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SRU nets nearly $900,000 in grants

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University faculty, staff and students brought in $891,699 in grant funding during fiscal year 2013, $279,101 of which was secured from Jan. 1 through June 30, according to a Grant Forum report published by SRU’s Office of Grants and Sponsored Research.

Leading the grant recipients for the Jan. 1 through June 30 reporting period was Robert Arnhold, professor of physical and heath education, who received more than $135,000 in three approved grants.

Other big grant-nabbers include John Lisco, associate professor of parks and recreation, who received a $39,711 grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Joyan Urda, instructor, and Jeffrey Lynn, associate professor, both in the exercise and rehabilitative sciences department, who shared a $25,000 grant from Highmark.

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