Grants and Gifts

• Alabama State University, the historically black educational institution in Montgomery, received a five-year, $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a program to increase the number students preparing for careers in maternal or child health.

• Historically black Hampton University, received a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. Five nursing students will each receive a $10,000 award.

• Elizabeth City State University, the historically black educational institution in North Carolina, received an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for programs to help revitalize neighborhoods surrounding its campus.

• The University of Pennsylvania is leading a three-year, $700,000 study funded by the National Institutes of Health that will conduct research on the impact of short films shown on public buses in Los Angeles on HIV/AIDS prevention. Social work students at the University of Southern California will participate by surveying young African-American male riders who view the films.

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