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A gift of $1 million from University of Kansas alumni will be used to develop a chemical engineering research laboratory. The facility will be designed to better prepare students for the job market through hands-on experience. ku.edu
The School of Medicine at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., will offer two new online graduate degrees, in health informatics and analytics and public health, in partnership with global education technology provider 2U. The programs will be available to health IT and public health professionals worldwide. And beginning this fall, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will offer the country’s first offshore wind-energy graduate program. tufts.edu
A $1 million gift will fund an environmental exposomics laboratory at Duke University in Durham, N.C., to research environmental effects on cancer and other diseases. duke.edu
An Indigenous Studies program that will give students the option of courses in experiential knowledge has been launched at York University in Toronto. In addition to looking at the multiple issues faced by Indigenous communities globally, the program explores topics not usually part of Native studies. yorku.ca
In the largest contribution ever made to a U.S. academic institution, philanthropist and former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.8 billion to support financial aid at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. jhu.edu
Aided by a $10 million donation, the new Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., will enlist specialists from science, engineering, and business to explore ways to help individuals with neurodiversity maximize their abilities. vanderbilt.edu
Construction of a new engineering-computer science facility at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., is closer to a 2019 groundbreaking thanks to a $10 million gift from an alumnus. The new 160,000-squarefoot facility is designed to reshape how the school educates students in fields like biotechnology, advanced materials, security, machine learning, and robotics. dartmouth.edu
An alumnus has donated $5 million to Wayne State University in Detroit for scholarships and a new 8,000-squarefoot testing laboratory. wayne.edu
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University in the suburban Chicago community of Evanston has expanded its reach and inaugurated new under-graduate and graduate fellowships this past academic year. The university is currently working to strengthen its outreach to and relationship with Native American communities. northwestern.edu
Funding for undergraduate scholarships at the Rutgers School of Engineering in New Brunswick, N.J., has been given a $10 million boost in the form of a gift from an alumnus. The gift is the largest in the history of the engineering school at this state university. rutgers.edu
A new collaboration between McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and Six Nations knowledge holders is researching ways to integrate traditional ecological knowledge and Western science to improve management of water-related challenges. The initiative is funded by Global Water Futures, the world’s largest university-led freshwater research program. mcmaster.ca
The new $125 million Science and Engineering Innovation and Research Building has been officially dedicated at the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition to teaching areas, the facility includes 12 research “neighborhoods” where students can learn and contribute across disciplines. uta.edu
The world’s first graduate degree program in space resources (mining in outer space) was initiated last fall by the Colorado School of Mines. mines.edu
The goal of increasing participation in STEM fields by underrepresented students at Chicago State University has been given significant support in the form of a $1.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The urban school is part of the State of Illinois university system. csu.edu
A $2.6 million NSF grant, earmarked for expanding the environmental science program, has gone to United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D. Among other things, the grant will fund a research center and additional faculty and allow more support for tribal concerns. uttc.edu
An NSF grant of $3 million has gone to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to promote equity for men and women faculty of color in STEM fields. umass.edu
A new $9.3 million rooftop veterinary simulation lab has opened at Ohio State University’s Veterinary Medical Center in Columbus. The lab is designed to acclimate students to working with live animals. osu.edu
The NSF has awarded nearly $4 million to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces to prepare students for careers in computer science. Part of the funds will go toward need-based scholarships. nmsu.edu
The NSF has given the University of Hawaii $4.1 million to promote diversity and engagement in STEM programs, of which $3.9 million will come from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program. hawaii.edu
A $50 million anonymous donation will support a new interdisciplinary science center and additional faculty positions at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. The gift will also provide more need-based scholarships, advancing the college’s goal of providing equal opportunities to all enrolled students. amherst.edu
The NSF has awarded a five-year, $1.2 million grant to Doane University in Crete, Neb., to provide scholarships and support services for students preparing to be STEM educators. doane.edu
A K–12 STEM education program run by Tulane University in New Orleans has been recognized with a 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, the oldest publication focusing on diversity and inclusion. tulane.edu
The NSF has awarded $60 million to the University of Texas at Austin to develop the fastest supercomputer at any U.S. university. The hope is that the computer will allow academic researchers around the country to advance in all fields of science. utexas.edu
New funding in the form of a $4 million NSF grant will go toward recruiting and training underrepresented students for careers in STEM fields. The program will be administered out of Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., in collaboration with other Mississippi institutions of higher learning. jsums.edu
Scholarships for low-income STEM students at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., were given a $1 million boost in the form of an NSF grant. rwu.edu
The McBride Lab at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., is the recipient of a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The funds will support research on mosquitoes. princeton.edu
Since 2014 medical students at the University of Toronto have been able to study Indigenous culture to better serve patients and their community. The school’s Urban Indigenous Health elective is the first of its kind in Canada. utoronto.ca
A $75.4 million upgrade to the engineering facilities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will take place over the next four years. A new 87,000-square-foot building will house state-of-the-art research and classroom facilities, and remaining spaces will be renovated. unl.edu
