The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a $75,000 Architectural Conservation Grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic division of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, to support conservation planning for the Craig Ellwood building, located at the Art Center’s Hillside Campus.

The California State University, Northridge Cinema and Television Arts Department received $89,080 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The gift will be used to finance a state-of-the-art edit suite as well as maintain the projector in CSUN’s Alan and Elaine Armer Theater. The remaining $50,000 will support the university’s Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellows program, which funds senior film projects that are required for graduation.

Clark Atlanta University (Ga.) received a $2.5 million grant from The National Institutes of Health for biomedical research to help increase the number of minorities in the field. The grant will allow faculty members to engage in cutting-edge research that will offer new experiences and perspectives to incorporate into their teaching. 

The Cleveland Institute of Music (Ohio) received a $25,000 grant from the Key Foundation for the institute’s “Strengthening Academic and Professional Proficiencies through Distance Learning Technology” program.

The College of New Rochelle (N.Y.) School of Nursing received a $25,465 grant from The Promise of Nursing for New School Grant Program administered by the Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association. The funds will be used to improve student retention and nursing exam pass rates by enhancing student learning through the purchase and use of advanced multimedia learning tools.

George Mason University (Va.) has been awarded $25 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for construction of a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at its Prince William campus in Manassas. This is the largest research award in the university’s history.