Grant and Award Announcement

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), the Consortium of Organizations for Strong Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS), and the Seismological Society of America (SSA) are pleased to announce that C.B. Crouse, principal engineer at AECOM, is the recipient of the 2022 Bruce Bolt Medal. The award will be presented at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah, taking place from 27 June -1 July 2022.

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Seismological Society of America (SSA) are pleased to announce that David J. Wald, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) in Golden, Colorado, is the 2022 recipient of the William B. Joyner Lecture Award.

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced more than $5 million to advance bioimaging technologies, increase access to these tools, and build capacity for biomedical researchers.

Zhi Tian, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Yue Wang, Research Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, are set to receive $125,000 from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority for the project: "Securing Multi-access Edge Computing using Artificial Intelligence."

Sam Lebovic, Associate Professor, History and Art History, is set to receive $60,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research and writing of a book on the history of the Espionage Act (1917-present).

Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), was awarded the James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology by the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Clinical Cardiology. This award honors a physician whose scientific achievements have contributed profoundly to the advancement and practice of clinical cardiology.

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021 Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty: Junyue Cao, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University.

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research announce the 2021 recipients of three grant programs: the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards, the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty, and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research. Collectively, these three grant programs will provide close to $2,260,000 in support of biomedical research on aging.