Grants and Gifts

• Historically black Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, received a $150,000 grant from the Hewlett-Packard Catalyst Initiative. The university will participate in program that seeks to transform the teaching process in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. At Fisk, the money will be used to enhance online teaching resources.

• Tennessee State University, the historically black educational institution in Nashville, received a $301,679 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The grant will be used to develop an education and research initiative aimed at protecting key elements of the nation’s infrastructure.

• Fort Valley State University, the historically black educational institution in Georgia, received a grant from the Georgia Peanut Commission to develop an environmental friendly method of eradicating the burrower bug, a major pest to peanut farmers.

The research will be under the direction of George Mbata, a professor of biology at Fort Valley State University.

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