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2017 Strategic Innovation Fund Awardees announced

May 30, 2017

The Office of Research and Innovation announced the 2017 strategic innovation fund recipients. There were eight projects selected this year in the areas of water/environmental, community impact and interdisciplinary research infrastructure.

Water/Environmental

  • Science, Policy and Innovation for Clean Water Protection in the Dairy State — Dr. Krassimira Hristova, associate professor of biological sciences
  • Environmental Sustainability: Increasing Underrepresented Student Research in the Field of Environmental Engineering — Dr. Kyana Young, postdoctoral research fellow in environmental engineering

Community impact

  • Improving Service to the Hispanic Community through Pronunciation Training of Marquette Students — Dr. Jeffrey Berry, associate professor of speech pathology and audiology, Dr. Steven Long, associate professor, speech pathology and audiology; and Dr. Sonia Barnes, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures
  • Milwaukee Trauma Outcomes Project — Dr. Lucas Torres, associate professor of psychology
  • Grocery Challenge — Rana Altenburg, vice president for public affairs
  • MU Innovation Garden — Aidan Flanagan, undergraduate

Interdisciplinary research infrastructure

  • BioDiscovery Confocal Imaging Core — Dr. John Mantsch, chair and professor of biomedical sciences
  • The Philosophy Lab — Dr. Corinne Bloch-Mullins, assistant professor of philosophy

A full list of awardees, project descriptions and collaborators are available online.

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