This spring, the College and Barnard faculty members were honored with research grants to support the arts, economics, and STEM, enabling them to conduct new or continuing research, or to collaborate with other institutions.
Professor of economics Rajiv Sethi and assistant professor of economics Homa Zarghamee have both received a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in support of the CORE Academy.
Reshmi Mukherjee, Helen Goodhart Altschul professor of physics and astronomy, received an award from NASA for Barnard's participation in the New York Space Grant Consortium.
The College received a grant from Con Edison in support of STEM-based summer internships for underrepresented minority students. The Athena Center for Leadership received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the Athena Film Festival.