WASHINGTON, July 5 (TNSfund) -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: The Georgetown Center for the Constitution awards its sixth annual Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize of $50,000 to Walter Stahr for his book, "Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival" (Simon & Schuster, 2022). Walter Stahr is a lawyer and the author, to date, of four biographies of figures from American history. His most recent focuses on Salmon Portland Chase, a nineteenth-century politician who became chief  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: As part of a federal effort to build resilient supply chains, the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State University has been awarded $400,000 to offer increased services and resources to manufacturers in the state. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 authorized $20 million that's being distributed through the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension P more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 6 (TNSfund) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State University faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is confronting real-world problems with funding from two National Science Foundation grants, using math to address issues ranging from weather events to computational biology. Assistant Professor Vu Thai Luan, a member of MSU's Center for Computational Sciences, this summer earned his second NSF aw more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Temple University issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Sarah Bauerle Bass, professor of public health in social and behavioral sciences and director of the Risk Communication Laboratory, a three-year $754,000 grant for the development and pilot testing of a new web-based application that improves HIV prevention and substance use treatment access for incarcerated women in Philadelphia. Bass and her team--i more PR

WINTER HAVEN, Florida, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Polk State College issued the following news: With the help of a $400,000 grant from America's Cutting Edge (ACE), Polk State College's Corporate College has the latest technology, can serve more students, and fill the need for more computer numeric control machine operators in the community. The grant funding from ACE is being invested in equipment purchases, curriculum development, training, instruction costs, and more. According to its website, ACE more PR

MACOMB, Illinois, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * Annual Historical Bike Tour Planned for July 22 * * * A public art project, started by a Western Illinois University History professor to commemorate the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, has received a $200,000 grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Monuments Project. This is the second award to the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration more PR

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Shepherd University Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education issued the following news: Shepherd University's Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education welcomed 30 middle and high school teachers and education majors to its summer workshop, "People Powered: Civic Action, Community Engagement, and American Representative Democracy." The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation awarded the Byrd Center $136,250 more PR

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Shepherd University issued the following news: Shepherd University's School of Nursing has received a $2.6 million, four-year rural health advanced practice grant designed to increase the number of primary care family nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in the region. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration grant will provide Shepherd $649,998 a year, about  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Spelman College issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Spelman College today announced a $200,000 grant from the Deloitte Foundation to provide scholarships for students majoring in economics, computer science and mathematics. The donation to Spelman will establish the Deloitte Foundation Scholarship Fund to support 20 incoming juniors who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in the aforestated majors during the 2023-2024 academic year. Each schol more PR

FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Marian University issued the following news on July 3, 2023: More working, single parents will take the next step to get their degrees, thanks to a generous gift by SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac to Marian University of Wisconsin. The $50,000 gift will benefit the Marian's Working Families Grant program, which provides financial assistance to single parents pursuing their dream of a college degree. The check was presented by Katherine Vergos, presid more PR

ORONO, Maine, July 6 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H was recently awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to nurture future leaders of northern New England's food system. The new program, called "Oh Yea! 4-H Grows True Leaders," will provide experiential learning, practical knowledge and life skill development to hundreds of young Mainers more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, July 6 (TNSfund) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: The Federal Communications Comission has awarded the University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies $350,000 through the new Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. The center - which the FCC has recognized as a "trusted messenger" - will use the money to identify Mississippians who do not have access to broadband internet and offer help to qualified households who elect  more PR

FLORENCE, Alabama, July 6 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Alabama issued the following news release: Kilby Laboratory School on the University of North Alabama campus has been awarded a $125,000 grant that will allow the Kilby Early Childhood and Development Center to offer a second pre-Kindergarten class for four-year-olds beginning this August. "At UNA, we whole-heartedly support Gov. Kay Ivey's vision to bring high-quality pre-K programs to all Alabama children," said Dr. Katie Kinney more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 6 (TNSfund) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: As utility-scale solar farms become more widespread as a source of renewable energy, Virginia Tech scientists are researching environmental consequences with respect to stormwater and the sediment and nutrients transported in runoff. With a $3.4 million grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will lead a comprehensive six-year stu more PR