Tag: Elizabeth Alexander

HBCUs

Mellon Foundation to Give $1.76 Million in Emergency Grants to 16 HBCUs

To stabilize enrollments and help students during the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive a total of $1.76 million in emergency grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The foundation said in a statement that the HBCUs will receive $110,000 each in such grants. The 16 HBCU recipients are Claflin […]

May 13, 2020

COVID-19

$4 Million Grant For the American Indian College Fund From the Mellon Foundation

The American Indian College Fund will receive $4 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support college students impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The fund, which invests in native students and their college education, said it will distribute the money to its network of tribal colleges so they can provide resources to support new and returning students in […]

April 22, 2020

News Roundup

Queen Latifah Among Honorees to Receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medal

Rapper and actress Queen Latifah will be honored with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on Oct. 22 for her contributions to Black history and culture, according to CBS News. The award is an honor of the civil rights activist and Harvard alum who was the first Black student to earn a Ph.D. from the university. […]

October 15, 2019

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Documentary Explores “Driving While Black”

“Driving While Black,” a documentary in the works by a Cooperstown, N.Y., academic, a longtime documentary maker, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Steeplechase Films is scheduled to be shown on PBS next year.

December 9, 2018

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Mellon Foundation Selects Renowned Poet and Scholar as President

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which supports humanities, culture and the arts in higher education, has appointed nationally acclaimed poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander as its president.

February 8, 2018

Women

Professor Rides ‘Word Clouds’ to Poetic Prominence

Elizabeth Alexander has blossomed into an essayist, poet and playwright whose prose has taken her from prestigious university lecture halls to perhaps the grandest of stages.

July 21, 2015