The California Institute of Technology has received a $250,000 grant from the California State Treasury Department to support a free tutoring program for Pasadena County high-schoolers. The three-year Reaffirming and Increasing Scholastic Endeavors (RISE) Programm provides intensive math and science tutoring for 10th- and 11th-graders in the public school system.
Colorado State University campuses in Pueblo and Fort Collins will split a $595,700 grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the Bridges to the Doctorate program. The three-year mentorship program is designed to help minority students achieve master’s and doctoral degrees in science.
Columbia University (N.Y.) has received a total of $29.2 million in bequests from a brother and sister. Wun Tsun Tam, a high school administrator in Hong Kong, left the university $15 million, while her brother, Robert Yik-Fong Tam, left $14.2 million. The bequests will be used to establish a professorship in Chinese business and economy and to support Columbia’s East Asian Library.
The HIV Medicine Association has received a $200,000 grant from GlaxoSmithKline to support the association’s Minority Clinical Fellowship Program, which provides HIV training for Black and Hispanic physicians who serve at-risk communities.
Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) has received a $65,882 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Minority Science Improvement Program. The program will integrate mathematical applications into existing biology courses and will feature a series of workshops.
Kent State University (Ohio) has received a $150,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to endow a professorship in scholastic journalism.
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Ky.) has received a grant of nearly $5 million from the Lilly Foundation to help fund the Louisville Institute through 2009. The institute works to boost the religious life of American Christians. The institution has also received a $6,750 grant from the John Bergstrom Foundation to support academic services for nontraditional students.
