Grants and Gifts

• Southern Methodist University in Dallas received a $50,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation to help fund a six-week summer program for 120 academically gifted seventh and eighth grade minority students with the goal of steering these students  towards careers in science or medicine.

• Tennessee State University, the historically black educational institution in Nashville, received a $789,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The university plans to use the money to perform energy evaluations and make improvements to homes of low-income residents in North Nashville.

• South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, received a $300,000 donation from the James E. Clyburn Scholarship and Research Foundation. The money will be used for student scholarships.

James Clyburn is a U.S. Congressman from South Carolina and one of the highest-ranking Democrats in the House of Representatives.

• Jackson State University, the historically black educational institution in Mississippi, received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State for a program to train Pakistani scientists. The grant will help fund the establishment of a biostatistical consulting center at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan.

• Historically black Alcorn State University in Mississippi received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a program to train science and nursing faculty in the use of literature to connect with medical patients.

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