MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Alabama State University issued the following news on July 20, 2023: Alabama State University's "CommUniversity" efforts, first initiated by President Quinton T. Ross, Jr., have gained an important ally in the Alabama Power Company Foundation (APF) with a $200,000 donation to support community workforce development initiatives. ASU's vice president for Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Initiatives, and Transformation, Dr. Tanjula Petty, stated that more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has given $200,000 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa's RISE--Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs--project, a world-class innovation and entrepreneurship center coupled with student housing being built on the site of the former Atherton YMCA across from the flagship campus. The gift helps to fund scholarships for student residents at the  more PR

GARDEN CITY, New York, July 22 (TNSfund) -- Adelphi University issued the following news: The Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health has once again been approved to receive a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant. For the 2023-2024 academic year, the College has received $429,588 in funding aimed at increasing the number of qualified nursing faculty members. For more than a decade, support from HRSA--a United States Department of more PR

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSfund) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Reece Museum has received $65,000 in grant funding from the Henry Luce Foundation to support "The Sammie L. Nicely Collection: Black Appalachian & African American Art Project." Named for artist Sammie L. Nicely, this growing collection of post-modern and contemporary art explores Black imagery and themes, representing a variety of media and forms. The museum received 50 artworks from N more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Lamar University's Dishman School of Nursing has teamed up with Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas and the establishment of the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Innovation Fund. The $90,000 fund will provide clinical faculty and experiential learning for LU nursing students. "As the demand for faculty continues to grow, the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Innovation Fund will supplement the costs to  more PR

MORRIS, Minnesota, July 22 (TNSfund) -- University of Minnesota Morris campus issued the following news: * * * A 240kW agrivoltaic solar PV field * * * The Morris Model team was recently notified that they were among 67 winners in the first phase of the $6.7 million Energizing Rural Communities Prize. The competition was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and is focused on supporting innovative partnership and finance plans to help rural or remote communities develop clean energy demons more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 22 (TNSfund) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University is receiving $423 million as part of the state of Michigan's 2023-24 fiscal year education budget signed into law Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The state education budget includes $318.6 million in base operations funding, a 5% increase over last year's investment from the state and 5% funding increases for MSU Extension and AgBioResearch, amounting to $33.2 million  more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 22 (TNSfund) -- Northwestern University issued the following story: Driven to help all Evanston kids get a strong start in preparation for kindergarten, the Childcare Network of Evanston was one of 13 local beneficiaries of Northwestern's 2023 Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants program. Totaling more than $550,000, this year's series of grants fuel projects based in Evanston and Chicago that focus on health equity, children's learning and social or economic  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University professors Qimiao Si and Jeffrey Tabor, are recipients of prestigious Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the United States Department of Defense. Si, a theoretical quantum physicist, and Tabor, a bioengineer and synthetic biologist, are among 10 members of the 2023 class of Bush fellows named by the department's Basic Research Office. The highly competitive, five-year fellowships are am more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Master's of fine arts student Matthew Napoli '24 (painting) was recently awarded the highly competitive Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, an international award for emerging artists working in representational art. The grant of $17,000 CAD ($12,903.26 USD) is awarded to only 40 artists from around the world each year. The foundation provides financial assist more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: A University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in American Indian patients with obesity-related solid tumor cancers who are preparing for surgery. According to principal investigator Jennifer Erdrich, MD, MPH, there are 13 cancer subtypes linked to obesity  more PR