Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 69

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Grants & Awards

100 Black Men, a nonprofit organization working to advance the intellectual development of Black youth and improve the economic circumstances of the Black community, has received a $75,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation. The grant will be used to fund the organization’s nationwide youth mentorship program. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has received a $89,412 grant […]

July 26, 2006

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No Pell Grant Increase In Senate Budget

Plans to increase the maximum Pell Grant for needy students hit a snag in the U.S. Senate this week, as members of a powerful committee voted to freeze the top grant again in 2007.

July 18, 2006

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Emory Brings Slave Trade

Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth …

July 12, 2006

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A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana…

July 12, 2006

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Grants & Awards

Southern University’s (La.) Center for Social Research has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership. The two-year program assists low- to moderate-income residents of the Baton Rouge and New Orleans corridor. The center will provide technical training, assist small and […]

July 12, 2006

Leadership & Policy

A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana, took an unusual turn last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina…

July 11, 2006

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Emory Brings Slave Trade Database to the Web

Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth database of the voyages of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

July 9, 2006

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Feds Investigate Yale Accounting Practices for Government Grants

Federal authorities are investigating how Yale University accounts for millions of dollars in government research grants, school officials said Monday.

July 5, 2006

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Five Female Scientists Awarded L’Oréal Fellowships

Five female scientists considered to be leading researchers in the early phase of their careers have received…

June 28, 2006

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Grants & Awards

Norfolk State University (Va.) received a $1 million gift from Ernest M. Hodge, founder and co-CEO of March/Hodge Automotive Group and a 1975 alumnus of the university. The gift will establish the Ernest M. Hodge Center for Entrepreneurship in the School of Business. The University of Arizona has received a $1.4 million grant from the […]

June 28, 2006

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Congress Considers Pell Grant Increase

For years, education advocates looked to a more moderate U.S. Senate to push for funding increases…

June 27, 2006

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Board Must Resign In Order To Get Grant

An anonymous donor has pledged $2.5 million to help financially strapped LeMoyne-Owens College meet an end-of-the-month deadline to pay its operating expenses, but with one catch: All of the board trustees at the historically Black college in Memphis have to resign.

June 26, 2006