to non-allergic asthma

Lorena Solis, Psychological Sciences - $23,299.15
Latina Workers: identifying Individual and Work factors that Influence their Well-being

Ioulia Valla, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $50,000
Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oils to Drop-in Bio-fuels

Wei Zhang, Comuter Science and Engineering - $25,000
PipeLess: Fast Pipelined ML Inference in Serverless Computing

The Spring 2024 SFF awardees are:

Kathleen Adams, Pharmacy Practice - $2,000
Initiating buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder without prerequisite withdrawal: a systematic review -- update

Melisa Arganaraz Gomez, Urban and Community Studies - $1,400
Geographies of Care: immigrant Latina experiencing housing and neighborhood insecurity in a Welcoming city

Kenneth Campellone, Molecular and Cell Biology - $2,000
Expansion microscopy on misfolded protein aggregates

Carlos Cardonha, Operations and Information Management - $2,000
Assortment Optimization under Uncertainty

Xiang Chen, Geography - $2,000
Developing a tabletop game to promote children’s nutrition education

Ruimin Chen, Mechanical Engineering - $1,999
A Mixed Reality-aided Workforce Training Solution for Revolutionizing Manufacturing Data Annotation

Elizabeth Della Zazzera, History - $2,000
The First Modern Culture War: Romanticism, Classicism, and the Battle for Restoration France, 1814–1830

Laurie Devaney, Kinesiology - $2,000
Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health Using an Evidence Based Medicine Data Management Platform- “Hylyght”

Jennifer Dineen, Public Policy - $2,000
Conversation Starters: Understanding the Facilitators and Barriers to Physician-Initiated Secure Firearm Storage Conversations

Alyssa Dunn, Education, Curriculum and Instruction - $2,000
Lincoln's Legacy: The Impact of the first Integrated Kentucky School on Former Students' and Teachers' Experiences and Histories

Damir Dzhafarov, Mathematics - $2,000
UConn Logic Group

Carrie Eaton, Nursing - $1,580
POST-BIRTH Warning Signs: Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis

Miao Guo, Digital Media and Design - $2,000
Political Deepfake Video Exposure in the Age of Fake News: Antecedents and Consequences

Thomas Hayes, Political Sciences - $2,000
How the Big Lie Undermines American Democracy

Oliver Hiob-Bansal, English -$2,000
First-Year Writing Conference on the Scholarshop of Teaching of Writing

Svetlana Kalnova, Communication - $1,693
Colloquia Series and Qualitative Methods Workshop

Kyoungjo Oh, Boucher Management and Entrepreneurship - $2,000
Star employees at work: The negative effects of task interdependence

Rosa Raudales, Plant Science and Landscape - $1,965
Publication of Manuscript “Spatial variation of oomycetes and bacteria on surfaces, solutions, and plants from a commercial hydroponic greenhouse”

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy - $2,000
Society for the study of the History of Analytical Philosophy, annual conference

Michael Rubin, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute - $2,000
Territorial Control in Civil Wars

Jessica Rubin, Law Instruction and Research - $2,000
An Evaluation of the Features of Animal Cruelty Prosecutions and Court Advocates – What are the most common features (race, gender, ethnicity) of individuals prosecuted for animal cruelty crimes, and what is the relation of courts’ appointments of advocates (under G.G.S. 54-86n) to those features?

Gregory Semenza, English - $2,000
Powell and Pressburger's Post-War War Films

Julia Smachylo, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $2,000
Post-Growth at the Periphery

Steven Smith, Journalism - $2,000
Birds and Climate Change

Jiyoun Suk, Communication - $1,000
WordPPR: A Researcher-Driven Computational Keyword Selection Method for Text Data Retrieval from Digital Media

Nu-Ahn Tran, History - $2,000
Nationalists at War: Tales of Revolution and Betrayal in the Republic of Vietnam

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography - $2,000
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2024

The Fall 2023 SFF awardees are:

Daniel Adler, Anthropology - $2,000
Final Data Collection at the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

Talbot Andrews, Political Sciences - $1,128
Climate Games: Experiments on how people prevent disaster

Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Geography - $2,000
Geography Colloquium Series

Phil Birge-Liberman, Urban and Community Studies - $2,000
Using Camera Traps to Study the Ecology of an Urban Park

Danielle Brick, Marketing - $2,000
How Consumer Goals Influence Choice of a Novel Brand

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences - $2,000
Perceptions of Marginalized Ally Confronters

Martha Cutter, English - $2,000
African American Writers and Healing: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race, Gender, and Health Disparities

Alexandra Freidus, Educational Leadership - $2,000
No Magic: School Diversity, Neoliberal Policy, and Young People’s Learning in New York City

Debarchana Ghosh, Geography - $2,000
Open access publication: Spatial measures and methods in sustainable urban morphology - A systematic review

Victor Hugo Lachos Davila, Statistics - $2,000
Lasso Regularization for High-Dimensional Censored Linear Mixed Models

Emily Larned, Art and Art History - $1,926
Police Others As You Would Have Others Police You

Gail Macdonald, Journalism - $2,000
Book: The Harris family: Portrait of the Life and Times of an Influential 19th Century Black Connecticut Family

Ana Maria Diaz-Marcos, Literature, Cultures, and Languages - $2,000
Digital Humanities project “Fundraising democracy: US civilian aid to the Spanish Republic”

Jon Phillips, Social Work - $2,000
Assessing Social Workers' Competency and Training Needs Related to Interprofessional Collaboration

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy - $2,000
UConn Logic Group

Ricardo Salazar-Rey, History - $2,000
Digitizing the Paper Trail: Enslaved and Freedpeople in the Making of Spanish America

Michel Geovanni Santiago-Martinez, Molecular and Cell Biology - $2,000
Optimization of methods for culturing oxygen-sensitive microorganisms

Gregory Sartor, Pharmaceutical Science - $2,000
2023 Neuroscience at Storrs

Sara Silverstein, History - $2,000
Research Assistant for "Diplomacy by Other Means: The Postwar History of Health and International Relations"

Bradley Simpson, History - $2,000
The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-1991

Juliette Shellman, Nursing Instruction and Research - $2,000
The Impact of a Telephone Reminiscence Program on Mental Health Outcomes in Community-dwelling Older Adults

Alexia Smith, Anthropology - $2,000
Novel Approaches to Examining Plant Use in Antiquity

Rhiannon Smith, Psychological Sciences - $2,000
Prejudice confrontation among adolescents

Chunsheng Yang, Linguistics - $2,000
Training of natural prosody in second language Chinese

Steven Zinn, Animal Science - $2,000
Preliminary investigation to determine acute and adaptive immune response to LPS challenge in sheep.

Mark Zurolo, Art and Art History - $2,000
Workaround

The SPARK awardees are:

Sheida Nabavi, Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
AI-CAD for Breast Cancer Screening

Caroline Dealy, Orthodontics - $50,000
Preclinical Validation of an Osteochondral Allograft Treatment in a Large Animal ex vivo Model

Song Han, Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
Towards a Full-stack Programmable Real-time High-speed Wireless Platform for Large-scale Industrial IoT Systems

Ali Tamayol, Biomedical Engineering - $50,000
Engineering an in-situ bone graft fixation system for segmental large bone defect treatment

The SCHARP awardees are:

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History - $5,010
Blinky Palermo & Sigmar Polke in Düsseldorf + Alfred University’s Düsseldorf Summer Artist Residency Program + Arts Letters & Numbers in NY

Darcie Dennigan, English - $8,000
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

Debapriya Sarkar, English - $49,999.08
Environmental and Racial Justice in Early Modernity

Bruno Seraphin, Anthropology - $8,000
Telling the Story of the Lightning Complex: Indigenous Perspectives on Fire Management, Community Solidarity, and Collective Memory in the Wake of the 2023 California Wildfires

Nu-Ahn Tran, History- $8,000
Denunciation: Anticommunism and the Vietnamese Origins of the Vietnam War

The IQSE awardees are:

Clyde Cady, Chemistry - $27,000
Entanglements with Quantum Chemistry – coherence and collaborations through linking secondary and post-secondary chemistry teaching and learning

Jason Hancock, Physics - $50,000
The QEd project: developing quantum conceptualiza9on in UConn’s STEM curriculum

Tomoyasu Mani, Chemistry - $49,994.90
Connecting Quantum Concepts to Real Life Through Virtual Reality and Experiments

Vincent Tycer, Dramatic Arts - $49,836.37
Quantum for Kids Media

The QISG awardees are:

Chang Liu, Mechanical Engineering - $49,999.14
Quantum-assisted stability analysis of unsteady flow: from aerospace to oceanography

Ilya Sochnikov, Physics - $50,000
Superconducting Quantum Microwave Sensors for Topological and Magnetic Materials

Pavel Volkov, Physics - $50,000
Quantum-enhanced sensing with collective excitations in multiferroics

Bahram Javidi, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $50,000
Quantum Multi-Dimensional Maritime Sensing Systems

Junbo Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $49,999.86
Quantum Computing-Enabled Cybersecurity Solutions for Power Distribution Systems

The QRPI awardees are:

Alexander Balatsky, Physics - $100,000
Light induced magnetic coherence at solid state interfaces and sensing

Fei Miao, Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
Quantum Algorithms for Constrained Combinatorial Optimization (QACO)

Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Pharmaceutical Science - $50,000
Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms for Drug Safety Prediction

Faquir Jain, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $50,000
Design and Fabrication of subNano-Tesla Vector Magnetic Field Sensor Operating on a Naval Platform

Pavel Volkov, Physics - $44,665.30
Magnetic and RF-field sensing with Josephson vortex flow resistance in layered high-temperature superconductors

Shan Zuo, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $50,000
Efficient end-to-end entanglement generation over a multi-hop quantum network

Lea Ferreira dos Santos, Physics - $44,999.45
Molecular Simulations at Finite-Temperatures on Bosonic Quantum Devices

The 2023-2024 REP awardees are:

Marina Astitha, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,962.75
Climate change assessment for the offshore wind energy sector in New England and impacts in disadvantaged populations

Dashzeveg Bayarsaihan, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development- $75,000
Molecular mechanisms of the Kabuki syndrome-associated KMT2D gene during early tooth formation

Burcu Beykal, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $25,000
Hyperparameter Optimization of Machine Learning Models using Bi-Level Programming

Kelsi Carolan, Social Work Instruction and Research- $49,000
Understanding the effects of long-COVID on work, families, and mental health: Informing pathways for psychosocial intervention

Ruimin Chen, Mechanical Engineering- $47,440.78
Algorithms, Systems, and Augmented Reality for Human-in-the-loop Collective Intelligence in Cyber Manufacturing

Caiwen Ding, Computer Science and Engineering- $49,998.81
An End-to-end Two-party Computation Framework Enabling Ultra-Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning

Gua-Hua Fong, Department of Cell Biology- $25,000
A novel strategy to suppress choroidal neovascularization in retinal tissues

Lesley Frame, Material Science and Engineering- $49,999.15
Oxidation Rate Control on Ferritic Stainless Steel through Mechanical and Thermal Treatments

Jose Gascon, Chemistry- $49,995.58
Discovery of binding sites and mechanism of action of azoboronate photoswitches in CRAC channels

Carolyn Greene, Department of Psychiatry- $24,460
An ecologically valid approach to assessing parent emotion socialization processes and children’s use of emotion regulation strategies in early adolescence

Xiaoyan Guo, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences- $25,000
Elucidating mitochondrial stress response pathways and their roles in aging

Rosa Guzzo, Neuroscience- $72,070
Local delivery of chromatin modifying drug at fracture site to promote bone healing

Aoife Heaslip, Molecular and Cell Biology- $50,000
Identification of novel inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii replication

Jeongho Kim, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,997
Finding Net-Zero-Thermal-Expansion Titanium and Components Design for Space Technologies: An Inter-Disciplinary Approach

Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- $25,000
Do cooler urban temperatures rescue Darwin’s finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies?

Pablo Kokay Valente, Allied Health Sciences- $25,000
REP Priority Area: Developing a web-based decision aid tool to facilitate HIV prevention decision-making among sexual and gender minority youth and healthcare providers

Sangamesh Kumbar, Orthopaedic Surgery- $100,000
Polymeric Implants for Soft-Tissue Wound Healing

Kyle Hadden, Pharmaceutical Science- $25,000
Identification of small molecule inhibitors of the RNA methyltransferase METTL1

Victor Hugo Lachos Davila, Statistics- $24,906.29
Robust Mixed-Effect Models with Multiple Censored and High Dimensional Predictors

Ji-Young Lee, Nutritional Sciences- $49,988.94
Role of astaxanthin in the prevention of alcohol-induced mitochondrial stresses

Mark Peczuh, Chemistry- $49,900.58
Development of beta-turn peptidomimetics targeting mitochondrial function

Stefan Pinter, Genetics and Genome Sciences- $75,000
Towards an inducible mouse model of Turner Syndrome

Hugo Posada-Quintero, Biomedical Engineering- $24,999
Design and validation of a multimodal device for the collection of electrocardiography and electrodermal activity in horses

Beth Russell, Human Development and Family Studies- $43,837.71
REP Priority Area: A Mind-Body Intervention to Reduce Distress and Promote Wellbeing in LGBQT+ College Students

Linda Shapiro, Cell Biology- $100,000
CD13 as a target for controlling the immune response to implanted sensors.

Gregory Sotzing, Chemistry- $25,000
PolyCannabinoids, nonphenolic antioxidant and naturally biodegradable coatings for corrosion protection

Bo Tao, Natural Resources and the Environment- $25,000
Quantifying Long-term Carbon Footprints of Deforestation and Reforestation towards a Climate-Resilient Ecosystem: A New England Perspective

Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu, Department of Surgery- $25,000
Repair and Regeneration of Ischemic myocardium with Engineered Exosomes Obtained from Ischemic Preconditioned Heart

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography- $49,625
Offshore Wind Blows Ashore: Investigating Community Acceptance of Offshore Wind's Onshore Presence and Grid Interconnection Points in Southern New England

Wei Zhang, Computer Science and Engineering- $25,000
Lightweight, Scalable and Dynamic Load Balancer for Edge Computing

Yuping Zhang, Statistics- $25,000
Novel Integrative Learning Methods for Single Cell Omics Data

Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmaceutical Science- $25,000
Improvement of therapeutic efficacy of siRNA drugs by altering ADME

The Fall 2022 SFF awardees are:

Jorge Agüero, Economics
Addressing Employment Barriers of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Romani in Spain

Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Animal Science
Determining the energy status of the hatchling

Zehra Arat, Political Sciences
Human Rights Norms in Turkey

Michele Back, Education Curriculum and Instruction
Cross-cultural collaborations in language and literacy education

Ali Bazzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Power quality of Multilevel Inverter PWM to reduce Motor Stator Insulation Stress

Gerlinde Berger-Walliser, Marketing
Proactive Law Initiative

Mary Burke, English
Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences
Biased or Ally? How Lay Theories of Activism Impact People of Color's Desire to Include White Allies in Racial Activism

Chen Chen, Educational Leadership
Decolonization in Sport, Leisure, and Tourism (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)

Kun Chen, Statistics
Principal Amalgamation Analysis for Microbiome Data

Vernon Cormier, Physics
Mantle Phase Detection: publication support

Annamaria Csizmadia, Human Development and Family Studies
Risk and Protective Factors for Multiracial Young Adults’ Identity, Inter-group Attitudes, and Well-Being: The Role of Family Background and Socialization

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History
Fall 2022 Solo Exhibition at Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA

Gerald Dunne, Physics
Monograph on Resurgent Asymptotics in Physics

Miles Evers, Political Sciences
The Color of International Trade

Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
DNA-based ecological forensics: developing techniques to identify pollinators using DNA barcodes

Deneen Hatmaker, Public Policy
Virtual Work: Boundary Negotiation Among Public Sector Workers

Menka Jain, Physics
Workshop: Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensor

Jeffrey Ladewig, Political Sciences
Confronting Trump: The Story of How Joe Biden Won the Democratic Nomination and Defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election

Juliet Lee, Molecular and Cell Biology
The use of zebrafish transgenics to study how stretch-activated calcium channels regulate the molecular dynamics of adhesions in moving cells.

Ying Li, Mechanical Engineering
Publication in Science Advances, a Premium Open-access Journal for Maximum Impact

Na Li, Pharmaceutical Science
Open access publication: Mechanisms and extent of enhanced passive permeation by colloidal drug particles

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science
Imaging Tumor Heterogeneity and the Variations in Nanoparticle Accumulation using Perfluorooctyl Bromide Nanocapsule X-ray Computed Tomography Contrast

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology
Developing new molecular and genetic tools for microbiome research in the Hawaiian bobtail squid

John Redden, Physics
Science Communication in Undergraduate Majors

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
Cambridge Handbook of Analytic Philosophy

John Salamone, Psychological Sciences
2022 Neuroscience at Storrs

Erin Scanlon, Physics
Impacts of the Guide to Fostering Effective and Inclusive Group Work

Eric Schultz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Genomics of Alewife

Helena Silva, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Circuit Simulation of an Erasable Physical Unclonable Function using a Phase-Change Memory Array

Sukhmani Singh, Social Work
Examining the Associations between Critical Consciousness, School Exclusion, & Student Engagement for Juvenile Legal System-Involved Girls of Color

Samantha Sommers, English
Reading in Talking Books

Eduardo Urios-Aparisi, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Copy-editing costs of my book Liquid environments: Water and Waterscapes in Cinema

Maxim Volgushev, Psychological Sciences
The role of adenosine A1 receptors on mediating effects of ethanol on synaptic transmission in neocortex

Scott Wallace, Journalism
In the Crosshairs

Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Sustainable Modern Power Systems Through Innovative Tools in Optimal System Dispatch

The Spring 2023 SFF awardees are:

Brian Aneskievich, Pharmaceutical Science
Identification of Novel Connections among Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Potential and Cornified Envelope Proteins

Daniel Hershenzon, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Translation to Spanish of "The Captive Sea: Slavery, Communication, and Commerce in Early Modern Spain and the Mediterranean."

Janet Pritchard, Art and Art History
More than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love Story

Felicia Pratto, Psychological Sciences
United States' political climates and the spread of SARS-2-COVID-19 during 2020

Christina Kan, Marketing
The Negative and Positive Consequences of Placing Products Next to Promoted Products

Lauren Corso, Allied Health Sciences
Behavioral and Biological Indicators of Stress and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Adults

Chuanrong(Cindy) Zhang, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Margaret Lloyd Sieger, Social Work Instruction and Research
Reproductive Justice & Family Care Plans

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Communication
Social Media User Experience with Algorithmic Transparency Cues

Adam Zweifach, Molecular and Cell Biology
Modeling compound activity to improve drug screening

Gio Iacono, Social Work Instruction and Research
Socially Engaged Mindfulness: Inner Transformation to Support Outer Transformation

Louise Reagan, Nursing Instruction and Research
Examining Digital Literacy in Persons with Diabetes upon release from Prison to the Community

Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Sustainable Modern Power Systems Through Innovative Tools in Optimal System Dispatch

Stephen Trumbo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Chemical Attraction of Burying Beetles to Carrion

Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology and Neurobiology
Targeted neural-tissue metabolite measurement in a Drosophila model of ketone body treatment for TBI

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science
Sublingual Film Formulations for Inflammation Detection

Erika Skoe, Sociology
Blood tests of hearing health

John O'Donnell, Art and Art History
Printmaking and Representations of Italian Architecture

Louis Riel, Chemistry
the Falling Television Suicide

Tammo Reichgelt, Geosciences
Resolving the age debate of the fossiliferous New Zealand Manuherikia Group: A key Southern Hemisphere Miocene climate archive

Jeremy Pressman, Political Sciences
Evaluating Israel’s Claim of Exceptional Treatment About Human Rights Violations

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2023

Anke Finger, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Memoryland: A Cold War Report

Valerie Saugera, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
The survival of back slang, the secret language of London butchers

Sohyun Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Spatial Heterogeneity in Park Inequity Pattern

The 2022-2023 REP awardees are:

Derek Aguiar, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,974.38
Probabilistic Learning Algorithms for Haplotype Phasing and Haplotype Assembly Unification

Ghada Almashaqbeh, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,997.70
Anonymity and Restricted Interaction Patterns in Private Machine Learning

Byoung-Il Bae, Neuroscience- $75,000
Unique Vulnerability of the Developing Human Cerebral Cortex to Loss of a Centrosomal Protein
Co-PIs: Jaime Imitola, Neurology; Fumihiro Watanabe, Neurology; Sonu Singh, Neuroscience; Hyopil Kim, Neuroscience

Mukul Bansal, Computer Science and Engineering- $47,084.51
Algorithms for Genome-Scale Inference of Microbial Phylogenies
Co-PIs: J. Peter Gogarten, Molecular and Cell Biology

Kelly Burke, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $25,000
Implantable Degradable Films for Right-Size Post-Operative Pediatric Pain Control

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences- $25,259.36
Victims Can’t be Perpetrators: Anti-White Discrimination Claims Engender Anti-Black Discrimination Gap
Co-PIs: Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences

Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Pharmaceutical Science- $49,998.08
Continuous manufacturing (CM) of the biological drug product for pulmonary drug delivery
Co-PIs: Yu Lei, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Yanchao Luo, Nutritional Sciences; Matthew Stuber, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Cristina Colon-Semenza, Kinesiology- $49,999.51
Comparison of whey protein and targeted amino acid supplementation on acute symptoms and L-Dopa pharmacokinetics in people with Parkinson's disease
Co-PIs: Jacob Earp, Kinesiology; Nancy Rodriguez, Nutrition; Bernardo Rodrigues, Neurology,

Jessica Costa, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $25,000
CDC73/parafibromin in mesenchymal progenitors and tumorigenesis

Nathan Fiala, Agricultural and Resource Economics- $49,150
Extension services in Ugandan schools: Exploratory evidence on teaching the next generation
Co-PIs: Jeantyl Norze, Extention; Nathan Fiala, ARE

Monika Filipovska, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $50,000
Interpretable Mobility-on-Demand Prediction and Hierarchical Data-Driven Fleet Coordination
Co-PIs: Suining He, Computer Science and Engineering

Breno Fragomeni, Animal Science- $25,000
Implementation of a genomic selection program for Service Dogs using a standardized database for behavior and health phenotypes

Alexandra Freidus, Educational Leadership- $49,659.25
A Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Ethnic Studies Mandates in Majority White Connecticut Schools

Shuresh Ghimire, Department of Extension- $24,762
Substitutability of cash and in-kind benefits among the poor farming households in a developing country
Co-PIs: Binod Khanal, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Rosaria Guzzo, Neuroscience - $25,000
Identification of novel Dot1L-protein interactions that regulate chondrocyte differentiation

Jie He, Chemistry- $50,363.63
C-H Bond Electroactivation of Nonpolar Organic Substrates in Water: Enzyme-Mediated Reaction Pathways in Microemulsions
Co-PIs: James Rusling, Chemistry

Christopher Heinen, Medicine- $75,000
Impacts of mismatch repair loss on the innate immune response
Co-PIs: Vijay Rathinam, Immunology; Abhijit Rath, Medicine

Mayu Inaba, Cell Biology - $25,000
Role of microtubule acetylation in preventing membrane micro-rupture in aged tissues

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Music- $10,000
Music of the Ukrainian Diaspora
Co-PIs: Virko Baley, University of Nevada in Las Vegas; Laryssa Kuzmenko, University of Toronto; Gary Kulesha, University of Toronto; Christina Quilico, York University; Theodore Kuchar, Lviv Philharmonic

Menka Jain, Physics- $50,000
New approaches for on-chip cooling for applications in electronics and quantum devices
Co-PIs: Ilya Sochnikov, Physics

Naba Karan, Material Science and Engineering- $48,372.91
Evaluation of Nanoscale Lithium Distribution Within a Secondary Cathode Particle for Li-ion Battery Using Identical Location (S)TEM-EELS
Co-PIs: Jasna Jankovic, Materials Science and Engineering

Jonathan Klassen, Molecular and Cell Biology- $50,000
Who is Protecting Whom? Defining Defensive Roles in a Multipartite Symbiosis
Co-PIs: Marcy Balunas, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Maria LaRusso, Human Development and Family Studies- $49,809.91
Adapting and Piloting a Social Justice Multi-Modal Intervention to Reduce Anxiety in BIPOC Youth
Co-PIs: Cesar Abadia, Anthropology and HRI

Seok Woo Lee, Material Science and Engineering- $25,000
Investigation on cryogenic shape memory effects of kinetically frozen ThCr2Si2-structured intermetallic compounds

Chen Liang, Operations and Info Management- $49,750
Enhancing the Well-being of Gig Workers Under Algorithmic Control: Adapting to Challenges and Changes
Co-PIs: Chen Liang, OPIM; Bowen Lou, OPIM

Kathleen Lynch, Educational Psychology- $24,911.36
The Impacts of Early Childhood Science, Technology, and Engineering Education Interventions on Science Achievement: A Meta-Analysis

Andreas Malmendier, Mathematics- $20,227.82
An algebro-geometric approach to special-function identities and their implementation into computing environments
Co-PIs: Carl Waller, University of Connecticut

Georgios Matheou, Mechanical Engineering- $50,000
Weather Forecast 2.0: Towards highly localized and accurate environmental forecasting
Co-PIs: Malaquias Pena, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel McCarron, Physics- $25,000
Quantum Science with Ultracold RbCs Molecules

Meaghan McKenna, Educational Psychology- $25,000
Investigating Kindergarten and First Grade Sentence Writing
Co-PIs: Hope Gerde, Texas A&M University/Teaching, Learning, & Culture; Robert Dedrick, University of South Florida/Educational Measurement and Research Program

Hideyuki Oguro, Cell Biology- $75,000
Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, cholesterol metabolism, and complications in pregnant women
Co-PIs: Andrea Shields, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Chia-Ling Kuo, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering and Department of Public Health Sciences

Malaquias Pena Mendez, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $50,000
Multi-Time Scale Forecasting in Dispatch Hierarchy Frameworks for Renewable Energy Integration
Co-PIs: Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rebecca Puhl, Human Development and Family Studies- $24,177.54
Advancing Understanding of Diabetes Stigma in Healthcare: The Role of Physician Biases in Patient Communication, Perceived Barriers, and Provision of Care.
Co-PIs: Brooke Bennett, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health

Diane Quinn, Psychological Sciences- $19,115
Unpacking the relationship between mental health stigma and treatment seeking intentions
Co-PIs: Nishith Prakash, Economics

James Rusling, Chemistry- $50,000
Rapid CRISPR-based blood test for early Alzheimer's disease
Co-PIs: Breno Diniz, Uconn Health, Center for Aging; Islam Mosa, Chemistry

Tannin Schmidt, Biomedical Engineering- $74,853
Role of Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) in Inflammatory Bone Loss
Co-PIs: Sun-Kyeong Lee, Medicine; Joseph Lorenzo, Medicine; Kshitiz Gupta, UCHC Biomedical Engineering; Alix Deymier, Biomedical Engineering

Sandra Sirota, Human Rights Institute- $49,923.94
Transformative agency in teachers and youth: cultivating civic engagement through human rights education
Co-PIs: Thomas Levine, Education; Ian McGregor, Human Rights Institute; Alan Marcus, Education; Glenn Mitoma, Human Rights Institute/Education

Ali Tamayol, Biomedical Engineering- $100,000
Nanoengineered multifunctional microneedles for treatment of chronic wounds
Co-PIs: Robert Clark, Immunology; Yupeng Chen, Biomedical Engineering; Tannin Schmidt, Biomedical Engineering

Fiona Vernal, History- $25,000
Hartford Bound: Race, Place, and Ethnicity through the Great Migration Traditions of African Americans, Puerto Ricans and West Indians

Huanzhong Wang, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $25,000
Inter-cell layer peptide signal in regulating vascular cambium activity

Guiling Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,649
Take the flashness out of flash drought: Flash drought early warning based on remotely sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

Yi Zhang, Biomedical Engineering- $49,863.63
A wireless, battery-free multimodal neural probe for simultaneous neuropharmacology and membrane-free neurochemical sampling in freely moving rodents
Co-PIs: Alexander Jackson, Physiology & Neurobiology; John Salamone, Psychological Sciences; Xudong Yao, Chemistry

Junbo Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering- $25,000
Cyber-Physical Distribution System Attack Forecasting, Location, and Service Restoration with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources