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University of Alabama at Birmingham Awarded $4.6 Million Grant Renewal to Bolster Cybersecurity Workforce Programs

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million grant renewal to support cybersecurity workforce development programs. Dr. Yuliang Zheng The Scholarship for Service grant renewal – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – seeks to help fill the growing need for a national cybersecurity workforce prepared to deal with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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GAO Report Spotlights HSI Infrastructure Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

GAO analyzed the most recent HSI data on college student and institutional characteristics (2021–2022), finances (2020–2021), HSI grant programs (2017–2022), and COVID-19 pandemic relief funds (2021). GAO surveyed a representative sample of HSIs in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and received generalizable responses from 169 colleges.

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Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull Recognized for Social Equality Work

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As part of the award, the six leaders are allowed to direct a $200,000 grant to a nonprofit of their choice, which can then take part in the bank’s one-year Neighborhood Builders Leadership Program. The prayers and dreams of my ancestors give me the strength to work for that transformation for our students today and for future generations.”

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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

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For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Part-time students can use leftover traditional Pell Grant money to take summer classes, so they don’t qualify for summer Pell.)

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Behind the Scenes of the Fall 2023 Send Silence Packing® Tour

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I was the president of my Chapter of Active Minds in college from 2016 to 2017 before graduating in 2017. TJ : My greatest advice is to begin with oneself, feel the freedom life grants you, and not let anything or anything take your mental stability away. I will be starting a new job after the tour as a recreational therapist.

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Universities Partner to Investigate and Determine What Makes a “Universal Basic Neighborhood”

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Dr. Nancy Seay The effort entails an 18-month study – funded by a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – to identify features neighborhoods should have to promote resident health. This work is about diagnosing and treating places so that the health benefits are shared by many.”

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Pursuing Life’s Passion

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architecture, Columbia University Career mentors: Dr. Mabel Wilson, Columbia University; Danielle Smoller, Columbia University; Dr. Hazel Edwards, Howard University; Bradford Grant, Howard University; and Rashida Ng, University of Pennsylvania Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Your work matters. from 2015 to 2017.

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