(April 2018)—Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)’s annual Hugh Gloster Society Celebration raised a record-shattering $1.32 million in support of student scholarships and the institution’s mission of improving diversity and equity in healthcare. Held Thursday, April 19, the sold-out gala featured several transformational gifts, including $400,000 from the Ridgeview Institute, presented by founder and chief executive … Continue reading
April (2018) — The Winterthur University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, received funding to coordinate five fully-funded, eight-week summer internships in library and archives preservation during 2018, at five nationally-recognized library preservation/conservation laboratories. Winterthur’s Melissa Tedone, Ph.D, Associate Conservator for Books and Libraries, is Primary Investigator for this … Continue reading
April (2018)– Jackson State University pocketed $75,000 after students won the top academic prize during the 29th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Championship Tournament in California. According to a news release, JSU competed with 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities on the American Honda Motor Co. campus. Students representing JSU were Zaveon Demon Cooper … Continue reading
April (2018)— As you recall, the Winterthur University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance, received funding to coordinate five fully-funded 2018 eight-week summer internships in library and archives preservation at five nationally recognized library preservation/conservation laboratories. Thanks to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the University of Delaware College of Arts and Science, the … Continue reading
April (2018)– The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) a five-year $1.2 million Robert Noyce grant for a project to address the shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers in high-need public schools. SUNO will collaborate with John Ehret High School and Brookhaven National Lab to recruit, … Continue reading
