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Tag: Fellowships
Latinx
Smithsonian Latino Center Receives $2.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
Using a new $2.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Smithsonian Latino Center aims to establish more fellowship and internship opportunities as part of its Latino Museum Studies Program (LMSP). To do so, the Latino Center plans to collaborate with five colleges and universities, primarily Hispanic-serving institutions, and the National Gallery of […]
February 23, 2021
Students
UVA Receives $100M in Funding to Increase First-Generation Enrollment
In an effort to increase enrollment of first-generation students, David and Jane Walentas has donated $100 million to the University of Virginia (UVA). David Walentas, a New York real estate developer, is an alumnus of UVA and was also the first in his family to attend college. According to the university, 75 million of the […]
October 14, 2019
Opinion
Has The TA Run Its Course?
Like most doctoral students, I served as a TA (teaching assistant) during my time in graduate school. The experience was important, not only for financial reasons, but it gave me the opportunity to apply five years of teaching experience and pedagogical strategy in a university setting and that was exciting for me.
May 27, 2019
Students
Hennessy Pledges $10M to TMCF for HBCU Graduate Fellows Program
Hennessy has pledged to give $10 million over the next 10 years to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) through its first-ever corporate HBCU graduate program to support African-Americans in leadership positions. The program, named “Hennessy Fellows” will help prepare the next generation of African-American leaders through financial assistance, access to training and professional development […]
April 18, 2019
Latinx
Seminar Exposes HSI, HBCU Students to Diplomacy Careers
A career in international conflict resolution has been on Ava Greene’s radar, and the Spelman College senior learned more about the possibilities when she was selected to attend a new fellows program in Washington, D.C.
February 11, 2019
STEM
Microbiologist Dr. Floyd L. Wormley Jr. Named AAAS Fellow
Dr. Floyd L. Wormely Jr., the Microsoft President’s Endowed Professor in the University of Texas – San Antonio College of Sciences, was recently named a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His election by his peers recognizes his distinguished contributions to the field of medical mycology, immunology and host-pathogen interactions.
January 14, 2019
News Roundup
Northwestern Promotes Native American Initiatives Through Fellowships
Northwestern University officials say its Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is expanding its work through two fellowship programs. Applications for CNAIR’s graduate fellowship program will be accepted until Nov. 15, according to a Northwestern press release. Students from all disciplines may apply to the fellowship, which offers faculty mentorship and awareness about careers in Native American and […]
October 26, 2018
Latinx
Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.
March 22, 2018
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