Financing August 2016

National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million to CSUF

A grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation awarded to Cal State Fullerton will fund a new project to recruit and expand the number of underrepresented students majoring ingravitational-wave science and provide a pathway to enter the doctoral program in gravitational-wave astrophysics at Syracuse University.

Financing August 2016

Research Highlights Helpful Tips to Reducing Student Loan Debt

University of Missouri, initiatives within the financial aid office, backed by new research from the Truman School of Public Affairs, are showing that establishing relationships, more than merely providing information, is important when helping students make better financial decisions.

Financing August 2016

Top 10: Which colleges save the most with free textbooks?

Rice University-based publisher OpenStax announced today the top 10 schools that have saved their students the most money through adoption of OpenStax free college textbooks in the 2015-16 academic school year. OpenStax textbooks have saved college students more than $68 million since 2012 and $42 million in the 2015-16 school year alone.

Financing July 2016

UC Davis Has Best Fundraising Year in History

The University California, Davis, today announced having raised a record-breaking $226 million during the 2015-16 fiscal year, making it the largest donation total raised in a single fiscal year in UC Davis’ 108-year history. The UC Davis Foundation endowment saw better-than-industry-average performance during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, at more than double the policy benchmark rate for a single year.

Financing July 2016

Department of Agriculture visits DelVal

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding visited Delaware Valley University on Monday, July 25 to tour the University’s hydroponic greenhouses. Redding served as dean of agriculture and environmental sciences at DelVal from 2011 to 2015. He also taught students in the graduate policy studies program while serving as dean.

Financing July 2016

Logan University Creates First Formal U.S. - Cuba Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Partnership

On the heels of a trip formalizing the arrangement, Logan University President Dr. Clay McDonald has announced an extensive agreement between Cuba's Institute of Sports Medicine and Logan University to foster collaboration across many aspects of education, research and patient care. The agreement calls for faculty exchange and development, collaborative educational programs and chiropractic care for the Institute's athletes, staff and ultimately private Cuban citizens.

Financing July 2016

Ohio Schools, Hospitals Get $4.8 Million in Training Grants

Eighteen universities, medical schools and hospitals in Ohio have been awarded almost $4.8 million in federal funds as part of an effort to boost access to primary care. The workforce grants were recently announced by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Agency officials say the money will help fund education and training programs for providers who will practice in underserved areas.

Financing July 2016

Business deans at IU East, South Bend join Columbus executive on IU economic development council

Three new representatives will join Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, when its next meeting convenes Aug. 24 on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Established in 2010 by IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement, CREED serves as a university-wide forum to address regional economic development issues.

Financing July 2016

U of L Awarded Grant for Alcohol Research Center

The University of Louisville says researchers at the school have received a nearly $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for an alcohol research center. The center at U of L will be one of 20 in the country designated as a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol Research Center. It will be the only such facility to focus its research on nutrition.

Financing July 2016

Union Institute and University Awarded Grant to Assist Vets

Union Institute and University in Cincinnati has been awarded a $150,000 grant from an anonymous foundation that aims to help veterans earn their college degrees. The grant will continue to fund living allowance stipends for honorably discharged, Pell Grant-eligible veterans working toward their bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees at the school. Geri Maples, Union's veterans services coordinator, says education is vital to veterans' transition into the civilian world.

Financing July 2016

Merger of 3 East Alabama Colleges Postponed

The Opelika-Auburn News (http://bit.ly/29Df9Az ) reports the decision was announced Thursday on conference calls for workers at Southern Union State Community College, Chattahoochee Valley Community College and Central Alabama Community College.

Financing July 2016

USM Center Gets Federal Grant to Help At-risk Students

The Center for Community and Civic Engagement at the University of Southern Mississippi has been awarded a $379,076 federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to implement the Campus Link AmeriCorps Program. The funds will support the program for year one of a three-year cycle. Through Campus Link, 80 AmeriCorps members will tutor 4th-8th grade students in-school and after-school across South Mississippi.