In Brief: Impey's milestone on The Conversation, HSI faculty seed grants, Confluencenter fellows

In Brief: Impey's milestone on The Conversation, HSI faculty seed grants, Confluencenter fellows

By Andy OberUniversity Communications
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Chris Impey
Chris Impey
Robin Reineke
Robin Reineke
Carmen King de Ramírez
Carmen King de Ramírez

Impey hits 1 million reads on The Conversation

Chris Impey, Distinguished Professor of astronomy, is among the most-read University of Arizona contributors to The Conversation, due in large part to his articles on black holes, UFO sightings and "galactic babies." Impey's articles have topped 1 million reads on the independent, not-for-profit news source, which is focused on communicating the work of scholars.

Impey has contributed 11 articles to The Conversation since March 2020, with a total of 1,055,702 reads.

Three other University faculty members with impressive stats are:

See all of the articles written by University of Arizona scholars on The Conversation website.

Confluencenter names Mellon-Fronteridades fellows

The Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry has selected its first Mellon-Fronteridades Faculty Fellows. Robin Reineke, assistant research social scientist with the Southwest Center, and Carmen King de Ramírez, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, will each receive $15,000 over a five-month period to support border research and curriculum projects.

The Mellon-Fronteridades Faculty Fellowships program provides funds to support interdisciplinary projects seeking to expand perspective and knowledge of narratives, experiences, histories, performances, spaces and heritages that shape and are shaped by the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Reineke's project, "Forensic Citizenship in the Borderlands," involves creating a visual and oral history to document, analyze and share the stories of civilian forensic experts on both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border. King de Ramírez plans to develop a new online interdisciplinary course involving students and faculty from four universities along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of her project, "Online Collaboration and Academic Exchange in U.S.-Mexico Border Communities."

The Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, part of the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact, aims to unite arts, humanities and social sciences to support interdisciplinary inquiry focusing on society's grand challenges.

HSI Faculty Seed Grant Program names inaugural recipients

Seven proposals have been selected for the inaugural round of funding from the Hispanic Serving Institution Faculty Seed Grants program, offered through Faculty Affairs and the Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives office with funding from the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact.

The program's goal is to support scholarly research and creative work by early-career faculty that enriches the University's HSI designation, advances scholarship impacting underrepresented populations and fulfills the University's purpose and values. The University was designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution in 2018.

A committee of 18 faculty members from throughout the University reviewed 43 proposals before recommending seven for funding for the 2021-22 academic year. Each project received up to $15,000.

Learn more about the winning proposals on the RII website.

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