WACO, Texas, July 15 (TNSfund) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Baylor University researchers in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work have earned a significant federal grant to bolster mental health services to school children by preparing licensed mental health providers for work in schools. That project, Partnering for Heart of Texas (H.O.T.) Mental Health, was awarded more than $2.5 million in Department of Education funding over a five-year period, and provides for inte more PR

FULLERTON, California, July 15 (TNSfund) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: Cal State Fullerton has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and prepare mathematics majors to become high school math teachers. The project, "Recruiting and Transitioning Mathematics Majors Into Teaching," seeks to increase the number of math teachers in local schools with a high percentage of low-income students. The univers more PR

CRANBROOK, British Columbia, July 14 (TNSfund) -- College of the Rockies issued the following news: College of the Rockies' received a boost recently when the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills indicated that they had received funding under the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan to support efforts to increase and enhance co-operative education and other work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for students. "We are so pleased the province recognizes the value of work- more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Drake University issued the following news release: Generous alumni, community partners, and corporations continue to support the advancement of Drake University through The Ones: Drake's Campaign for the Brave & Bold. Drake is excited to announce that the campaign's latest contributions have helped the University to reach $192 million of its $225 million goal. The Ones campaign, which kicked off in fall 2021, aims to make Drake's vision for its future in more PR

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, July 14 (TNSfund) -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: The East Stroudsburg University Foundation announced it has received a $38,300 grant from the Weiler Family Foundation, based in Cresco, Pa. These funds will support the purchase of new medical equipment for the ESU Communication and Sciences Disorders Department. The grant award will allow the department to update the equipment for the ESU Speech and Hearing Clinic. With the nec more PR

BOCA RATON, Florida, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Currently, there is no cure for amyloidosis, a life-threatening disease that can be present throughout the body, including the heart, kidneys, liver and brain. The most common localized form of amyloidosis, which is seen significantly more often, is in the brain. Cerebral amyloidosis, when symptomatic, usually manifests in one of two wa more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Grand View University issued the following news: Grand View University has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Faith Forward. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment's Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative. The aim of the initiative to help parents and caregivers share their faith and values with their children. The Faith Forward Project will address both aims of the Christian Parenting and Ca more PR

GRINNELL, Iowa, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Grinnell College issued the following news: A new grant will support Grinnell Professor of Sociology Sharon Quinsaat's research on the underlying factors that contribute to the emergence of conservative attitudes among Filipino immigrants in the United States. Quinsaat and her collaborator Nico Ravanilla, assistant professor of political science at the University of California-San Diego, have been awarded a $30,000 Pipeline Grant from the Russell Sage Founda more PR

MIAMI, Florida, July 15 (TNSfund) -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release: Miami Dade College (MDC) has been awarded a $500K Cultural Facilities Grant from the Florida Department of State (FLDOS) to support the restoration of the College's National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, which will reopen with a centennial celebration in 2025. Donated to MDC in 2005, the Freedom Tower has been carefully cared for by the College for nearly two decades. The Cultural Fa more PR

WINONA, Minnesota, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Minnesota State College Southeast issued the following news release: Following months of preparation and three days of intense competition in Greenville, SC, the Minnesota State College CNC Machine Tool Team edged out the competition in the Project MFG Advanced Manufacturing Championship to take home the national title and a $100,000 prize. The competition took place in May, but the results were not announced until the July 10 premiere of Season 3 of the more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 15 (TNSfund) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls geomatics was awarded a $10,000 prize for the 2023 National Council of Engineering Examiners Engineering and Surveying Education Award, which recognizes surveying and geomatics programs that best reflect NCEES' mission to advance licensure for surveyors to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public. Nicholls State University was the only institution awarded in Louisiana.  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 14 (TNSfund) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $456,786 from the National Science Foundation to fund the development of a 3D-printed high-entropy alloy superconductor, with a goal of generating higher magnetic fields than conventional superconductors currently in use. Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., professor in the UAB Department of Physics and associate dean for Research and Innovation in the Colleg more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue University researchers with patent-pending innovations for the agriculture, medical and autonomous transportation industries have received funding to further develop their work and bring it to the marketplace. Researchers from the Bindley Bioscience Center and the College of Engineering have received more than $118,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to make their work more attractive for  more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, July 15 (TNSfund) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: The African American and Colombian history of Englewood, N.J. is one step closer to becoming more accessible and memorialized, thanks to a grant awarded to Dr. David Colman, associate professor of African American History at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The New Jersey Council for the Humanities awarded Colman $15,000 for the project, which is one of only three awards in Bergen County and 22 in the state  more PR

WESTON, Massachusetts, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Regis College issued the following news: Regis College has received a $819,253 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) to help offset tuition costs for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates and address the regional and nationwide nursing educator gap which is exacerbating the nursing shortage. In only two years, Regis has graduated more than 1,500 nurses. Through the NFLP program, DNP gradu more PR

TROY, New York, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) and professor of biological sciences, has received a grant of over $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate enzymes from organisms living in deep sea environments. "U more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, July 15 (TNSfund) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Everyone has seen bottlenose dolphins swimming near beaches in the summer. You might also catch a humpback whale or two off the coast. But did you know that harbor seals also have a regular seasonal home in South Jersey? "A lot of people aren't aware that harbor seals occur in New Jersey," said marine mammal biologist Jackie Toth Sullivan, who's also an adjunct faculty member at Stockton University. "Thi more PR

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The State University of New York's Empire State University issued the following news release: The State University of New York recently awarded Empire State University $80,000 in funding to support high-needs nursing simulation. To help address the nursing workforce shortage, and the need to increase the number of qualified nurses entering the field as soon as possible, the focus of these simulation efforts will be on undergraduate nursing enroll more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 14 (TNSfund) -- The University of Dallas issued the following news: Thanks to the generosity of supporters of the University of Dallas, UD has finished the fiscal year with several target goals exceeded. UD had set an overall fundraising goal of $5.4 million in the past fiscal year. Donors surpassed this goal with over $6.1 million in philanthropic gifts. The Forging Our Future challenge, an initiative to gain the support of at least 25% of Constantin College alumni by 202 more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and graduate student Mitch McFarlane, have received a $75,000 grant from Tufts University to support their examination of the impacts of food assistance on maternal and infant health. The funding spans from June 1 to Nov. 30, 2024, and supports their work to research health outcomes for pregnant women receiving food assi more PR

LAREDO, Texas, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that approved a record $1.19 billion in new spending for The Texas A&M University System, including money to freeze undergraduate tuition and fees for Texas residents for the next two years at System campuses. At System member Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), this has also creat more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: The University at Buffalo and SUNY Polytechnic Institute are creating an open ecosystem for collaboration on wireless network research and the sharing of data, code and hardware. The project, "SUNY OpenIoTLab: The SUNY Laboratory Federation for Wireless Intelligent Internet of Things," is a recipient of a $60,000 SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant. Ulti more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, July 14 (TNSfund) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The Mellon Foundation has awarded $1 million to the University of Montana to support integrating Indigenous ways of knowing and Native expertise into the curriculum. The award will support an innovative Indigenous Scholar-in-Residence Program and provide academic support for faculty members to center Indigenous research or teaching methodologies within the Native American Studi more PR

ORONO, Maine, July 14 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The University of Maine School of Nursing received a $1.96 million grant to provide financial assistance and new educational opportunities to aspiring family nurse practitioners who can help improve access to primary care in rural and underserved regions of Maine. The four-year grant from the Health Services Resources Administration's Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program will allow UMai more PR

DURHAM, New Hampshire, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New Hampshire has received an award of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to assess whether a national system could do a better job of counting and tracking child abuse cases in youth serving organizations, like schools, churches, sports and camps. "We hear disturbing cases of child abuse almost ever more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The funding will allow the center to continue researching environmental and health challenges in arid lands, including the Southwest. * * * The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy received $7.8 million to further research efforts focused on environmental and health challenges in the Southwest. The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences C more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: A nearly $520,000 grant will help a University of Missouri researcher improve students' self-regulation and independence at school. When Sara Estrapala started her career as a high school paraeducator supporting students with disabilities such as autism, down syndrome, learning disorders and challenging behaviors, she quickly recognized a challenge -- her teenage students desire to make their more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers will participate in a national initiative to help combat cancer disparities fueled by persistent poverty. The five-year grant was awarded to collaborators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. Nearing $10 million in funding for fiv more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The federal government has renewed its support of a learning healthcare system (LHS) T32 training program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that prepares investigators to discover, evaluate and implement strategies for improving patient outcomes and, ultimately, the overall health of the community. "The traditional approach to the delivery of health care separates scientific researc more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: In partnership with the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and the Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional (IIN), the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) has received $1.2 million for a five-year training grant funded by the Fogarty International Center to establish the Peru-Vanderbilt Prevention through Vaccination Training (PREVENT) program. The PREVENT program trains  more PR

SPOKANE, Washington, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Whitworth University issued the following news release: Whitworth University is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $1,249,957 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Formed in Faith project. Operated by the Whitworth Office of Church Engagement, the program aims to draw parents and churches together to investigate parenting as a site of intentional discipleship. This formation of parents and caregivers is intended to equip them to p more PR