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For the eighth year in a row, �ڰ������� topped U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges” publication for graduating students with the least amount of student debt among Midwest regional universities! Read more about the rankings, Latinx/o/a Heritage Month events, the latest Vaccine Incentive Program and COVID-19 updates and more in this week’s Noteworthy at �ڰ�������.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded an $873,000 grant to the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (P+NAP). The �ڰ�������  Foundation will serve as the fiscal sponsor for the grant, which will be distributed over the next two years. 

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded three grants to �ڰ������� in support of TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO SSS), a program that provides individualized academic and social assistance to students from their freshman year through graduation. �ڰ������� is the only university in the state to be awarded more than two TRIO grants.
 

Assistant Professor of Biology Beth Reinke has co-created “Artificial Outlook,” a pandemic-safe walkable art show along a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.