Grants and Gifts

• Dillard University, the historically black educational institution in New Orleans, received a $200,000 grant from the American Jewish Committee. The grant will fund the university’s new Distance Learning Center located in the Alexander Library on campus.

• Hampton University, the historically black educational institution in Virginia, received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The money will be used to construct a 20,000-square-foot biomedical research center on campus.

Six colleges and universities in Louisiana will share a $2.25 million grant from the BP Foundation. The grant will support mathematics and science education, provide scholarships for students in majors dealing with the oil and gas industry, and provide funds for curriculum enhancement. Three historically black universities are among the six schools receiving funds. They are Dillard University, Southern University at Baton Rouge, and Xavier University.