Grants and Contracts Awarded
Fiscal Year 2014
Athletics
Jim Keener
Soccer Excellence and LoMaglio Funds
Newman’s Own Foundation $10,000
Evan Levy
University Athletics
TD Bank $10,000
Barney School of Business
Sandra Cahill
Entrepreneurial Center
City of Hartford,
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development $100,000
Entrepreneurial Center
Connecticut Department of Economic and
Community Development $150,000
Entrepreneurial Center/Women’s Business Center
U.S. Small Business Administration $117,269
Barney School of Business (continued)
Sandra Cahill
Women’s Business Roundtable
Farmington Bank Community Foundation $7,500
Sandra Cahill
Small Business Technical Assistance Program
Prudential Foundation $75,000
TD Bank Alumni Leadership Series
TD Bank $10,000
Sandra Cahill and Shelli McMillen Soto
Community Development Block Grant
City of Hartford $75,000
Jeffrey Cohen
Cost effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of inspection services throughout Connecticut’s public health system
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health $40,000
Celia Lofink
Professional Development and Networking Series
TD Bank $5,000
Barney School of Business (continued)
Marilyn Risi
Micro Business Incubator Program—Year 40
City of Hartford,
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development $80,000
Upper Albany Main Street
Bank of America Charitable Foundation $7,500
Travelers $75,000
College of Arts and Sciences
Michael Anderson
Supplement to EAGER; GenEth: A General Ethical Dilemma Analyzer
National Science Foundation $10,182
Jean McGivney-Burelle
Math and More
Mathematical Association of America $4,194
Jean McGivney-Burelle, Larissa Schroeder and John Tapper
PROMISE: Promoting Mastery in STEM Education—Year 3
Connecticut Office of Higher Education $137,467
College of Arts and Sciences (continued)
Larissa Schroeder and Kevin Ball
RUI: Exploring Spatial-Temporal Anchored Collaboration in Asynchronous Learning Experiences
University of Nebraska at Omaha $166,732
Natasha Segool
Project C-Test (The Common Core: Climate, Teaching Effectiveness, and Stress)
Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP) $17,781
Marcia Hughes
Evaluation of CTDOC Residential Substance Abuse Program
Connecticut Department of Correction $12,000
Meriden Best Practice SPF: Evaluation of the Strategic Plan to Address Underage Drinking in Meriden
Rushford Center $3,500
Middletown Best Practice SPF: Evaluation of the Strategic Plan to Address Underage Drinking in Middletown
Rushford Center $3,500
College of Arts and Sciences (continued)
Anne Pidano and Marcia Hughes
Evaluating and Overcoming Low-Income Shoppers’ Barriers to Participation at Urban Markets in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Food System, Inc. $2,160
Evaluation of YOUmedia Hartford Initiative
Hartford Public Library $74,998
College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Paige Bray
Parent Information and Inquiry Network
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund $10,000
Parent Leadership Information and Inquiry in a Learning Community
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund $16,000
Joan Pedro
Next-Gen Science CT, Math and Science Partnership
Connecticut Department of Education $8,775
College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions (continued)
Sandra Saavedra and Adam Goodworth
Segmental Sensorimotor Control of Trunk Posture in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Scoliosis Research Society $10,000
Sensory Contributions to Typical and Atypical Development of Trunk Control
National Institutes of Health $135,268
College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Mary Arico
Biomedical Engineering Senior Design
Covidien $5,000
Robert Celmer and Eoin King
Contribution of Floor Treatment Characteristics to Background Noise Levels in Health Care Facilities
Paul S. Veneklasen Research Foundation $40,000
College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (continued)
Clara Fang
Traffic Operations Modeling of Connecticut Roundabouts: Traffic Data Collection and Modeling Work Plan
Connecticut Department of Transportation $96,633
Thomas Filburn
Miniaturization of Underwater Life Support Rebreathers
U.S. Department of the Navy $90,010
David Pines
Sustainable Business in Western Kenya
Newman’s Own Foundation $20,000
Engineers Without Borders
Pratt & Whitney $10,000
Chittaranjan Sahay and Suhash Ghosh
Metrology
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology $20,000
Facilities
Christopher Dupuis
MicroGrid Project
Connecticut Department of
Energy and Environmental Protection $2,270,333
Greenberg Center
Avi Patt
In Our Own Words Interview Project
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford $30,000
Hartford Art School
Robert Calafiore
Pre-Collegiate Workshops
SBM Charitable Foundation $17,488
Hillyer College
David Goldenberg
Bridge to the Future
Bank of America Charitable Foundation $5,000
Travelers $30,000
Institutional Advancement
Scholarship Support
Kaman Corporation $10,000
Pratt & Whitney $5,000
SBM Charitable Foundation $2,000
Travelers $6,200
Office of the President
Ilena Rosenstein
2014 Civil Rights Program
Newman’s Own Foundation $125,000
Student Affairs
John Ramsey
WWUH Radio Program
Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving $10,000
The HARTT School
David Bell
Scholarship Support
The Presser Foundation $4,400
Richard Provost
50th Anniversary of Hartt Guitar Department
The Augustine Foundation $10,000
Hilary Respass and Noah Blocker-Glynn
Music Instruction Program
University High School of Science and Engineering $4,390
Music Instruction Program
Hartford Public Schools $5,687
Clark Saunders
2014–2015 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving $55,000
Total $4,246,967
(Excludes Hartford Scholars Program, see next page)
Hartford Scholars Program
Fuss & O’Neill $1,000
JCJ Architecture $1,500
Northeast Utilities/CL&P $5,000
People’s United Community Foundation $2,500
Reid and Reige, P.C. $1,000
Robinson+Cole LLP $1,000
Shipman & Goodwin LLP $3,000
Simon Konover Company $3,000
Waterford Group Charitable Foundation $500
Hartford Scholars Program Total $18,500
The University of Hartford gratefully acknowledges
Morton and Irma Handel for their generous support of this event.
The External Funding Recognition Reception is sponsored by
the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, and
the Office of Sponsored Programs.