In research, documents and artifacts must be discoverable online to have the broadest impact. Continuing to recognize this need, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is now in its 11th year of funding projects to create digital collections that are accessible to all researchers.
Six of the world’s most promising early-career scholars will pursue leading-edge research projects across the sciences, social sciences and humanities during three-year terms.
The National Endowment for the Arts has honored Rebekah Maggor, translator, theatre director, and assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, with a Literature Fellowship in Translation. Her project is a collaboration with Mas’ud Hamdan, playwright, poet, and professor of Arabic literature and theatre at the University of Haifa.
Elizabeth H. Kellogg, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, considers herself an explorer. She devises and refines techniques for looking at the unmapped terrain within cells so she can discover molecular structures so small they are challenging to detect – yet essential to understanding cell function.