To characterize the bacterial and viral microbiome of the air and surfaces in a daycare setting

To organize an international conference on regional carbon policies to mitigate climate change and its impacts around the world

To reduce science faculty members' explicit (consciously-held) and implicit (automatic or unintended) gender biases

To organize and launch efforts to reform postsecondary mathematics education

To build an interactive website in order to launch and administer a two-year fellowship work program re-employing older (50+) senior managers in multiple New York City metro area industries

To convene researchers funded by the Sloan Foundation to work on aspects of U.S. shale gas development

To strengthen the National Academy of Sciences as it celebrates its 150th anniversary

To maintain the 16 % minority enrollment rate in the department of chemistry and to determine whether providing small amounts of funds to doctoral students when they initially arrive at the university can maintain the small dropout rate

To support the Second International Sloan Symposium on Microbiology of the Built Environment at Indoor Air 2014 in Hong Kong

As support for the scientific component of a month-long multimedia library program on the contemporary relevance of Moby Dick