The Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration (ORIC) is designed to promote a robust research environment and ethical scholarly engagement with a focus on supporting the entire Spelman community and its scholars. The vision statement for ORIC is to "empower the Spelman Community to achieve and share scholarly excellence".
The ORIC Team and I are happy to present to you a "one-stop shop" to assist you in learning more about your colleagues and their scholarly excellence. We hope that as you review information about them and utilize the resources available, it would motivate you to develop collaborations. Thus, the name "ORIC Faculty Collaboration Hub". Welcome to the C-Hub!
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Spelman College Led Team Awarded $14 Million National Science Foundation Grant Focused on Transforming the Research Enterprise
ATLANTA, GA (February 21, 2024) — Today, Spelman College, in collaboration with Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Clark Atlanta University, was awarded a $14 million competitive grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of its Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) initiative.
Professor Leyte Winfield: Pioneering Diversity and Excellence in STEM
In acknowledgement of scientific excellence and commitment to diversity, four distinguished senior scientists were recently named recipients of the Robert Holland Jr. Award for Research Excellence and Contributions to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
Khalilah Ali Wins Global Education Initiative Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Award
Khalilah Odessa Ali, Ph.D., an assistant professor and admissions coordinator in education has been awarded the Global Education Initiative Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) award, focusing on Afro-Brazilian curriculum development and research.
Faculty Blogs/Vlogs
Dr. Joyce Johnson Gives Spelman and the World the Gift of Music
On Jan. 27, 2024, professor emerita of music and Spelman’s beloved organist Dr. Joyce Finch Johnson, was feted at the Not Alone Foundation Inc. 8th Annual Diamonds Awards ceremony with the Diamonds Award Lifetime Achievement in Music Education. The educational leadership award signifies Dr. Johnson’s dedication and service to Spelman College and the world, while embracing philanthropy, humanitarian efforts and servant leadership.
Forever Blue: The Enduring Dedication of Linda Patton, C'88
Linda Hart Patton C'88, is an exemplar of "Forever Blue" – this year's Founders Day theme and a testament to Spelman's enduring legacy of sisterhood and exhibition of tenacity by students, alumnae, faculty and staff. Patton's service to Spelman began as a first-year student in 1984 and has continued throughout her more than decade-long tenure as a Spelman employee. Infusing sisterhood into every element of her work, she even affectionately closes emails with "sisterly."
Amber R. Reed, Ph.D: Cultural Anthropologist
My 2020 book, Nostalgia after Apartheid: Disillusionment, Youth, and Democracy in South Africa was the winner of the Society for Applied Anthropology/American Anthropological Association 2021 Margaret Mead Award.