Michael Brent, PhD, the Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering, has received a four-year, $1,359,755 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Linking Gene Regulation to Metabolism.” …

Monica McDonald, doctoral student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $5,910 Lambda Alpha Graduate Overseas Research Grant and $800 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research for research titled “How Do the Largest and Smallest Baboon Species Compete for Reproductive Success in a Natural Hybrid Zone?” …

Kelly Monk, PhD, assistant professor of developmental biology, has received a four-year, $1,330,000 grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Gpr126 in Peripheral Nerve.” …

The Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy has received a $201,412 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation in support of a Weidenbaum project called “The Great Recession and Public Attitudes Toward the Role of Government,” part of the center’s The American Panel Survey. …

Zhongsheng You, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a five-year, $1,444,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Damage Signaling and Repair.”