Establishment profile
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
106 CENTRAL STREET, WELLESLEY, MA, 02481
611310 — Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Summary
WELLESLEY COLLEGE has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 29 years of recorded history, with $12,425 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 20 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
WELLESLEY COLLEGE appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 11 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $12,425 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0334 A04 | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Sep 2001 | Sep 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | Sep 2001 | Sep 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $2,250 | Sep 2001 | Sep 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 F04 | 1 | 1 | $1,350 | Sep 2001 | Sep 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | $825 | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 D02 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 II | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 B08 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1997 | Feb 1997 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6113 within MA. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Aug 2018
Most frequent event: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2018 | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 20+ years. Most recent activity: 20 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in MA — for WELLESLEY COLLEGE, not this location alone
National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other WELLESLEY COLLEGE locations in the same state.
NLRB cases
National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 3 cases · 2 ULP · 1 representation
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-CA-362838 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2025 | Sep 2025 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 01-CA-361492 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2025 | Sep 2025 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 01-RC-330948 | Representation election | Nov 2023 | Feb 2024 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 106 CENTRAL ST · WELLESLEY, MA, 02481 | AirRCRA | Violation Identified QNCR 12 | 4 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
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- Department of EducationGRANT PROGRAMassistance · Last action 2026-05-20$3,299,994
- Department of Health and Human ServicesOPTICAL TOOLS TO STUDY PURINERGIC SIGNALING - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT EXTRACELLULAR ATP AND ADP ARE MEDIATORS OF PURINERGIC SIGNALING IN CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION IN VIRTUALLY EVERY TISSUE. AUTOCRINE AND PARACRINE PURINERGIC SIGNALING CONTRIBUTES TO NORMAL CELLULAR FUNCTIONS SUCH AS IMMUNE CELL CHEMOTAXIS AND CELL VOLUME REGULATION, AND PURINERGIC SIGNALING ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO PATHOLOGY IN INJURY, INFECTION, SEPSIS, AND A NUMBER OF DISEASES. NOTABLY, EXTRACELLULAR ATP AND ADP MEDIATE PURINERGIC SIGNALING BETWEEN CELLS WITH BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO STUDY THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BY WHICH ATP AND ADP CONTROL DISTINCT SIGNALING EVENTS BECAUSE THEIR LEVELS ARE SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS AND PURINERGIC SIGNALING CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM CELL-TO-CELL. CLEARLY, DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF EXTRACELLULAR NUCLEOTIDES ARE NEEDED, BUT CURRENT METHODS ARE NOT WELL ADAPTED TO MEASURING FLUCTUATIONS IN THE LOW EXTRACELLULAR NUCLEOTIDE CONCENTRATIONS EXPECTED IN LIVE SPECIMENS. TO OVERCOME THIS BARRIER, WE WILL USE PROTEIN ENGINEERING TO DEVELOP HIGH AFFINITY CELL-SURFACE SENSORS THAT CAN BE USED TO RESOLVE THE COMPLEX SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF ATP AND ADP RELEASE, CLEARANCE, AND PURINERGIC RECEPTOR ACTIVATION. TO DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF OUR SENSORS AND ALSO GUIDE THEIR OPTIMIZATION, WE WILL STUDY NEURON-GLIA PURINERGIC SIGNALING IN THE BRAIN. IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL USE OUR SENSORS TO LEARN HOW METABOLIC STATE AFFECTS THE FUNCTION OF MICROGLIA, THE RESIDENT IMMUNE CELLS IN THE BRAIN, IN REGULATING THE REGIONAL PURINERGIC DYNAMICS THAT IMPACT LOCAL NEURONAL ACTIVITY. THE PROPOSED SERIES OF MULTIPLEXED IMAGING STUDIES THAT PAIR OUR PURINERGIC SENSORS WITH SENSORS OF DOWNSTREAM SIGNALING SHOULD DIRECTLY VISUALIZE CORE ELEMENTS OF NEURON-GLIA PURINERGIC COMMUNICATION IN AN INTEGRATED MANNER. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO NOVEL MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUPLING BETWEEN BRAIN ENERGY METABOLISM AND EXCITABILITY. FURTHERMORE, THE GENETICALLY-ENCODED TOOLS DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE BROADLY APPLICABLE TO DEEPER STUDY OF ANY PURINERGIC SYSTEM.assistance · Last action 2025-10-21$1,852,762
- Department of Health and Human ServicesSYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF BACTERIAL TRANSCRIPTOMESassistance · Last action 2026-04-21$1,476,945
- Department of EducationWELLESLEY COLLEGE MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAMassistance · Last action 2025-09-22$1,078,980
- Department of EnergyWELLESLEY / UTA TRAINING AND GROWTH IN UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPSassistance · Last action 2025-08-12$749,797
- National Science FoundationRUI: STATE-DEPENDENT MODULATION OF VISUOMOTOR REFLEXES ACROSS DROSOPHILA SPECIESassistance · Last action 2021-04-14$638,084
- Department of EnergyCREST: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN ENERGY SCIENCE TRAINEESHIPSassistance · Last action 2026-01-08$600,000
- National Science FoundationCOLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AS VEHICLES FOR MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN MARINE BLACK QUEEN COMMUNITIES -THE FUNCTION AND STABILITY OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE OCEAN DEPENDS ON EXCHANGES OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL CELLS. MARINE MICROBES ARE TYPICALLY FAR APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, SO SOME OF THESE EXCHANGES OCCUR THROUGH THE RELEASE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES INTO THE SURROUNDING WATER, WHERE THEY TRAVEL TO OTHER CELLS VIA SIMPLE DIFFUSION. UNDERSTANDING THE DEGREE TO WHICH SUCH VALUABLE PRODUCTS MADE BY ONE ORGANISM ARE TARGETED TO A SPECIFIC PARTNER, AND HOW, HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MARINE MICROBIOME. THIS PROJECT EXAMINES THE ROLE PLAYED BY A POORLY UNDERSTOOD TYPE OF VERY SMALL PARTICLE ? EXTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE VESICLES ? IN MEDIATING FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE OCEANS. EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ARE RELEASED BY MOST MARINE MICROBES AND ARE ABUNDANT IN OCEAN WATERS, BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FUNCTIONS REMAINS IN ITS INFANCY. AS VESICLES CAN CONTAIN DIVERSE MOLECULES, INCLUDING ACTIVE ENZYMES, AND TRANSPORT THEM BETWEEN CELLS, THEY MAY WORK AS A PACKAGING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR GOODS AND SERVICES TRADED BETWEEN ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS. BROADER IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE PROVIDING HANDS-ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS - INCLUDING THOSE FROM GROUPS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS - AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISES TO HELP INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ROLES MICROBES PLAY IN STUDENTS? LIVES. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES VESICLE FUNCTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES, COMBINING -OMICS ANALYSES, FIELD EXPERIMENTS, AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES IN CULTURES OF DIVERSE AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT MICROBES TO ARRIVE AT NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF VESICLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CELLULAR EXCHANGES. THESE EXPERIMENTS INCORPORATE AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE FOR EXPLORING THE RANGE OF VESICLE FUNCTIONS AND GENETIC MECHANISMS AFFECTING THEIR PRODUCTION, EXAMINING HOW THEIR CONTENTS HAVE CHANGED IN CO-CULTURES OF PHYTOPLANKTON AND HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA FOLLOWING HUNDREDS OF GENERATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY EVOLUTION. FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED CONCERNING WHETHER VESICLES, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS, ACT AS TRULY ?PUBLIC GOODS? IN THE OCEANS OR CAN INSTEAD BE TARGETED TO A SUBSET OF CELLS, POSSIBLY YIELDING ?CLUB GOODS? THAT DEFINE INTERACTING, COOPERATIVE NETWORKS. COLLECTIVELY, THIS EFFORT WILL GENERATE NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISMS MARINE MICROBES USE TO INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND EXPERIMENTALLY DEFINE THE FUNCTIONAL POTENTIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF EV-MEDIATED TRAFFICKING NETWORKS IN THE OCEANS. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM AND THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.assistance · Last action 2023-05-09$595,535
- National Science FoundationCOLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FW-HTF-RM: AI-ASSISTED PROGRAMMING: EQUIPPING SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENTISTS FOR THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH -COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IS ESSENTIAL FOR MODERN SCIENCE. SCIENTISTS WRITE PROGRAMS TO CONTROL INSTRUMENTS, RUN SIMULATIONS, AND ANALYZE DATA. HOWEVER, THE PROGRAMMING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT SCIENTISTS USE OFTEN LAG BEHIND THOSE IN THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY. THIS LAG MAKES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY SLOWER, MORE COSTLY, AND CAN LEAD TO UNREPRODUCIBLE RESULTS. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TOOLS, SUCH AS CHATGPT, HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO MAKE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PRODUCTIVE, BUT HAVE NOT HAD THE SAME IMPACT ON THE SCIENCES. THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST AI PROGRAMMING TOOLS THAT WORK FOR SCIENTISTS. THE RESEARCH TEAM IS DEVELOPING AI MODELS AND TOOLS THAT SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES THAT SCIENTISTS USE. THEY ARE DEVELOPING BENCHMARKS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AI TOOLS FOR PROGRAMMING TASKS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE SCIENCES. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING HOW AI PROGRAMMING TOOLS CAN HELP COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDY SCIENCE MORE EFFECTIVELY. BY HARNESSING AI TO MAKE PROGRAMMING EASIER FOR SCIENTISTS, THE PROJECT IS HELPING TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, LOWER ITS COST, AND ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCIENTIFIC WORK. THE PROJECT IS DEVELOPING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS OF CODE AND ASSOCIATED TOOLS TO SUPPORT SCIENTISTS. TO UNDERSTAND SCIENTISTS' NEEDS, THE TEAM IS RUNNING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF HOW SCIENTISTS WRITE PROGRAMS. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, THEY ARE DEVELOPING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK MODELS FOR PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES THAT ARE FREQUENTLY USED IN THE SCIENCES, SUCH AS MATLAB AND R, BUT ARE LESS COMMONLY USED IN THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY. THESE MODELS ARE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL FOR SCIENTISTS WHO ARE NOT EXPERT PROGRAMMERS; THEY CAN TURN DESCRIPTIONS INTO COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND ALSO GENERATE EXPLANATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. THE TEAM IS DEVELOPING MODELS THAT SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS THAT SCIENTISTS USE, INCLUDING COMPUTATIONAL NOTEBOOKS AND PROGRAMS WHOSE STRUCTURE IS DETERMINED BY DATA FORMATS. THE TEAM IS DEVELOPING CODE GENERATION MODELS THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED ON PRIVATE, AIR GAPPED NETWORKS, MAKING THEM SUITABLE FOR SCIENTISTS WORKING IN SENSITIVE FIELDS, INCLUDING ENERGY AND DEFENSE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.assistance · Last action 2023-08-16$453,266
- Department of Health and Human ServicesMULTI-TARGET DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF DNA-BINDING ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES - ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES (AMPS) ARE A POTENTIALLY PROMISING STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING HEALTH CRISIS OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT MICROBIAL INFECTION BECAUSE THEY TARGET GENERIC BACTERIAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, THEREBY RENDERING EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS FOR BACTERIAL RESISTANCE MORE DIFFICULT. SOME AMPS HAVE A HYPOTHESIZED MECHANISM OF ACTION THAT FIRST INVOLVES INTERACTING WITH THE BACTERIAL CELL MEMBRANE AND TRANSLOCATING ACROSS IT TO ENTER THE BACTERIAL CELL. ONCE THESE AMPS ENTER BACTERIA, THEY CAN INTERACT WITH INTRACELLULAR TARGETS SUCH AS DNA. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THESE CATIONIC PEPTIDES AND BOTH OF THEIR NEGATIVELY-CHARGED MEMBRANE AND NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS ARE MEDIATED IN LARGE PART BY ELECTROSTATICS. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE DESIGN OF AMPS WITH INCREASED ANTIMICROBIAL POTENCY THROUGH RATIONALLY MODIFYING FIVE AMPS BELIEVED TO TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS TO ACHIEVE ENHANCED MEMBRANE AND DNA BINDING AFFINITY. THE PROJECT WORKFLOW INTEGRATES COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS OPTIMIZATION, MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, AND CONTINUUM ELECTROSTATIC MODELING WITH EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS SPECTROSCOPY, MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING, AND VESICLE-BASED ASSAYS. THIS MULTIFACETED APPROACH WILL ALLOW FOR NOT ONLY THE ENGINEERING OF POTENTIALLY MORE ACTIVE THERAPEUTICS BUT ALSO THE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF MULTI-TARGET MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN ELECTROSTATICALLY-DRIVEN SYSTEMS. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL FIRST DESIGN PEPTIDES WITH A RANGE OF AFFINITIES TO EACH SINGLE TARGET – EITHER MEMBRANE OR DNA – FOLLOWED BY STUDIES TO DETERMINE HOW BINDING AFFINITY RELATES TO ANTIMICROBIAL POTENCY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, THEY WILL THEN DESIGN AND ANALYZE PEPTIDES CO-OPTIMIZED TO IDEALLY INTERACT PROMISCUOUSLY TO BOTH MEMBRANE AND DNA TARGETS. BY COMPARING STRUCTURAL BASES OF DESIGNS RESULTING FROM DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE MECHANISMS OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN THIS SYSTEM. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A RICH CYCLE OF COMPUTATION AND EXPERIMENT THAT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE PHYSICALLY-BASED MODELS AND YIELD A DESIGN FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER PEPTIDE SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION TO THESE SCIENTIFIC GOALS, THIS WORK WILL FOCUS ON ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE, A WOMEN’S UNDERGRADUATE-ONLY INSTITUTION. THROUGH THIS RESEARCH, WELLESLEY STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF PROJECTS AT THE INTERFACE OF COMPUTATION AND EXPERIMENT.assistance · Last action 2023-07-20$452,339
- Department of Health and Human ServicesDIVERSITY OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDE METABOLIZING GENES IN TWO INFANT COHORTS - DIVERSITY OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDE METABOLIZING GENES IN TWO INFANT COHORTS PROJECT SUMMARY ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA IS A GROWING PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND AFFECTS NEARLY 20% OF INFANTS. IT USUALLY BEGINS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF AN INFANT’S LIFE. EARLY ATOPY IS ALSO ONE OF THE PREDICTORS OF LATER ALLERGIC OR OTHER HYPERINFLAMMATORY HEALTH PROBLEMS. OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED A PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF HUMAN MILK FEEDING FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA IN INFANTS. THUS, TO PROTECT THEIR CHILD FROM THIS DISEASE, SOME WOMEN CHOOSE TO FEED THEIR INFANTS HUMAN MILK. HOWEVER, THERE IS CONFLICTING EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS INTERVENTION. ALTHOUGH DIET IS LIKELY AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS DISEASE, THE COMPOSITION OF THE MICROBIOTA AND ITS ABILITY TO DIGEST A SPECIFIC COMPONENT OF THE DIET IS POTENTIALLY JUST AS IMPORTANT IN PROTECTING AGAINST ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA. IN FACT, THE ABILITY OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA TO METABOLIZE SPECIFIC HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES (HMOS) MAY EXPLAIN WHY HUMAN MILK FEEDING PROTECTS AGAINST ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA IN SOME BUT NOT ALL INFANTS FED HUMAN MILK. IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL INVESTIGATE MICROBIAL METABOLISM AND METABOLIC PRODUCTS AND IDENTIFY THEIR ASSOCIATION TO ATOPIC DERMATITIS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL ASSESS THE TAXONOMIC, FUNCTIONAL, AND METABOLIC COMPOSITION OF GUT-RESIDENT BACTERIA FROM HUNDREDS OF INFANTS RESIDING IN THE MIDWEST OR NORTHEAST UNITED STATES TO DETERMINE THE DIVERSITY, PREVALENCE, AND ABUNDANCE OF MICROBIAL HMO METABOLISM. THIS MULTI-OMIC DATA WILL BE LINKED TO REPORTS OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA IN THE RESPECTIVE INFANTS. WE MAY ALSO IDENTIFY MICROBIOTA-ASSOCIATED GENES OR METABOLITES THAT ARE PROTECTIVE AGAINST ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA. WE EXPECT THAT INFANTS WITH A MORE DIVERSE REPERTOIRE OF HMO METABOLIZING GENES PRESENT IN THEIR GUT MICROBIOME WILL BE PROTECTED FROM ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA. PERFORMING THIS RESEARCH IN TWO DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE US WILL BE ESPECIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, SINCE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN MEDICAL OR CULTURAL PRACTICES, OR SIMPLY GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN MICROBIAL EXPOSURE, MAY ALTER HMO METABOLIZING GENE REPERTOIRES INDEPENDENT OF BREASTFEEDING BEHAVIOR. THIS RESEARCH WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MICROBIAL HMO METABOLISM IN HUMAN INFANTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND DETERMINE WHETHER A SPECIFIC PATTERN OF HMO METABOLIZING GENES PROTECTS INFANTS FROM ATOPIC DERMATITIS AND ECZEMA.assistance · Last action 2026-04-24$408,740
- National Science FoundationPATHWAYS TO ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM -THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON HOW TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DATA SCIENTISTS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE INFORMED BY SOUND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES. THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE PATHWAYS TO MAKING ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY?COMPUTATIONAL, DATA-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY?A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND THEIR STUDENTS IN A MULTI-YEAR PEDAGOGICAL EXERCISE CALLED: METHOD, ETHICS, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH SEMINAR (METER). THE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO EDUCATORS, PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS. THE PROJECT: PATHWAYS TO ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM SEEKS TO ADDRESS TWO QUESTIONS: HOW SHOULD THE NEXT GENERATION OF DATA SCIENTISTS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERS BE EDUCATED TO THINK OF THEIR WORK AS NOT JUST TECHNICAL BUT ALSO ETHICAL? WHAT SORT OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WILL LEAD THEM TO SEE THAT THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THEIR WORK REQUIRES THAT IT BE DRIVEN BY SOUND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES? USING SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL ALSO COLLABORATE WITH ALUMS OF THEIR INSTITUTION TO BRING THE WORKPLACE INTO THE CLASSROOM. THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE WITH RESPECT TO: 1. HOW WORKERS IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY REFLECT ON THEIR PREPARATION FOR CAREERS IN TECHNOLOGY, 2. HOW THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY ITERATIONS OF LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA INTERSECT, SUPPORT, OR OTHERWISE INTERROGATE THE ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY, 3. STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS FOR MEANINGFUL INTERVENTION IN LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF STRENGTHENING THE ETHICAL DECISION MAKING PREPARATION FOR FUTURE LEADERS IN TECHNOLOGY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.assistance · Last action 2022-08-07$399,436
- Department of Health and Human ServicesFEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF A FATHER-BASED INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT ADOLESCENTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH - RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS HAVE HIGH PERSONAL, SOCIAL, AND FINANCIAL COSTS. FATHERS’ TALK WITH TEENS ABOUT SEX CAN PROTECT TEENS FROM RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. HOWEVER, THE POSITIVE EFFECTS ARE LIMITED, AS FEW FATHERS TALK WITH THEIR TEENS ABOUT SEX AND THOSE WHO DO TALK REPORT LOW FREQUENCY OF TALK. IMPACTS OF PARENT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TEEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ARE REDUCED BY LOW PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION AND LACK OF ATTENTION TO FATHER-SPECIFIC BARRIERS AND SUPPORTS FOR TALK WITH TEENS ABOUT SEX. THE PROPOSED INTERVENTION WILL ADDRESS LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS BY USING AN ONLINE DESIGN WITH SELF-PACED LESSONS AND ENGAGING BOTH FATHERS AND TEENS, AND ADD INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN FATHER-BASED NEEDS ASSESSMENTS SUCH AS A FATHER-FACILITATED PEER-BASED SUPPORT GROUP AND IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO TALK WITH TEENS. USING INTERVENTION MAPPING, A SYSTEMATIC PROTOCOL USING THEORY, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, AND COMMUNITY INPUT TO DEVELOP HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, WE WILL DEVELOP AN ONLINE INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT FATHERS’ HEALTH-PROMOTING TALK WITH THEIR TEENS ABOUT SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, USING SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY, AND EVALUATE THE INTERVENTION’S ACCEPTABILITY, FEASIBILITY, AND PRELIMINARY EFFICACY. THE SHORT-TERM GOALS OF THE INTERVENTION ARE TO INCREASE HEALTH-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, SELF-EFFICACY, AND OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS AS MECHANISMS TO REDUCE TEENS’ SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR. WE PLAN TO USE A FUTURE R01 TO CONDUCT A FULL-SCALE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL TO ASSESS THE PROGRAM’S EFFICACY TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM GOALS IDENTIFIED BY NIH OF REDUCING TEENS’ STI TRANSMISSION AND INCREASING THEIR CONTRACEPTIVE USE. THE AIMS OF THE CURRENT STUDY ARE 1) TO DEVELOP A 3-MODULE PROTOTYPE FOR A FATHER-TEEN ONLINE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT HEALTH-PROMOTING FAMILY COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND 2) TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM’S ACCEPTABILITY, FEASIBILITY, AND PRELIMINARY EFFICACY. TO ADDRESS AIM 1, WE WILL DEVELOP PROGRAM MODULES USING ONLINE LESSONS AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR FATHERS AND TEENS TO COMPLETE TOGETHER, WITH ONGOING STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK FROM OUR FAMILY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES 10 FATHERS AND ˜6 TEENS. AIM 2 WILL ASSESS THE PROGRAM’S ACCEPTABILITY, FEASIBILITY, AND PRELIMINARY EFFICACY USING A PILOT STUDY OF 50 PAIRS OF HIGH SCHOOL-AGED TEENS AND FATHERS. ACCEPTABILITY AND FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT USE DATA SUCH AS PILOT ENROLLMENT, PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK, AND SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES. GIVEN THE LIMITED PROJECT SCOPE, PRELIMINARY EFFICACY WILL BE EXPLORED BY ASSESSING INITIAL DIRECTIONALITY FOR CORRELATES OF TEENS’ SEXUAL BEHAVIOR THROUGH PRE- AND POST-INTERVENTION SURVEYS, USING MATCHED PAIR T-TESTS AND T-TESTS TO ASSESS EFFECTS OF TEEN GENDER ON OUTCOMES. THIS STUDY IS SIGNIFICANT AS IT TRANSLATES RESEARCH ON FATHER-TEEN TALK ABOUT SEX INTO A TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND POTENTIALLY SCALABLE INTERVENTION DESIGNED TO REDUCE TEENS’ SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR. THIS STUDY’S INNOVATION LIES IN DEVELOPING ONE OF THE FIRST INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS FATHERS AS AN UNDER-UTILIZED RESOURCE TO SUPPORT TEENS’ SEXUAL HEALTH, USING NOVEL APPROACHES TO MAXIMIZE FATHER-TEEN COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEX. THIS STUDY PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH BY DEVELOPING AN INTERVENTION WITH POTENTIAL TO REDUCE TEENS’ SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR.assistance · Last action 2024-07-18$396,979
- National Science FoundationRUI: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF INTERPHASE NODE PROTEINS IN NDR-FAMILY KINASE SID2P LOCALIZATION DURING CYTOKINESIS. -THIS PROJECT WILL EVALUATE THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROL OF CELL DIVISION TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW HIGHLY CONSERVED REGULATORY MECHANISMS CONTRIBUTE TO A CELL?S ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY DIVIDE. CELL DIVISION IS A CRITICAL PROCESS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROPER GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OF LIVING ORGANISMS. A BETTER CHARACTERIZATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROCESS COULD HAVE APPLICATIONS IN ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY, AGRICULTURE, OR FOOD PRODUCTION. CYTOKINESIS, THE FINAL STAGE OF CELL DIVISION, INVOLVES THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF THE TWO NEWLY FORMED CELLS. IN ANIMALS AND FUNGI, THIS PROCESS IS REGULATED BY A SERIES OF CONSERVED MOLECULAR PATHWAYS, ONE OF WHICH INVOLVES A KEY PROTEIN CALLED SID2P. RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES THAT OTHER PROTEINS, KNOWN AS SCAFFOLD PROTEINS, PLAY A ROLE IN RECRUITING SID2P AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO THE PRECISE LOCATION WHERE THE CELL WILL DIVIDE. UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE SCAFFOLD PROTEINS INTERACT WITH SID2P IS ESSENTIAL FOR UNRAVELING THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CYTOKINESIS. BY UTILIZING GENETIC, BIOCHEMICAL, AND CELL BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATE THESE INTERACTIONS, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CELL DIVISION. IN ADDITION TO THE RESEARCH GOALS, THIS PROJECT WILL ENABLE TRAINING OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN BASIC GENETICS, MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY, AND COMPUTATIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS. TRAINEES WILL ALSO HELP STIMULATE INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR MENTORSHIP OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE WELLESLEY COLLEGE SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS, WHICH IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR GIRLS INTERESTED IN STEM DISCIPLINES. CYTOKINESIS, THE FINAL STEP IN CELL DIVISION, IS A HIGHLY REGULATED PROCESS THAT MUST BE COORDINATED WITH MANY CONCURRENT EVENTS IN THE CELL CYCLE. CYTOKINESIS IN ANIMALS AND FUNGI INVOLVES THE CONSERVED MECHANISM OF CONTRACTILE RING ASSEMBLY AND CONSTRICTION, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED IN FISSION YEAST. THE FISSION YEAST SIN PATHWAY IS A SIGNALING CASCADE, HOMOLOGOUS TO THE MAMMALIAN HIPPO PATHWAY, WHICH INITIATES COMPLETION OF CELL DIVISION BY PROMOTING ONSET OF CONTRACTILE RING CONSTRICTION. THE FINAL STEP IN THE SIN INVOLVES THE NDR-FAMILY KINASE SID2P, WHICH IS HOMOLOGOUS TO THE MAMMALIAN DIVISION REGULATORY PROTEIN LATS1/2. WORK FROM THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR?S LAB AND OTHERS IMPLICATE FOUR TYPE 2 INTERPHASE NODE SCAFFOLD PROTEINS IN RECRUITING SID2P TO THE CONTRACTILE RING. THIS PROJECT TESTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THESE SCAFFOLD PROTEINS FUNCTION IN A SYNERGISTIC PATHWAY TO LOCALIZE SID2P TO THE DIVISION SITE DURING CYTOKINESIS, THEREBY ENSURING TIMELY CELL DIVISION. THIS RESEARCH WILL CHARACTERIZE SID2P RECRUITMENT TO THE DIVISION SITE IN CELLS DEPLETED OF THE CYTOKINESIS SCAFFOLD PROTEINS AND EVALUATE THE EFFECT ON CONTRACTILE RING CONSTRICTION AND TIME TO COMPLETION OF DIVISION USING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY. THE PROJECT WILL THEN IDENTIFY BINDING DOMAINS BETWEEN SCAFFOLD PROTEINS AND SID2P USING TRUNCATION MUTANTS AND IMMUNOPRECIPITATION. TOGETHER, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO LOCALIZATION OF THE NDR KINASE SID2P DURING CYTOKINESIS IN FISSION YEAST, WHICH WILL IN TURN PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS CONSERVED, ESSENTIAL PROTEIN IS REGULATED AND CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESSFUL CELL DIVISION IN OTHER ORGANISMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.assistance · Last action 2024-06-25$384,431
- Department of EducationCAMPUS BASED-FWSassistance · Last action 2025-04-10$321,945
- Department of EducationCAMPUS BASED-FSEOGassistance · Last action 2025-04-10$307,427
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration23-BPSF23-0079 BRIDGING FUNDAMENTAL ICE CHEMISTRY STUDIES AND OCEAN WORLD EXPLORATIONSassistance · Last action 2025-09-22$228,759
- National Science FoundationCONFERENCE: SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATION AND PRAGMATICS -THE GROWING POPULARITY OF CHAT-BASED LANGUAGE MODELS AND OTHER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS MAKES SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE A KEY PRIORITY FOR AI RESEARCH. THIS IS BECAUSE WHEN HUMANS USE LANGUAGE, THEY CONSIDER A RICH SET OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LISTENERS AND THEIR LISTENERS? BELIEFS AND GOALS. THIS PROJECT ADVANCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALLY-AWARE LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY BY BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN EXPERTS IN LANGUAGE SCIENCE (INCLUDING LINGUISTS) AND TECHNOLOGY (INCLUDING COMPUTER SCIENTISTS). THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ADVANCEMENT BECAUSE IT FOSTERS A BETTER SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN LANGUAGE USE AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PRINCIPLES IN AI SYSTEMS. BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE ACTIVITIES THAT BRING COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND LINGUISTS TOGETHER FOR COLLABORATION AND MENTORING ACTIVITIES TO TRAIN NEW RESEARCHERS IN THIS AREA. THE FIELD OF PRAGMATICS EXPLORES INTERACTIVE, CONTEXT-SENSITIVE, AND DISCOURSE-LEVEL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF PRAGMATICS AND A GROWING BODY OF APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL WORK, FOR THE MOST PART LANGUAGE SCIENTISTS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING INDEPENDENTLY. THIS CONFERENCE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING RESEARCHERS TO SHARE IDEAS. CONFERENCE TOPICS REFLECT MANY ASPECTS OF PRAGMATICS INCLUDING INFORMATIVITY, PERSPECTIVE-TAKING, IMAGE CAPTIONING, DISCOURSE COHERENCE, MUTUAL KNOWLEDGE IN DIALOGUE, AND EMOTION ANALYSIS. TO MAXIMIZE ATTENDANCE, THE CONFERENCE IS CO-LOCATED WITH TWO ESTABLISHED SCIENTIFIC GATHERINGS. VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION, AND PRESENTATION ARE SUPPORTED BY AN ESTABLISHED VIDEO PLATFORM. EVENTS CONSIST OF BOTH INVITED AND CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS IN ADDITION TO A POP-UP MENTORING EVENT FOR TRAINEES AND OTHER SCHOLARS THAT SUPPORTS ACCESS TO COMPUTATIONAL EXPERTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOME INSTITUTION. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ARE PUBLISHED IN OPEN ACCESS PROCEEDINGS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.assistance · Last action 2025-06-30$23,542
- Department of JusticeIGF::CL::IGF LITIGATIVE CONSULTANTcontract · Last action 2017-01-25$18,000
- Department of JusticeIGF::CL::IGF LITIGATIVE CONSULTANTcontract · Last action 2016-07-29$16,764
- Department of EducationPELL GRANTSassistance · Last action 2025-08-20$3,030
- Department of EducationPELL GRANTSassistance · Last action 2023-08-17$2,615
- Department of EducationPELL GRANTSassistance · Last action 2024-08-21$2,595
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 611310 - COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. Last action: 2017-01-25. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-16 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-07-11 | Referral | 3 | 2 | $8,100 | |
| 2001-06-28 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | |
| 1997-01-07 | Complaint | 7 | 3 | $825 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
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- WELLESLEY COLLEGE has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $12,425 in total penalties.
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- WELLESLEY COLLEGE operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3.