COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: A dual-benefit grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health will support scientific exploration to refine gene-editing processes that are poised to inform biomedical and agricultural innovation. In a new study funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Missouri researcher Kiho Lee, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture, Food a more PR

PUEBLO, Colorado, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Colorado State University Pueblo campus issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Colorado State University Pueblo nursing education initiative awarded $1.39 million from Opportunity Now Colorado Grant Program. The newly created "Grow Where You're Planted: Southern Colorado Partners Leading Advancement in Nursing Track (PLANT)," program was one of 46 grant recipients funded in the first of three phases of funding provided by the Opportunity Now  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Grand View University issued the following news: Dr. Lindsay Grow Harrison and Grand View's Education Department were awarded a $66,000 grant from the Benedict Silverman Foundation. The grant will support the community by providing a means for Grand View students to tutor elementary school children who are struggling in reading. Grand View students will receive intensive training in structured literacy teaching methods via a program called "Reading Ready"  more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Hofstra University issued the following news: Accelerate Long Island has awarded the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) a $41,665 grant in support of the project, "Long Island Innovation Hot Spot." Richard N. Hayes, associate professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, serves as the executive director for the IIE. This initiative, funded by Empire State Development, helps scale entrepreneurial ventures. Through the Long Island Innov more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was recently awarded the $10 million John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment by the National Institutes of Health. This is now the second time the institution has been awarded this endowment to strengthen research into minority health and health disparities. One more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Marquette University's Educational Opportunity Program has received $799,500 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to pilot the Seizing Opportunities Academic Readiness (SOAR) Cyber Explorers Pilot Program, which provides teaching and learning activities to precollege students to encourage interest in STEM careers, support college readiness and begin developing skills for careers in tec more PR

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Morningside University issued the following news: The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Morningside University's Nylen School of Nursing with the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Grant. The Nylen School of Nursing receives the ANEW Grant to support increasing the number of primary care nurse practitioners trained and prepared to provide primary care services, mental health and substance use disorder care, and/or maternal more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Methodist University issued the following news release: Methodist University announces support of its annual "Friends of Music Guest Artist Series" with the help of a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Each year, the "Friends of Music Guest Artist Series" provides live classical and contemporary musical demonstrations and recitals for up to 500 youth and adults in Cumberland County. "Friends more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has named Penn State as the lead institution for one of five new Vector-Borne Disease Regional Training and Evaluation Centers. These centers are aimed at enhancing national efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases. The CDC awarded a total of more than $7.1 million to Penn State and four other entities for the first year o more PR

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Cowley College Foundation issued the following news release: The Sunderland Foundation of Overland Park, KS has presented The Cowley College Foundation with an $800,000 gift for the college's Career & Technical Education Center project. "We are pleased to be part of this $8 million project to help the students of Cowley College and enhance the workforce of Cowley County and the region," Randy Vance, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Sunde more PR

SAN MARCOS, Texas, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Texas State University a $5 million grant to encourage non-traditional agricultural audiences to consider potential careers in the agricultural, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) workforce. The five-year grant will support the Research Through Agriculture Internships, Scholarships and Experiential Learning (RAISE) program, overseen by more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Denver issued the following news: Just say yes to adventure. You never know what might happen. Through the generosity of John (BA '78) and Jacolyn Bucksbaum, students at the University of Denver will have the setting, equipment, and training to say yes to adventure at the University of Denver's James C. Kennedy Mountain Campus. The Bucksbaums' $2.5 million gift establishes and equips the John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Outdoor Gateway more PR