May 10, 2022
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Two projects involving College of Humanities professors have been selected in this year’s round of grants from the Provost’s Investment Fund.
The proposals are:
- Online Interpreting Certificate
Principal Investigator: Regents Professor Sonia Colina, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the National Center for Interpretation.
Team Members: Holly Silvestri and Paul Gatto, National Center for Interpretation.
Funding: $50,000
- Field Science Via Virtual and Augmented Realities
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Maximillian, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Environmental Science.
Team Members: Scott Cowell, Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Environmental Science, and Bryan Carter, Director of the Center for Digital Humanities.
Funding: $187,248
The Office of the Provost solicited proposals that were innovative, aspirational and aligned with the University’s strategic plan and several institutional priorities:
- Increasing students' success, including graduation and retention rates, especially for groups underrepresented within the relevant disciplines.
- Promoting growth and opportunities to generate new revenue for the institution.
- Expanding student experiential learning.
- Enhancing research capacity.
- Promoting diversity and inclusion.
The proposals were two of the nine selected, out of a total of 92 applications.